Snowblow two driveways in 6 minutes with Pronovost 80" Cyclone and John Deere 4066R
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- We clear 2 driveways in 6 minutes with a Pronovost 80" Cyclone snowblower on a John Deere 4066R. I also run a MetalPless Agrimaxx 7-12 on this machine. After 6 minutes of driveway action, you'll see an overview of the machine as well as some bonus sidewalk/shoveling footage with the Toro Power Clear 821 R-C!
Best footage of a tractor setup like yours I have found so far!! Keep up the great videos!!!
Thanks! I plan to keep putting out more videos as I feel the same way about nothing very good besides some snap shots here and there.
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Perfect setup! Blower is just amazingly good! Best I have ever seen!
love the drone views
I am surprised you don't leave more tracks with that setup! Pretty cool, blows my X739 with 47" snow blower out of the water!
Snow removal has come a long way since my CJ-5 w/Meyer 6 1/2’ blade on it 50 years ago. But, I had a ball doing it!!
Love your set up
Amazing as hell .!! Nice set up. Nice job .!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Looks like a great setup. I just subscribed. Keep the videos coming. We just got a 6” storm last weekend here in Michigan. I’ll be putting some videos up on that soon.
That looks like fun and a bit of overkill. I run a plow and just added an Ariens single stage Professional 21 to the mix. Never took my two stage out on runs but I'm also not bringing it out at home much either. I've got to agree with you, these single stage blowers have come a long way and are super powerful.
Plow is great. If you don’t care about damaging properties. These are the standard here in Ottawa, Canada
Excellent setup! I can see the advantages.
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Okay but how does it handle a real snowfall? I’m talking 1 foot, 2 fleet or more?
nice tight shovel work at the end
You should always Clear Fire Hybrids 😎 Future thoughts.
Thank God I don't have lazy kids when the snow hits the ground!
very nice set up and very good video is the cyclone work good went you do have an accumulation of 10 inches and more
in montreal and ottawa every snow clearing company use inverted blowers, but in east and atlantic area none of us are using them, went the city plow make a snow bank of 2 feet and more thats where i am questioning myself
I've had no issues with 2-4ft city plow ridges at the end of the driveway. If its too bad, you can take bites out of it, then back all the way over it and just keep working it. That only happens 1 or 2 times per year, otherwise it works perfect.
I would definitely get 1 of those when I have my own house in the future
This rig may cost as much as that house!
@@joeespo177 lol yep... Setup like that right now is around 90k
Great video of the tractor and inverted! Thanks for sharing this info! I like single stage pushers too, but that walk could have been done in less than 1/2 the time with a 2stage I think. It takes about 9-10 mins since you said it’s shown at 10x. And doing that with a 2-stage would be about 3 passes, and would take 2 mins. Plus 2 mins at the beginning to shove all the porch snow onto the walk. Single stage leaves it cleaner, but you can do 2-3x more work in the same amount of time with a 2-stage, right? For that particular depth of snow and width of walkway, I mean. Anyway, thanks for posting this! It looks great.
What are your current thoughts with the downforce kit? I’m thinking of adding it to get a better scrape with wet snows. Thanks!
Really is a tough call. I use it all the time so it’s hard to tell and I haven’t really tested with all the different scenarios. I can say for a fact it helps when the apron is at a different slope then the main part of the pad.
How do you like the setup? Still using it? What type of scraper blade does the pronovost have?
Love it..yep almost 1000hrs…blower has tivar, stainless or poly ….ive only used factory tivar
Don't forget to dig out those fire hydrants also.
Please tell me about the PTO clutch. When you cleaned the street in front, the blower went so smoothly from off to on. Is that clutch electric?
The 4 series John Deere has a hydraulic clutch for the pto and is a hydro drive tractor....that’s why it’s so smooth. Just don’t engage at max throttle...it will still work but it has a little jump and more potential to break something....it’s butter smooth though even when loaded
How much do you guys charge the driveway with that machine?
Inverted, had not seen that before!
Maybe with that big machine. clear around the fire hydrant?
So, about $75K to push snow around, eh?
That's awesome, good thing no one lives next door
Yep. Good place for everyone in the Cul-de-sac to dump all the snow.
Just printing money with jobs like that. 👍🏻
Yes if you can get alot in one area, travel time kills it
Think a 3039R would handle an 80” normand or provonost? Was looking at getting a similar setup! Great vid new sub!
I've seen some inverted on those smaller machines...I don't know if they are the 80" normand or pronovosts though...might be the chepo frontier. I'd talk to a blower dealer. I'm sure it will work....i mean...Nick Bohner (nix snowblowing on youtube) had a 92" on a 4066R a few years ago...it worked but it was HUUUGE and cumbersome.
Probably the 74" would be the best choice. I have the 3520, similar to yours and only 37 or so hp verses 66 on this 4066.
