He Drives In Reverse To Operate His Snowblower
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"I got tired of having to look back all the time to operate my 3-pt. mounted snowblower. So I mounted an extra seat, steering wheel, and controls on one side of my Allis Chalmers WD 45 tractor, allowing me to operate the tractor in reverse with the snowblower in front of me," says Lyle Rawn, Mount Forest, Ontario.
The 6-ft. wide, pto-driven snowblower works exactly as it was originally designed to. "It's almost like driving a combine. I sit up beside the engine where I can see everything perfectly," says Rawn.
The add-on seat is off another implement and is bolted onto a metal frame that he bolted to one side of the tractor and also to the rear axle. The frame also supports the add-on steering wheel as well as a horizontally-mounted steering shaft. He mounted a pulley on the shaft and another pulley on the tractor's original steering column, allowing him to steer the tractor from the add-on seat.
He clamped an extension rod onto the tractor's original gearshift and throttle. A hand clutch is hooked up to the tractor's original foot clutch, providing Rawn with live power to the snowblower. An extension rod hooks up to the tractor's original hydraulic lift lever control and is used to raise and lower the snowblower.
To change the direction of the blower spout he grabs a metal band that's welded onto the spout and turns it.
"During the summer, I use the same tractor with an 8-ft. rotary flail mower to trim roadsides. To switch to mowing I remove the steering belt and the other control extensions. I leave the add-on seat on during the summer but never us it. It takes only about 10 minutes to change back and forth between blowing snow and mowing."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Lyle Rawn, RR 3, Mount Forest, Ont., Canada N0G 2L0 (ph 519 323 1537).
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He Drives In Reverse To Operate His Snowblower SNOWBLOWERS Snowblowers I got tired of having to look back all the time to operate my 3-pt mounted snowblower So I mounted an extra seat steering wheel and controls on one side of my Allis Chalmers WD 45 tractor allowing me to operate the tractor in reverse with the snowblower in front of me says Lyle Rawn Mount Forest Ontario
The 6-ft wide pto-driven snowblower works exactly as it was originally designed to It s almost like driving a combine I sit up beside the engine where I can see everything perfectly says Rawn
The add-on seat is off another implement and is bolted onto a metal frame that he bolted to one side of the tractor and also to the rear axle The frame also supports the add-on steering wheel as well as a horizontally-mounted steering shaft He mounted a pulley on the shaft and another pulley on the tractor s original steering column allowing him to steer the tractor from the add-on seat
He clamped an extension rod onto the tractor s original gearshift and throttle A hand clutch is hooked up to the tractor s original foot clutch providing Rawn with live power to the snowblower An extension rod hooks up to the tractor s original hydraulic lift lever control and is used to raise and lower the snowblower
To change the direction of the blower spout he grabs a metal band that s welded onto the spout and turns it
During the summer I use the same tractor with an 8-ft rotary flail mower to trim roadsides To switch to mowing I remove the steering belt and the other control extensions I leave the add-on seat on during the summer but never us it It takes only about 10 minutes to change back and forth between blowing snow and mowing
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Lyle Rawn RR 3 Mount Forest Ont Canada N0G 2L0 ph 519 323 1537
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