snowblowers and lots of snow

strawhouse · Post by **strawhouse** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 2:35 am

I was wondering what size of snowblower to put on my dexta. I was looking at a 72" dual stage single auger blower. The guy said it works fine on any 30 to 40 hp tractor. Any thoughts?

two blue · Post by **two blue** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:19 am

hi I,ve been told the rule of thumb is 10hp per foot .I am thinking of looking for a 48 or 60 for my dexta . A 72 may be to much in a heavy wet snow clayton

strawhouse · Post by **strawhouse** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:55 am

Actually I did pick up a 7 foot single auger dual stage blower. It works extremely well on the dexta, the extra weight of the blower is great traction in the snow and being 7 feet wide it cuts a path wider than the dexta. It will blow light fluffy snow about 40 feet away and it will cut a path into 2 to 3 feet of snow at the end of the road with little resistance. All in all I am extremely pleased with picking up a larger snow blower

Lesfen · Post by **Lesfen** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:54 pm

That's great news!
I have been considering a snowblower but was also concerned how much a Dexta could handle.
What make and model did you settle on?
Cheers,
Les

strawhouse · Post by **strawhouse** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:16 am

As far as the make goes, I was told it was a ford snowblower? It has been painted before but it is in quite good shape. The gear box was clean and the gear drive was in good order. It has a hydraulic chute which is really nice. I just disconnected the hydraulics from the front end loader and use the bucket control for the chute cylinder.

Emil Nyman · Post by **Emil Nyman** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 7:20 pm

I have an ÅLÖ(made in Finland) snowblower on my Ford 3000. Its 225cm(89"). Its works well.