How well does it work if you get more than 12 inches
Just have to go slower, maybe take another pass. Usually i'll do a bulk off pass or two, then do a final pass. Obviously not as fast as this video....which I think is 2" . We had 8" last year in a single snow fall, but i've blown drifts 12-14 inches and just have to let it eat.
LOVE THE DRONE WORK what type is it?
This one was DJI phantom 4 pro....I use a MAVIC mini in the newest video.
I'm looking at getting into that kind of set up next yr though i have had some customers tell me they left some one that used that set up because it would always leave behind a icy film / not clean close enough to the driveway. Do you have this problem with that extra down pressure and are you using a TIVAR scraper. Thank you once again for your great information.
Using the standard hardox cutting edge (hard steel)....with the right adjustments its hardly anything. As you can see it leaves a little bit where the wheels were, but rest of driveway is clear. Downpressure kit helps...but I dont know what it would do with the Tivar edge...might act like a zamboni and make a slick surface. I honestly don't know.
@@jacobsonbros Thank you for the time to reply back
I will be getting my inverted snow blower very soon It will have Stainless steel cutting edge do you recommend taking the sharp edge off. just putting a slight bevel on it
Can you show it working on wet heavy snow? thanks
Why did you say in the video that you’ll never go back to a 2 stage push walk behind snowblower again? Are you using a single stage? They typically do t handle wet snow very well.
Don't like hauling a trailer around...they are too heavy. I have a 60" blower on the bobcat...so if the Bobcat or Cyclone can't handle it, we use the single stage ones. Carry two in the back of shovel crew pickup, they can move much faster then waiting for the slow crawl of the two stage. Just how I'm doing things. Even if its a 2ft drift for a residential sidewalk, we'd run the single stage and shovels faster and less fatigued than unloading the big two stage clunky machine and crawling it around.
@@jacobsonbros good reasoning. Thanks for responding.
What kind of cutting edge are you using?
Hardox. The factory edge.
Not for me. I would take a front mounted Pronovost P-980 or a PXPL 92-98 on a Unimog or tractor (or any carrier with a front PTO) any day of the week. I want to visualize the the blower while it is running to make sure kids/pets don't get near it or if there is some hard to see hazard under the snow I will see it vs facing the other way
To each their own. With the inverted, i can look back and see the auger spinning..and watch the snow go right into it. Really it isnt as bad as you think.
How is the electric part of the plow hooked up? Is that a JD Joystick assembly? How did you get it wired up so clean.
MetalPless/RDO John Deere Dealer has a wiring harness that connects to the loader joystick control and selector switch. Only way to go! It is super smooth.
@@jacobsonbros awesome set up. So all we have to do is get the JD part for the joystick.
@@christianengebretson6698 I would talk to your dealer or wherever you got your metal pless. Talk to them directly maybe.
Thing works perfect
Real nice, only thing is that when you dont drive over the snow before blowing it ,its much easier
You’re complaining about that 1/16 of an inch of film left from the tires that will melt off when the sun comes out…you should see how much is left when the Canadians do it.
@@jacobsonbros maybe, but the amount of snow blowing here its no problem, its when it gets heavier snow to work with…
Wow. Impressive. 3 inches of snow. You could have shoveled it in 10 min.
Ok...do that 93 times in 4 hours and tell me how you feel?
@@jacobsonbros simple math says that's one job every 2 minutes 58 seconds.
@@johnmichaelkarma Check out Nix in Canada. Some of their routes are so tight they can do 80-100 in a 4 hour period. Anywhere you have tight routes, you can get this kind of productivity out of an tractor/inverted blower setup. th-cam.com/channels/5Ky8_WQmga6KaN4Hg8mBZw.html
You buy the service for the whole winter. You get your driveway cleaned within a certain amount of time whether it is 3 inches or 30 inches.
It's mounted backwards 🤔
How does it does it do with 10inchs of heavy wet snow
Had a 8” one last year and no issues....been through a few 24”+ drifts also no issues...just have to take bites or go slow. Unlike the normands I see other contractors using....I’ve loaded this sucker and pushed to the max with nasty snow and have yet to plug it up. Only on year two though....
@@jacobsonbros that thing is sweet love the set up
@@kurtsweetser7861 if it would ever snow here decent...my go pro and drone are ready to make another vid showing deep snow.
I need one of thoses...oh wait live in Arizona so how did I find myself down in the snow plowing rabbit hole on TH-cam????
I find that if I keep watching the video I buy it , even if I definitely don’t need it , hypnotized by TH-cam
Has new toy everyone in his neighbor hood I will plow your driveway lol. Good person I am sure.
Can this be used on a gravel driveway?
You’d have to set the skid bars off the ground...then it would be fine. I have some gravel...but only do them after the ground is nice and froze
Why is there a few mounds of snow already in front of garage doors?
