Snow thrower rear mounted?

[cubby102]

Not to mention a rear pto slows when you go to lower gears dosnt it (creeper in low)

[darkminion_17]

Why not just get another cub cadet and put a blower on that?????
BTW that is a purdy 108

[fourinchdragslicks]

I dont see why you couldnt use the nf thrower and fab up mounts for the back as you were asking about. rotate the 90 deg drive to the pulley is horizontal, not vertical. since the direction would be reversed by switching from front to back, put a twist in the belt like you were thinking for the tiller gearbox. You would need to combine your hitch with a mule drive as also suggested. however, you are a glutton for punishment if you are going to creep that thrower in reverse. it is bad enough to balde snow backing up and you can make some time doing that since you push as fast as you can to roll the snow. with the blower you have to make sure you dont choke it. hours twisted around...ouch. I would look for a correct qa thrower for the 108 (or build your own from what you have) and just swap the heads. It sucks to mount or (not as bad) drop a snowthrower, but it would be way worse to run one in reverse, twisted around.

[Berwil]

Nice 108!

I can see why you need it on the front. It's just a ball hitch? If you don't like the blade on the back; put the thrower on the front, you will need a wide frame thrower. Make an adapter that connects to the thrower subframe upper and lower brackets in place of the blower housing (see pic). Copy the framework on the back of the housing, just a box with a 2" receiver in it to mount the ball hitch in. You can remove the thrower from the subframe in minutes by removing 3 cotter pins, 1" pin and a set screw on the drive shaft of the gear box. No messing with the belts and tension etc.; pin the receiver mount on and done. You would only have to switch out the front frame twice a yr or leave the blower bracket on all the time.

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Bill

[fourinchdragslicks]

I think the OP uses the hitch in the winter. I dont see how you could leave the 90 deg snow blower drive on and use the hitch. They both wind up in about the same place.

[Berwil]

Originally Posted by fourinchdragslicks

I think the OP uses the hitch in the winter. I dont see how you could leave the 90 deg snow blower drive on and use the hitch. They both wind up in about the same place.

He does, I'm proposing a ball hitch adapter in place of the blower housing. The blower housing and gearbox never end up in the same place. With a little practice, the housing comes off the subframe pretty quick.

Bill

[fourinchdragslicks]

Got it. The trick to that one would be extra links between the qa head and the receiver body to make it ridgid enough to push a plane with. Current lift links are vertical on the sides, so minimum would be something top and bottom. There still might be too much leverage on the qa frame though.

[Yosemite Sam]

There are probably just as many opinions about how to do this as there are members here.

I have seen snow throwers/blowers on the back of equipment and they are somewhat difficult to operate.

As someone mentioned before, get yourself another Cub Cadet and make it a dedicated snow thrower tractor. Chances are, you will find more and more snow that needs to be moved with it.

[Coopere]

As previously mentioned I don't have the space for a second tractor at the location in question.

I am beginning to see that a rear blower may be difficult to use due to the gearing in reverse. I'm thinking bill is on a great path with making a blower on the front more easily removable. If I could make it really easy to take on and off as well as not having to fool with belt tension ect, keep in mind this would need to be removed and installed in sub 32f temps, last year we had 0F here plus in an open hanger with blowing snow all around.

Today I got the 108 all together with the rear blade, what do you guys think? We had to install the helper spring up inside the frame, we put all quick pins in the bottom of the blade mount so it can be removed in a few minuites without removing tires ect.

Edit...

The hitch is a modified pintle hitch with top hook

[Coopere]

Here is another pic couldn't figure out how to add multiple pictures in one post