I just finished getting my F-250 snow plow truck running again. I won't say its cheaper than this setup because I am constantly repairing it in the hopes my used plow will work an entire season without a break down. I think Wranglerstar's system is going to be maintenance free for quite a few years. Yanmar sponsor, brilliant.
With the blower that tractor is a snow country game changer. Can't wait to watch it save the day. Not many non 4 wheel drive trucks same result with this tool. Every attachment better than the last.
Watching your love affair with this tractor has sold me. I too grew up around heavy equipment and know the incredible value of having a reliable tractor on the property.
This season I have the pleasure of working with a 54" PTO direct drive, front mounted blower, on a John Deere 2032R... this thing is a beast! For home use, your blower looks overkill aF! Either way... enjoy your new heavy equipment! I know I will!
Cody, I was a baker in another life. I worked for a Jewish Gentleman and I was young and asked how do you become successful? His answer was” Don’t buy anything and don’t run out of anything” I congratulate you on achieving success! Well done, very happy for you and your family. Have a great Thanksgiving 👍
I have no use for a tractor, but I wish I did so I could by this one. Cody you are the best spokesman for this company. I know they let you use the tractor for a limited time. They should give it ti you and all the implements as well.
We have a great Massey Ferguson 6714S (120 pto hp) with the IVT transmission (infinite speeds forwards & reverse) and a front 3pt hitch, PTO & hydraulics. We get alot of lake affect snow from Lake Michigan. We have a 84" snow blower on the front and a sand 84" rear mounted sand drop spreader. This allows us to plow our 3/4 mile driveway, sometimes our roads, our family's driveways and even the back trails to our cattle barn. We can blow the deep snow (24" sometimes) and drifts that can be up to 6' deep in front and when we clear a nice path, we can drop sand to make the driveways safe. It is a great setup.
That will be so nice to maneuver with the blower on the front! My Uncle had an old Ford tractor with a blower on the back, it was good to use, but this will be so much better for extended periods of time!
very nice, after last winter with my back i started my search for a tractor that fit what i could afford to spend. after much searching i ended up getting a new holland 38 horse with a 64 inch rear mount snow blower. would have liked the front mount on the loader as we get huge banks up in northern maine and people pay to have them moved and it would help make the tractor payment but the cost was to high for me so i will use the loader to dig the banks and drop it where the blower and throw it as far as it can. this tractor has been a game changer, unloading wood pellets is a snap with the pallet forks other work i did from july to last month would have taken me years to do manually got done with very little physical effort and no damaged back. i considered Yanmar but was unable to locate a used tractor in my price range a new one with less features than my current one would have set me back almost 20k more although to be fair the new holland doesnt have a cab and the yanmar i specd did have a cab.the other consideration is closesest Yanmar dealer to me is 2.5 hour drive. the new holland dealer is a 20 minute drive
Cody, do yourself a favor, when you rework the power outlet, take it off the grill guard and run it up the loader boom with the new auxiliary hyd lines. Make sure your bottom link arms re-engage after hooking the power unit and the PTO shaft doesn't pitch on the draw bar if the arms relax. Can't wait to see it in a big snow.
That really is a nice unit. I couldn't hear any noise from it. At least none that the mic picked up. A suggestion for the future, Skid mounted, PTO driven, generator, large enough to run the entire property in a power outage situation. You could set up a transfer switch in the tractor barn, and install an exhaust hose to clamp on the tractors exhaust pipe. That way you can run the tractor in the barn. It would be economical to run, compared to the gas units. Especially if you have several days of outage.
Yeah I like it. Kinda reminds of an older design that has an independent hydraulic reservoir you could mount on a pickup. When you overheat your fluid you have to stop working. Also the extra weight gives you more grip in the snow. Good design. Cracks me up all Cody has do is pop up with some new gadget and the negative people come out of hiding. Then all hear is "I don't like it, I have one better I got for a dime, yak yak yak and my favorite is the shade tree engineers out there.... oh sorry got carried away. Have a great Thanksgiving Cody and family!