Dylan Knight culdesack neighbor decided to do the driveways the first storm of the season with lawn tractor. It’s snowed a few times since then. Both these homes are for sale and not occupied. Don’t worry, we got it all cleaned up now :)
I see, ya thats what it looked like...thought it was odd if someone shoveled the doors out to leave it in mounds!!
But great videos!!
Are you running Nokian tires? What size are they?
Dylan Knight yep nokians. Not sure I’ll check when I get back in the shop. This was a setup that RDO equipment sets up as snow setup then pick your attachments...do factory snow tires and factory snow cab etc.
7:33 - is that a JD add-on feature they can put on?
Yep, its a JD part. Adds a downforce cylinder that puts out 500lb of force downward. They use it for 3pt augers etc.
Are you using it on these driveways or every driveway or just some..is float good enough?
@@nickbradey3973 i use it almost all the time, unless i'm having traction issues as it does make the tires spin a bit if its questionable surface.
What's the top speed on road for this tractor?
20mph
what was that whole tractor set up, $60,000 ?
Pricing depends on your local JD Dealer and your attachment distributor.
@@jacobsonbros yes, I realize that. I was curious as to what you spent?
awesome
Lol he just blowing it on the neighbors driveway in the first clip
I’ve had to explain myself more than a few times on this. Watch again...it’s an open lot....there is no driveway there. Everyone from the culdesac pushes/blows their snow in that open lot.
Every suburban home should buy a John Deere Farm Tractor in case they get a few inches of snow someday. So with that useless 6-8000 dollars you've got buy one. Then get a snow blower attachment fitted up, and you're ready to plow those few inches of snow.
I want one and it doesn't even snow here!!
what tires are you running on that tractor
Blair Properties LLC nokian TRI 2, pretty sweet.
But then you have heavy equipment tracks packing down the snow in the driveway
Ever seen how much a truck plow leaves? This is very minimal....a fraction of an inch...a nice wind will blow it off.
We plow forward towards the garage, then backdrag it- no tracks
You would have to clear a lot of driveways to pay for that 50K setup! ;)
I think they do. You would be amazed how many people couldn't be bothered to do their own driveways. A buddy of mine's wife was shoveling their driveway by hand since she got home from work first. She started complaining and saying my friend should do his share and shovel the driveway. He said sure and 2 minutes later a tractor drives by doing neighbors driveways so he runs out and books the snow service (driveway clean) for the rest of the winter. I left shortly after that but I can just imagine the fireworks that ensued that evening.
If I cleaned or shoveled the side walk and he blew snow back on it I d be pissed.
You wish you would have a two stage when the snow hits 6 inche and more.
Nope... too heavy and bulky for what we do. One guy can lift this down and up the pickup without a trailer. If it gets too bad we run the bobcat blower up as much as we can to minimize shoveling and hand blower work.
What is so impressed about the two little driveways LMAO
I would have backed into the garages about 5 times.
If you spend two minutes to shovel first you save a bunch of work- You you only have to move the snow 2 feet to where the blower will move it without coming back. watch the guys doing the front step- Blower goes over sidewalk- guy shovels snow off steps onto sidewalk , blower comes back , Same with the second driveway- If you shoveled those drifts two feet out the blower would move it all. You blew the whole drive, then someone needs to shovel that shit all the way to the side of the drive Always shovel first
If there wasn't any more snow then that, I wouldn't have even bothered with it
Another comment John Deere salesman love people like that LMAO
Like what?
@@jacobsonbros people that walk in the door and want to buy a $8,000 tractor but the salesman sells them $40,000 tractor to plow a 40 ft driveway LMAO
That's cheating!
Hey show off I can do it in about 45 mins with my 1952 Ford 8n .. Ha..
$$$$ for the cost of that machine, I could have some kid with a snow plow truck do that for 20 years, or more.
That would kill my neck
What is that repetitive NOISE …?
I don’t know. But I have hearing hallucinations and it’s something very inappropriate.
You missed a spot...
Big deal, 1" of snow, my leaf blower could have done that.
That was hilarious bro
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3 mins per house? I'll give you $3. to snowblow my driveway.
What a great video - but why the stupid music? Why? It's impossible to present this as a potential addition to a business with the commodore 64 music embedded - so many videos have this same crappy-type music when no music is needed.
MF fe Tom B
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Honda 2 stage would have been way faster on that walkway. But if all you have to do is the walkway after using the tractor a single stage makes sense and they clean right to the pavement. Do you come back with a truck the same day with the snowblower/shovels?
Show off. 🤣
Show it after a real snow fall not a dusting.
All that equipment to clear that driveway, talk about overkill !
Think it’ll be too weak or come apart under more stressful conditions?
observation: The "6 minutes" is way out of text. Frankly deceptive and embarrassing.
Every drive is different and has challenges where to place snow. JB conveniently shows an easy video drive with ideal everything including the tractor is already there. Then the stopwatch starts.