I had a 782 with a blower that was ok. it required matching the speed and keeping the mouth full as mentioned earlier. I had weights and a counterbalance on a sleeve hitch. all Vinyl cab. I think a cab is essential for any blower. Now I am in a 2182(last year made) for the last 15-20 years. It has a full metal sims cab with glass windows. 451 blower. I installed a reverse pitch radiator fan and most the time I have to snow blow with the door(s) open it gets so warm inside the cab! I swapped the plastic chute for a JD metal chute. I have cut additional teeth on the chute swivel - 270 degrees. I can exhaust snow within an inch of the windshield effectively blowing it behind the tractor. I blow over gravel so the blower is always full weight on the front axle -the power steering makes this easy. 451 is very heavy so the mass of the 2182 makes it move easily - I still need to run foam filled rears and 75 pound weights. there is a three point that I have a scraper box and linear actuator to allow operation indepented of the shared lift front and rear. This also adds to the counterbalance for the weight of the snow blower.
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