Curious if you could run a Fecon Forestry Head on that now. They are a beast. Allthough you may need to upgrade front glass on tractor lol. Last high flow skid steer I rented with the forestry head came with the forestry package, (additional hose protection and bullet proof glass)
It may have been for this video that I told about my boss getting a similar setup by John Deere. They put the hydraulic pump on the PTO, and ran hydraulic lines under the length of the tractor, to connect with the blower in front. I had talked him out of a rear blower for reasons similar to Cody's. Then we began getting less snow in winter. When a heavier snow did arrive, Boss was too sick to go out and hook up the blower. Poor guy, he hardly got to use it! Then he retired and moved to be near the medical community near Portland, Oregon. I felt so bad for him. He had waited years to get a good unit. And with a little coaching, John Deere really had come through for him. Hey, we miss you Mark.
Thanks for sharing Cody. I also was eager to see what they were going to come up with. Cooler, weights, they thought it through. Look forward to seeing it blow, throw snow.
Eirik Adsen still far better than owning a pos indian built mahindra. Cub used yanmar power for years due to their reliability...so there's a good chance their tractors as a whole are decent. At roughly $30k with the cab & 3 pt hitch, yannis are far cheaper than a comparable deere.
This is manufactured in Georgia by a Japanese company investing in America. U. S. companies that outsource sell Americans products that were built outside the country, but people feel better about it when they see a brand they recognize. Buying American is more complex than reading nameplates.
John Deere has used something similar for years. I have a Kubota L6060 60 HP with front blower and rear box blade. The blower runs off the mid-PTO. The shoot angle and flapper angle are hydraulic and are controlled off my loader joy stick. I live in Upstate NY, so I am quite familiar with snow. Last year was a light snow year. Maybe 150" rather than over 200. I used my box blade far more than the blower.
That elecrical plug for blower should be attached to the loader itself, somewhere near hydraulic connectors and not on the front guard. With current setup if you raise blower over the hood, it will break or at least pull the plug out :)
I too am most impressed with this snowblower unit. I believe the unit is based on the Oshcosh design used on runways. Does anyone know when this unit will be available for sale. With the universal mounts this unit will not be Yanmar specific. Here in BC we have the same wet heavy snow but with the fast rotation I would be concerned with throwing rocks so might be a good idea to have a chat with your neighbors and advise them to have their yards cleaned up before you arrive and the snow falls. Beautiful unit and I like the idea of having the blower in the front instead of the back. Thanx and good job on the site
Cody, as for your new snow blower. I thought you already have a Snow Removal System. Didn't you purchase A $200.00 snow shovel for Mrs W. LOL!! A truly beautiful piece of equiptment. That will be a real asset to your home. If all else fails introduce Jack to the snow shovel. Lol!! kinda math on metrics in the snow. LOL
A camera mounted on the power unit and on the blower will give you an extra set of eyes to know just how far you are from things you don't want to hit without getting out of the tractor cab. Have you staked out the driveway and objects to avoid yet? The bamboo garden stakes make great sacrificial markers as they are cheap and will not damage the blower if they do get pulled in.
Great Video, as always it's such a pleasure to watch your videos about you and your family values, I used to was a guy called Paul short out of Canada until he started bad mouthing my President and Commander in Chief if the people thought more like you we would be in a better place Happy Thanksgiving and Godspeed
Makes me glad I live in north Georgia where one inch of snow makes it a holiday and it’s gone in a day or two. I’ll stick to watching you take care of clearing snow via TH-cam. 8^)
Ya know, I'd never need something like this but it sure gave me "the fizz" Boys and our toys it's not just a toy you REALLY NEED it. I think it's great you've been able to partner with #Yanmar to keep your channel free to the younger generation without fathers that you have helped through this channel over the years. All that said you and Mrs. W have a great Thanksgiving hope to see a cameo from Mrs W's father if he made the trip again. I always like spending the holidays with my Wranglerstar family too
I have a snow blower for my tractor that mounts on the front loader that is powered off the front pto shaft I can not raise it up very high but I love it!!!
