New attachments for the X749 needed

Not knowing squat about this it does make sense to me to snowblow high enough to stay off the paved or gravel surface. On gravel this should be enough and on pavement the broom can take over. Will be interested in what Pete comes up with.

I was looking into the brooms and see that there are two sizes that should be compatible with the X749. There is a 52" and a 59" broom available, which would work the best, the larger broom looks like a lot to handle to me on icy sidewalks.

Same thing is true about the front snowblowers there is a 47" and a 54"? model. Is there a difference in capacity (height of snow)?

Also, I know extra weight and chains are needed but I was also considering the possibility of having a front mounted broom and rear three point mounted blower since these can counter balance each other. I already have the 3pt hitch and pto installed and can select between either front, rear or both ptos'. It would seem that you would drive faster forward with the broom than when blowing snow in reverse.

The last two implements a front 54" hyd angle blade and a rearblade are minor expenditures by comparison will probably buy both of these and add a plastic edge to both of these as needed. My interest in using these two implements is that without a cab I suspect they would be more pleasant to operate.

Thanks for all the replies and helpful advice, sure is a lot to think about.

I was looking into the idea of a snow push with the rubber edges and found this one from the Worksite Pro line http://www.deere.com/en_US/cfd/cons...dia/pdf/attachments/DKASPCWP_snow_pushers.pdf

Would consider the 8 ft model for the tlb, but would still need a broom.

Alot depends on whether I get the year round contract on a large condominium at the right price. Should be a decision made in the next week after Thanksgiving. If not I will stick with the smaller equipment for residential use and bundle up.

Correct me if I am wrong but there does not seem to be alot of price difference between a snowblower on the X749 and a 72-78" 3 pt model for the tractors. Just trying to consider all of my options before narrowing this down.

Brian,
What I am looking at now is to fit the 110tlb, not the 749. The snowpush I am considering is an Erskine 8' model with the pull back feature, this allows you to rotate the push 90 degrees and use a separate blade to drag back the snow close to a wall.

The blower is a 78" wide rear pull for the rear as mentioned earlier and I agree that trying to drive over a pile would be an issue. It would seem that you could break this pile out though and them run over it. I think the pull back feature should aid in pulling back and breaking up the pile to drive over it.

I am beginning to wonder if the snow push by itself would be enough for most years? May not need to buy a blower just yet.


That is a nice snow push you have, I think I would add a pull back blade to it.
If I had more time I would build a snowpush, seems like a good project.