Slick Swather Snowblower

Slick Swather Snowblower SNOWBLOWERS Snowblowers The hydrostatic drive makes it great for blowing snow says Nathan Christiansen Albion Idaho who converted an Owatonna swather into a giant snowblower
    He started with a 10-ft wide Owatonna swather and an 8-ft wide snowblower He added 1-ft wings made of 3/16-in sheet metal to each side of the blower to match the swather s tire track width He also installed a heater in the cab
    He welded 4-in sq steel tubing on back of the blower to make mounting brackets with four pins used to secure the swather The same cylinders that originally controlled the swather s table height are used to control the snowblower height
    The pto shaft on the swather ran counter to the pto drive on the blower so it needed to be reversed So he mounted a 15-in implement tire on the blower drive and a wide pulley that turns against the tire so it reverses drive direction He got the idea from a story featured in FARM SHOW some years ago Vol 21 No 6
     By adjusting air pressure in the tire I can adjust blower slippage to protect it from damage if a foreign object goes through it says Christiansen who uses the swather snowblower on his -mile driveway
     With hydrostatic drive I can go as slow or fast as I want without overloading the snowblower and burning up the clutch The snowblower throws snow out 50 ft or more
    Cost of the project was about $800 including $500 for the swather and $5 for the snowblower
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Nathan Christiansen 1261 South Hwy 77 Albion Idaho 83311 ph 208 673-6380

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