Yeah getting lots of snow equipment is a sure way to jinx it. lol However he probably will. He is at around 2600 feet in elevation if I recall correctly. They say we will get snow here at 400 feet. If we do then he will for sure.
There are simpler and less expensive systems that have been out there a long time. This is kind of reinventing the wheel. Not to say its not an interesting idea but it's not the most practical when compared to other systems.
Back in the day my grandparents ran one of the largest daycare centers in Hood River. They had a circular driveway and a little kubota tractor. One year back in the mid 80's they got 6 feet of snow. Every couple hours my grandfather was out there with the blade on that tractor going backwards to push the snow. Maybe an 1/8 of a mile total on that driveway. If he had this he could have slept a couple hours more.
Cody check out the Ram Mount Tough Claw. You can mount one permanently or with a suction cup to the windshield. It would hold your controller perfectly. And it’s modular and easy to remove fie when you don’t need it.
I like Yanmar's engineering ideas I understand why they wanted to mount the tools forward looking, and having a separate hydraulic pump pto powered does not strain the hydraulic pump nearly as badly as the internal hydraulic pump in the tractor which is much more difficult to maintain. Kudos Yanmar!
Hi Cody, many larger tractors have front power take offs and a 3 point linkage for applications when you don’t want to drive over your work before the implement
@wranglerstar 28y old IT worker in London, love your videos! They take me away from this "hell" of a city! So, I was expecting to see the snowblower blowing some snow.. sadly I've yet to see snow, too hot in central London, or so they say! Best regards, R!
love all of your videos, but especially your Yanmar videos. Not everyone gets the chance to see how these work, and i find it amazing how much engineering goes into making one of these and what you can accomplish with it.
Do you work for Yanmar? This is pretty awesome. The reason it is all so heavy duty is because of the affect below freezing temperatures can have on steel, due to its lattice structure. Depending on the alloy, as you approach a certain temperature below 0 Celsius the yield strength of the material can be a very small fraction of the original, and result in breakage. It's a common problem they have to design for on oil rigs in Northern Canada. Most steel products will have a "T10" (quoted because it's not a very common term and is hard to google) which is the temperature at which it's yield strength is 10% of what it would be at room temperature. Oil rigs have to use a much more expensive steel that is within the required factor of safety at -45 C Fortunately, materials like Aluminum do not exhibit this loss in yield strength (also due to its different lattice structure), hence why you can see those aluminum pieces on the bottom and sides of the blower. They'll be directly in the snow and most prone to hitting rocks or other debris that could damage the sled. For those that are curious, the likely reason it isn't made entirely out of aluminum is cost.
Suggestion: add a little grease to your PTO shaft before you install the PTO driveshaft. This will help get it off when you're done. I've had experience with those shafts seizing after extended use. Especially with the mowers.
Yes I'm theory there is much less of an efficiency loss with a mechanical drive system. Hydralics as a form of power transfer method is very inefficient.
We had the same issue with trying to find a small counter balance, we ended up casting a 3-point hitch in concrete. It weighs around 300lbs and makes for easy hook up and removal while taking up minimal space
Hi Cody. Wow! That looks like a great unit. Using hydraulics to power the blower instead of a nightmare mechanical driveshaft is pretty slick. The fan to cool the hydraulics is a nice touch. I personally have 1.5 miles of driveway to plow and we get a lot of snow at times. My solution is a front-mounted snowplow blade, and a pull-behind 7 foot wide snowthrower that runs off of the PTO. So I can drive forward, plow forward, and snowblow forward. For my application, I need the ability to push and blow snow. This was the ideal solution for me.
Hi Cody, to improve the performance of your blower I recommend either spray waxing the inside of the chute or auger and actually for convenience pledge furniture polish works GREAT for snow blowers been using that for years here in Northwest Ohio and it makes a huge difference. Also there are videos on here of people putting rubber on the impeller to reduce the gap to improve the snow flow out of the chute. There are a lot of videos on it and it’s something I’d like to try if I had a 2 stage, but all of my blowers are single. Hope this helps and I hope you see this comment. Happy belated thanksgiving!
