Hi Members,
I'm on a farm in Central NY and can have varying depths of snow and type, light lake effect, or heavy wet, hard frozen on top, you get it.
I have been using my Kubota M7060, with a 9 foot plow on the front, and a 9 foot 3 way hydraulic angle on the back, it's a beast and can move a lot of snow in a hurry. When I retired, we raised beef, and the tractor was running every day for chores, so pushing snow around was just an added job for it. Luckily, we came to our senses and realized we were farming for free, and sold the herd.
The tractor now has a lazy life of moving firewood in IBC totes, once a week or so. I hate to start the tractor just to move a little snow, and push out the berm at my driveways from the road plow. Also, once the tractor is running, I always end up clearing multiple neighbors around me.
This year I started really using the 30" 11HP Craftsman snow blower I purchased in 2003, when we bought the farm. I have to say, I like the nice neat job it does, (snow blowing in general), including paths across lawn, and gravel to my barns and chicken coop.
The old Craftsman is in pretty good shape, but really struggles with traction, and reliability, in terms of asking too much of it, it'll spit a wheel off, shear a transmission bolt or various other problems, far from the barn.
This led me to really digging into looking at high end blowers, because I can knock out my place with what I have fairly quickly, and would love to do it without the wrestling match required to get it done with the Craftsman. I was pretty set on the Honda 1332, but have learned more about Ariens and think the rapidtrak might be better in my situation.
Looking at the models, I like everything about the Kraken, but really don't need all the lights, so I think the Mountaineering is the same thing minus all the lights.
I am also curious if the electric ram adjustment gives infinite adjustment of the bucket, or does it just lock it into the same positions as the manual adjustment?
Sorry for the long first post, and thanks your any thoughts you might have!
I'm on a farm in Central NY and can have varying depths of snow and type, light lake effect, or heavy wet, hard frozen on top, you get it.
I have been using my Kubota M7060, with a 9 foot plow on the front, and a 9 foot 3 way hydraulic angle on the back, it's a beast and can move a lot of snow in a hurry. When I retired, we raised beef, and the tractor was running every day for chores, so pushing snow around was just an added job for it. Luckily, we came to our senses and realized we were farming for free, and sold the herd.
The tractor now has a lazy life of moving firewood in IBC totes, once a week or so. I hate to start the tractor just to move a little snow, and push out the berm at my driveways from the road plow. Also, once the tractor is running, I always end up clearing multiple neighbors around me.
This year I started really using the 30" 11HP Craftsman snow blower I purchased in 2003, when we bought the farm. I have to say, I like the nice neat job it does, (snow blowing in general), including paths across lawn, and gravel to my barns and chicken coop.
The old Craftsman is in pretty good shape, but really struggles with traction, and reliability, in terms of asking too much of it, it'll spit a wheel off, shear a transmission bolt or various other problems, far from the barn.
This led me to really digging into looking at high end blowers, because I can knock out my place with what I have fairly quickly, and would love to do it without the wrestling match required to get it done with the Craftsman. I was pretty set on the Honda 1332, but have learned more about Ariens and think the rapidtrak might be better in my situation.
Looking at the models, I like everything about the Kraken, but really don't need all the lights, so I think the Mountaineering is the same thing minus all the lights.
I am also curious if the electric ram adjustment gives infinite adjustment of the bucket, or does it just lock it into the same positions as the manual adjustment?
Sorry for the long first post, and thanks your any thoughts you might have!
even videos
