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Deere

I dont think any snowblower machine operates much faster... but I never claimed it to be the best - it's just what I have, and it gets the job done. I'm sorry to disappoint, Wayne.

Ever since I bought the thing we get less and less each year! It sure is fun

I'd guess 4-500 lbs including the box. I made it so you can hang barbell weights on the sides which is very nice and easy to add/remove as needed

Mission aluminum 6.5x10

Video is 2x speed. 0.5 speed will show you real time. I find real time too boring 🤷‍♂️. If we get any snow this year (highly unlikely) I'll post a real time video for you

@@Michaelzeleznik4765 lol... just found the video speed settings. I will watch it again. Learned something new today.

@robertsavorgnan528 for sure! The frame rate may be awful lol but it'll at least show the performance better

Which driveway are you referring to in the video and what kind of turn around? 2wd doesn't like turning on snow all that much and making a 3 pt turn each pass would take longer, and making a U shape with the snowblower is messy, they're meant to work in straight passes

​@@Michaelzeleznik4765 All the driveways. 😂

@noworriesmate5903 if you've ever blown deep snow with a tractor you'd know a turn around as described wouldn't work lol. Nice idea but doesn't work in practice

Its been pretty good for the money. Needs some tinkering before it's ready to use, but better than the cat pricetag

It did well until late August where it lost most of its foliage early. I think that was in part due to the scorcher of a summer and drought we had, it definitely wasn't the ideal year for it. We did our best to water and fertilize it constantly, but we couldn't keep up with the heat. We'll see if it revives this spring, but not a whole lot of hope for it sadly

We're absolute masters at our profession with over 76.4 years of experience each, no chevys were harmed in the filming of this video

Rhett

I can send pics tomorrow if you tell me where to, email, instagram, etc?

I’m interested in mod too.. what did y’all pay for your rakes? How do you like ‘em?

@@davida6383 Paid 2100 at auction. Haven't used it yet

@@davida6383 paid $5300 shipped. I can send pics of the mods if you tell me where to send them

@@Michaelzeleznik4765 I’d appreciate that. I’ve yet to buy one, but I’m planning on buying one soon so it would be nice to know. Do you need an email?

For sure! I'm running Carlisle versa turfs, they're awesome. No chains or anything other than the weight box

@@Michaelzeleznik4765 ah. I recognize that thread pattern. Yes I’d say they would have great traction.

@@Michaelzeleznik4765 I’ve also looked that tractor up on Tractordata. Not a new machine either. Has diff lock and power steering. Nice.

@Noel Doiron absolutely. She's a 2002 with 2000 abusive hours. Has certainly proved it's reliability

@@Michaelzeleznik4765 well ya gotta like that. 20 year old tractor. I’ve got 11 garden tractors. Nothing as new as yours thou.

We're so bad we're good haha, get er done. Wouldn't have cared if I had an extra dent anyway

@@Michaelzeleznik4765 LOL i like the slogan! Long as the job is getting done ..and yes dents add character for sure

47" blower. No heat - I hop in and out constantly so no need. 2wd gas. Would love to upgrade to a diesel 4wd 4ws but haven't had a real need, this thing's taken all the abuse I've been able to put it through over the past 8 years

@@Michaelzeleznik4765 I've owned an x475 for 8 years now and have always wanted to buy a blower for it but didn't really know its capabilities.. looks like it can handle alot!

@Gwegg's List absolutely! They're tanks. I have a 45 loader for it too. Boy I've put it through hell. I shimmed the hydros so I could lift more and drive faster, haven't found the weak link yet. 2k abusive hrs so far

Yes always remove them and use a masonry float to fill their trenches with sand. If you left them in it would be pretty expensive and the pavers wouldn't compact down over them like it would the rest of the sand, i.e. not good!

Strobes on everything!! Thanks!

Thanks! I've been landscaping part-time after school for the past 11 years (4th grade). Any profit I make goes straight towards more equipment

Its as much "you get what you pay for" as it gets. If you have a full workload of Harley raking, get a name brand. If you have one or two jobs here or there and you're mechanically inclined, the topcat gets it done for how much less it costs. But you'll likely have to repair some bad engineering. I got it brand new from toolots. Their shipping service was atrocious. I had to immediately tig weld some pinhole leaks on their hydraulic fittings, their gearbox cover was designed 3" too low and dragged along the ground leaving a big rut - I had to plasma cut it off and reweld it on higher. The baffle over the tines is very flimsy and bends/binds from impacts with hand-sized rocks. But it works now, so for the money and how little use I actually have for it, I don't regret getting it instead of the Bobcat brand for 3x as much money

Interesting! I'm just a sub so I dont know or deal with them at all, but my contractor salts and has me there throughout the storm

Mike helps me out with those sights u-haul and the next one right across street. If your u-hauls aren’t allowing you to salt as needed is drop them. They don’t get to choose when a slip and fall may happen. I salt as needed there. That particular storm I believe 3-4 salting apps during 2 day event.

Yessir! This video has two lots and we were on separate ones for the majority of the storm, we just tried getting both trucks in the clips because everyone likes watching more stuff happening lol. Definitely wasn't efficient like that.

@@Michaelzeleznik4765 it was awesome watching the amount of snow being moved with the tandem push

Haha yeah, we were mostly on separate sites during the storm, but for the video we tried getting both trucks in the shots, clearly didn't work too efficiently.