My grandpa put something like this together in early the early 2000’s I guess he should’ve gotten a patient on it and started making the rear mounted high flow hydraulic pump like this.
I can't wait to see that blowing snow! That adjustable 3-point is sweet. My aunt had a JD and you had to mess around a lot to get the arms on to the implement.
Cody, you need to create a weekend camp we all can attend/pay for called men, not snowflakes and teach us who aren't as fortunate, how to do these things, and the science/magic behind it. Can't wait to see it on action!!
That's a nice set up . i just kinda think that tank might be a little bit small at least it has a cooler for it . 27 years of doing snow removal at the KCI International airport the one i used would throw 1250 pounds of snow a second with a 850 hp cat just for the thrower named the Terminator
its pretty obvious another what was once a good youtube has sold out on us says the backhoe or box blade is to big on the back of the tractor and yet that crazy power unit sticks out just as far if not farther than either of those.
Really? What tape measure were you using? My backhoe for my smaller tractor sticks out farther than that thing does on his big tractor. I don't remember him saying anything about a box blade. My box blade is very short and if I make it more useful with 3 blades instead of 1 it will be heavier and longer.
I'm glad you will be able to make money by using this snow blower in winter. For your safety on the road at night, It's a must to have light in from of the blower and reflector and light on your bypass hydraulic pump. You have electricity in back and in front, so you will have power fir lights. I'm sure Yanmar will have some good safety and utility light.
I just finished getting my F-250 snow plow truck running again. I won't say its cheaper than this setup because I am constantly repairing it in the hopes my used plow will work an entire season without a break down. I think Wranglerstar's system is going to be maintenance free for quite a few years. Yanmar sponsor, brilliant.
With the blower that tractor is a snow country game changer. Can't wait to watch it save the day. Not many non 4 wheel drive trucks same result with this tool. Every attachment better than the last.
Watching your love affair with this tractor has sold me. I too grew up around heavy equipment and know the incredible value of having a reliable tractor on the property.
Cherry Blossom Forge his passion is palpable, for sure.
This season I have the pleasure of working with a 54" PTO direct drive, front mounted blower, on a John Deere 2032R... this thing is a beast!
For home use, your blower looks overkill aF!
Either way... enjoy your new heavy equipment! I know I will!
Cody, I was a baker in another life. I worked for a Jewish Gentleman and I was young and asked how do you become successful? His answer was” Don’t buy anything and don’t run out of anything” I congratulate you on achieving success! Well done, very happy for you and your family. Have a great Thanksgiving 👍
I have no use for a tractor, but I wish I did so I could by this one. Cody you are the best spokesman for this company. I know they let you use the tractor for a limited time. They should give it ti you and all the implements as well.
We have a great Massey Ferguson 6714S (120 pto hp) with the IVT transmission (infinite speeds forwards & reverse) and a front 3pt hitch, PTO & hydraulics. We get alot of lake affect snow from Lake Michigan. We have a 84" snow blower on the front and a sand 84" rear mounted sand drop spreader. This allows us to plow our 3/4 mile driveway, sometimes our roads, our family's driveways and even the back trails to our cattle barn. We can blow the deep snow (24" sometimes) and drifts that can be up to 6' deep in front and when we clear a nice path, we can drop sand to make the driveways safe. It is a great setup.
That will be so nice to maneuver with the blower on the front! My Uncle had an old Ford tractor with a blower on the back, it was good to use, but this will be so much better for extended periods of time!
Hey Cody, I just want to say that I am really glad for you to have all of your "toys". Sincerely hope all your dreams come true.
I don't need a tractor like that, but I want a tractor like that. Keep up the good work.
very nice, after last winter with my back i started my search for a tractor that fit what i could afford to spend. after much searching i ended up getting a new holland 38 horse with a 64 inch rear mount snow blower.
would have liked the front mount on the loader as we get huge banks up in northern maine and people pay to have them moved and it would help make the tractor payment but the cost was to high for me so i will use the loader to dig the banks and drop it where the blower and throw it as far as it can.
this tractor has been a game changer, unloading wood pellets is a snap with the pallet forks other work i did from july to last month would have taken me years to do manually got done with very little physical effort and no damaged back.
i considered Yanmar but was unable to locate a used tractor in my price range a new one with less features than my current one would have set me back almost 20k more although to be fair the new holland doesnt have a cab and the yanmar i specd did have a cab.the other consideration is closesest Yanmar dealer to me is 2.5 hour drive. the new holland dealer is a 20 minute drive
Cody, do yourself a favor, when you rework the power outlet, take it off the grill guard and run it up the loader boom with the new auxiliary hyd lines. Make sure your bottom link arms re-engage after hooking the power unit and the PTO shaft doesn't pitch on the draw bar if the arms relax. Can't wait to see it in a big snow.
Quick Attach has been making PTO high flow packs for tractors for years.
Happy Thanksgiving Wranglerstar family. Lots of love from The OrangeJeepDad family in Southern Idaho. Keep those vids coming!
That really is a nice unit. I couldn't hear any noise from it. At least none that the mic picked up.
A suggestion for the future, Skid mounted, PTO driven, generator, large enough to run the entire property in a power outage situation. You could set up a transfer switch in the tractor barn, and install an exhaust hose to clamp on the tractors exhaust pipe. That way you can run the tractor in the barn. It would be economical to run, compared to the gas units. Especially if you have several days of outage.
Happy Thanksgiving Wranglerstar Family
Yeah I like it. Kinda reminds of an older design that has an independent hydraulic reservoir you could mount on a pickup.
When you overheat your fluid you have to stop working. Also the extra weight gives you more grip in the snow. Good design.
Cracks me up all Cody has do is pop up with some new gadget and the negative people come out of hiding. Then all hear is "I don't like it, I have one better I got for a dime, yak yak yak and my favorite is the shade tree engineers out there.... oh sorry got carried away.
Have a great Thanksgiving Cody and family!
Nice, on the snow blower attachment. Just got mine for the Ventrac also. I agree with you, the snow needs to hurry up.
Curious if you could run a Fecon Forestry Head on that now. They are a beast. Allthough you may need to upgrade front glass on tractor lol. Last high flow skid steer I rented with the forestry head came with the forestry package, (additional hose protection and bullet proof glass)
Way Way Way tooooooooooo sweet. Happy thanksgiving to y'all
must be nice to be given 50k worth of equipment free,yanmar send me a tractor and blower lol
It may have been for this video that I told about my boss getting a similar setup by John Deere. They put the hydraulic pump on the PTO, and ran hydraulic lines under the length of the tractor, to connect with the blower in front. I had talked him out of a rear blower for reasons similar to Cody's.
Then we began getting less snow in winter. When a heavier snow did arrive, Boss was too sick to go out and hook up the blower. Poor guy, he hardly got to use it! Then he retired and moved to be near the medical community near Portland, Oregon. I felt so bad for him. He had waited years to get a good unit. And with a little coaching, John Deere really had come through for him.
Hey, we miss you Mark.
Thanks for sharing Cody. I also was eager to see what they were going to come up with. Cooler, weights, they thought it through. Look forward to seeing it blow, throw snow.
I can't wait for the first snow to see it in action! Beautiful!
''Red blooded American''- driving a japanese tractor
And the Japanese buy and use a lot of CAT's too.
Eirik Adsen still far better than owning a pos indian built mahindra. Cub used yanmar power for years due to their reliability...so there's a good chance their tractors as a whole are decent. At roughly $30k with the cab & 3 pt hitch, yannis are far cheaper than a comparable deere.
Lmao JD uses yanmar engines in some of their tractors.
Richard Frazee go read the manufactures tag on a new cat, made in Japan. Except for the really big iron
This is manufactured in Georgia by a Japanese company investing in America. U. S. companies that outsource sell Americans products that were built outside the country, but people feel better about it when they see a brand they recognize. Buying American is more complex than reading nameplates.
I can't wait for it to snow!! I want to see that thing go!
Thank you so much for getting this! Now I know we won't have much snow. Lol
I like that it is used in the front. I'm thinking it might need to be a little taller. Can't wait to see it in action.
Want to see that in action. It should be pretty good. Nice addition to the tractor.
John Deere has used something similar for years. I have a Kubota L6060 60 HP with front blower and rear box blade. The blower runs off the mid-PTO. The shoot angle and flapper angle are hydraulic and are controlled off my loader joy stick. I live in Upstate NY, so I am quite familiar with snow. Last year was a light snow year. Maybe 150" rather than over 200. I used my box blade far more than the blower.
That elecrical plug for blower should be attached to the loader itself, somewhere near hydraulic connectors and not on the front guard. With current setup if you raise blower over the hood, it will break or at least pull the plug out :)
I too am most impressed with this snowblower unit. I believe the unit is based on the Oshcosh design used on runways. Does anyone know when this unit will be available for sale. With the universal mounts this unit will not be Yanmar specific. Here in BC we have the same wet heavy snow but with the fast rotation I would be concerned with throwing rocks so might be a good idea to have a chat with your neighbors and advise them to have their yards cleaned up before you arrive and the snow falls. Beautiful unit and I like the idea of having the blower in the front instead of the back. Thanx and good job on the site
That is nice Cody. I can't wait for you to have snow and you can show us how it works. Take care and God bless.
Can't wait for the first real dump of snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cody, as for your new snow blower.
I thought you already have a Snow Removal System. Didn't you purchase A $200.00 snow shovel for Mrs W. LOL!!
A truly beautiful piece of equiptment. That will be a real asset to your home.
If all else fails introduce Jack to the snow shovel. Lol!! kinda math on metrics in the snow. LOL
Looking forward to winter oddly enough, both for you and the Martian. You with the new blower setup and he with his insulation. Thanks for sharing.
The first stage of the snowblower could use some wings in the center to help kick the snow into the 2nd stage impeller.
A camera mounted on the power unit and on the blower will give you an extra set of eyes to know just how far you are from things you don't want to hit without getting out of the tractor cab.
Have you staked out the driveway and objects to avoid yet? The bamboo garden stakes make great sacrificial markers as they are cheap and will not damage the blower if they do get pulled in.
I can't wait to watch the video of you slinging snow with this snow blower.
so cool, hope you enjoy using it
Very well engineered...good Job Yanmar 👍😀❄️❄️
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow !
Great Video, as always it's such a pleasure to watch your videos about you and your family values, I used to was a guy called Paul short out of Canada until he started bad mouthing my President and Commander in Chief if the people thought more like you we would be in a better place Happy Thanksgiving and Godspeed
Makes me glad I live in north Georgia where one inch of snow makes it a holiday and it’s gone in a day or two. I’ll stick to watching you take care of clearing snow via TH-cam. 8^)
Ya know, I'd never need something like this but it sure gave me "the fizz" Boys and our toys it's not just a toy you REALLY NEED it. I think it's great you've been able to partner with #Yanmar to keep your channel free to the younger generation without fathers that you have helped through this channel over the years. All that said you and Mrs. W have a great Thanksgiving hope to see a cameo from Mrs W's father if he made the trip again. I always like spending the holidays with my Wranglerstar family too
lol Wranglerstar, it is not fair to show us the snowblower when there's no snow!!!
Maybe you can help the Martians with their solar panels. Lol. Looks great.
Can't wait to see it in action. Go Yanmar!!!
Mannn!! Yanmar has got it going on!! This is sweet!
I’m pumped for snow removal videos this year.
I have a snow blower for my tractor that mounts on the front loader that is powered off the front pto shaft I can not raise it up very high but I love it!!!
It a game changer, i wonder if a skis steer stump grinder would work with this system
Jeff Pacheco
Or the mulching attachment 👍
Or a log splitter.
We probably wont get half the snow we had last year now that you are all set for it !
Yeah getting lots of snow equipment is a sure way to jinx it. lol However he probably will. He is at around 2600 feet in elevation if I recall correctly. They say we will get snow here at 400 feet. If we do then he will for sure.
I dont know why people are hating. This thing is pretty slick.
People hate due to jealousy and superiority complex. Probably similar to the whole Ford Chevy Dodge fanbois.
There are simpler and less expensive systems that have been out there a long time. This is kind of reinventing the wheel. Not to say its not an interesting idea but it's not the most practical when compared to other systems.
I’ve recently started working for a Komatsu distributor and I find your tractor videos super fascinating. Awesome video!
Nice, can't wait to see it working!
Back in the day my grandparents ran one of the largest daycare centers in Hood River. They had a circular driveway and a little kubota tractor. One year back in the mid 80's they got 6 feet of snow. Every couple hours my grandfather was out there with the blade on that tractor going backwards to push the snow. Maybe an 1/8 of a mile total on that driveway. If he had this he could have slept a couple hours more.
Cody check out the Ram Mount Tough Claw. You can mount one permanently or with a suction cup to the windshield. It would hold your controller perfectly. And it’s modular and easy to remove fie when you don’t need it.
Oh and it’s made in the USA!
I like Yanmar's engineering ideas I understand why they wanted to mount the tools forward looking, and having a separate hydraulic pump pto powered does not strain the hydraulic pump nearly as badly as the internal hydraulic pump in the tractor which is much more difficult to maintain. Kudos Yanmar!
That's actually really neat
Hi Cody, many larger tractors have front power take offs and a 3 point linkage for applications when you don’t want to drive over your work before the implement
@wranglerstar 28y old IT worker in London, love your videos! They take me away from this "hell" of a city! So, I was expecting to see the snowblower blowing some snow.. sadly I've yet to see snow, too hot in central London, or so they say! Best regards, R!
love all of your videos, but especially your Yanmar videos. Not everyone gets the chance to see how these work, and i find it amazing how much engineering goes into making one of these and what you can accomplish with it.
Oh I see snow fun in the near future!!!
Fiat 110-90 is the only tractor.
It's the right yoke to have around the place
Do you work for Yanmar? This is pretty awesome.
The reason it is all so heavy duty is because of the affect below freezing temperatures can have on steel, due to its lattice structure. Depending on the alloy, as you approach a certain temperature below 0 Celsius the yield strength of the material can be a very small fraction of the original, and result in breakage. It's a common problem they have to design for on oil rigs in Northern Canada. Most steel products will have a "T10" (quoted because it's not a very common term and is hard to google) which is the temperature at which it's yield strength is 10% of what it would be at room temperature. Oil rigs have to use a much more expensive steel that is within the required factor of safety at -45 C
Fortunately, materials like Aluminum do not exhibit this loss in yield strength (also due to its different lattice structure), hence why you can see those aluminum pieces on the bottom and sides of the blower. They'll be directly in the snow and most prone to hitting rocks or other debris that could damage the sled.
For those that are curious, the likely reason it isn't made entirely out of aluminum is cost.
He doesn't work for them, but he's sponsered by them.
Hey Cody! Your videos always give me the "fizz" No other TH-camr does like you do.
Suggestion: add a little grease to your PTO shaft before you install the PTO driveshaft. This will help get it off when you're done. I've had experience with those shafts seizing after extended use. Especially with the mowers.
Nice. I would suggest adding drift cutters. They make the job a little easier.
Wouldn't it be much more efficient to drive the snow thrower directly with the p.t.o. as every good snow thrower has for the past 50 years
Yes I'm theory there is much less of an efficiency loss with a mechanical drive system. Hydralics as a form of power transfer method is very inefficient.
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We had the same issue with trying to find a small counter balance, we ended up casting a 3-point hitch in concrete. It weighs around 300lbs and makes for easy hook up and removal while taking up minimal space
Hi Cody. Wow! That looks like a great unit. Using hydraulics to power the blower instead of a nightmare mechanical driveshaft is pretty slick. The fan to cool the hydraulics is a nice touch. I personally have 1.5 miles of driveway to plow and we get a lot of snow at times. My solution is a front-mounted snowplow blade, and a pull-behind 7 foot wide snowthrower that runs off of the PTO. So I can drive forward, plow forward, and snowblow forward. For my application, I need the ability to push and blow snow. This was the ideal solution for me.
It looks like great kit to me
Let it snow
That looks amazing. Cant wait to see it in action
Thanks for posting. Can't wait to see the blower in action
Hey, you glued all the glass pieces of your back video together, looks great. Ultimate jigsaw puzzle.
Hi Cody, to improve the performance of your blower I recommend either spray waxing the inside of the chute or auger and actually for convenience pledge furniture polish works GREAT for snow blowers been using that for years here in Northwest Ohio and it makes a huge difference. Also there are videos on here of people putting rubber on the impeller to reduce the gap to improve the snow flow out of the chute. There are a lot of videos on it and it’s something I’d like to try if I had a 2 stage, but all of my blowers are single. Hope this helps and I hope you see this comment. Happy belated thanksgiving!
My grandpa put something like this together in early the early 2000’s I guess he should’ve gotten a patient on it and started making the rear mounted high flow hydraulic pump like this.
Very nice set up 🙂
Lots of potential
I also like Quick Attach Company in Minnesota.
Also heavy Duty
Awesome! With all the snow you get that will really be nice to have!! Look forward to seeing it in action.
Cody! you are 120K Subs from 1 Million Subs and your Gold Play button!!! WOW!
With that power pack, YOU have to get a FORESTRY MULCHER ! that will make the restoration
an maintenance of your property , no longer a chore .
Cannot wait to see this in action.
happy thanksgiving @Wranglerstar family.
great video, pure wranglerstar
Sooooooo erhh all you need (needed ) was snow.. was soooooooooo looking forward to see this one in action
I see how it works. It scares the snow away!
Can't wait to see that bad boy in action.
That thing is a beast! Looking forward to seeing you put it to action.
Looks impressive, can't wait to see it in action.
I can't wait to see that blowing snow!
That adjustable 3-point is sweet. My aunt had a JD and you had to mess around a lot to get the arms on to the implement.
Cody, you need to create a weekend camp we all can attend/pay for called men, not snowflakes and teach us who aren't as fortunate, how to do these things, and the science/magic behind it.
Can't wait to see it on action!!
That's a nice set up . i just kinda think that tank might be a little bit small at least it has a cooler for it . 27 years of doing snow removal at the KCI International airport the one i used would throw 1250 pounds of snow a second with a 850 hp cat just for the thrower named the Terminator
Make sure to put lots of dielectric grease on the 7 and 4 pin connectors. Helps a lot with the corrosion
its pretty obvious another what was once a good youtube has sold out on us says the backhoe or box blade is to big on the back of the tractor and yet that crazy power unit sticks out just as far if not farther than either of those.
Really? What tape measure were you using? My backhoe for my smaller tractor sticks out farther than that thing does on his big tractor. I don't remember him saying anything about a box blade. My box blade is very short and if I make it more useful with 3 blades instead of 1 it will be heavier and longer.
I'm glad you will be able to make money by using this snow blower in winter. For your safety on the road at night, It's a must to have light in from of the blower and reflector and light on your bypass hydraulic pump. You have electricity in back and in front, so you will have power fir lights. I'm sure Yanmar will have some good safety and utility light.
If you put a horse trailer mat down under the blower and plow it helps if from sliding trying to get it on.
Proper ballast.
Great tractor , i love the video....don't break that new rear window !! j/k