Looking at New Hollands Utility tractor?

[meets1]

I have two boomers already. There on the smaller size but i have cabs, heat, tillers, front mount snow blower and 175 gallon pull behind sprayer.

I am looking at adding another for larger seeding/grading jobs. Getting a bucket. Also thinking of using this for snow removal and not buying another truck and plow. I have a few trucks, two boomers, skids, so thinking in the long run this machine is more versital all season long.

Questions is what size and do we get a front mount blower or rear blower - therefore leaving the bucket on for pilling snow.

[DeereMan85]

I think a rear blower with a snow pusher on the front is a pretty slick setup. On bigger lots you can stack the snow in and then blow it to a nearby open area. I bet you can buy one of those Arctic Assault (made at Den Hartog Industries in Hospers) snow pushers like they have sitting at Farmers Market pretty cheap. I would make sure and get a pullback kit so you can get close to buildings. The rear PTO-driven blower should also throw a lot farther than your front mounts due to the limited hydraulic flow on compact utility tractors.

[meets1]

thanks deere for the info. Although can't beleive no one else piped in on this issue?

[lawn king]

Im not sure how the front blower is set up on NH? The kubota front blower is much faster running than any rear blower and blows the snow much further.

[meets1]

How is that possible? Rear is usually right off the PTO. Front mount blowers are runn off the mid PTO but maybe kubota different? I have front mount right now and love them but with a little larger tractor, maybe bucket up front and rear blower would be a nice comdo pgk.

[morturf]

I have a deere 3720 with a front mount blower...it will throw most snow types 50 and 75 feet. I use it with a 3pt blade and used this combination in last years lovely weather to great success. Moved mountains with it. The cab would be great...I was cold....:) I also have a Bobcat with a blower too. That is a nice combo too.

[lawn king]

How is that possible? Rear is usually right off the PTO. Front mount blowers are runn off the mid PTO but maybe kubota different? I have front mount right now and love them but with a little larger tractor, maybe bucket up front and rear blower would be a nice comdo pgk.

The mid pto is much faster than the rear pto on kubotas, some spin 3 times as fast! I had 2 kubota front set ups a 21 hp & a 30 hp. The big machine/blower would throw snow 60 feet!

[meets1]

I have two 24 hp boomers with cab and heat and attachments and the front mount blower. I like them for residential snow as well as the garden tilling etc due to there size. Although on a triple stall garage - I need to go down the middle of the drive and blow snow both directions cuz I can not throw that far. On lite fluffy snow sure but rearly does that happen in my area.

I also run truck and plows as well as a S650 BOBCAT skid. Things work but with a larger tractor for winter and "heavier" dirt work for summer I am thinking this is the way to go - just depends on front bucket set-up vs front mount blower set up.

[lawn king]

Im running a 37 hp factory cab machine these days. Its the one tractor that fits my needs year round. Ample power to do what i need on pristine athletic fields, without leaving a footprint. A powerful (QA) loader with enough lift height to load a 10 wheeler, 28 hp @ the pto, super quiet cab with ac/cd/cruise and intella panel and the hydrostat plus tranny. This was the only tractor from the big 3 that fit my needs perfect. Big 3 being kubota,jd & nh.

[meets1]

lawn KIng - what number or series of tractor do you have. I used to have a kubota dealer in town but if your happy and meets the needs - worth a look on my end.

[lawn king]

Im running a grand L 3530. I honestly feel kubota builds a superior compact utility tractor. Ten years of year round service, 3 models ( 2 B's and an L), never had a breakdown on a job or even an issue that required returning the machine to the dealer! Im talking about thousands of hours of commercial use! Kubotas are built for the long haul, they cost more than most tractors, but you get what you pay for!

[lawn king]

Im running a grand L 3530. I honestly feel kubota builds a superior compact utility tractor. Ten years of year round service, 3 models ( 2 B's and an L), never had a breakdown on a job or even an issue that required returning the machine to the dealer! Im talking about thousands of hours of commercial use! Kubotas are built for the long haul, they cost more than most tractors, but you get what you pay for!

Correction ,3540.

[shooterm]

We've got a slew of new NHs at work we use for quite a few things 40hp to 90hp. NH has a bunch of very annoying safety devices that dont belong on tractors. We also cant keep the little things on like door handles mirrors handlebars knobs. Solid tractors at its base but extremely cheap finishing touch to them.

[lawn king]

Those small things are annoying, i agree however, NH builds a solid machine.

[shooterm]

Yah I like them but they dont seem to hold up very well with mutiple operators. One really annoying thing is the cab doors dont like to shut completely and they really need to be double and triple checked. I know alot of it is operator errors but we've lost two doors this year hauling them :hammerhead:.

[Jelinek61]

Rear PTO's generally run at 540 rpm while mid mounts are usually around 2200 rpm. the mid mount is much faster for attachments like a belly mower. I would think it would spin the blower a lot faster

[meets1]

Mid mount may spin faster but I have about 4-5 ft of drive shaft that is turning the blower. I loss power that way - knuckel off the mid mount pto, then another under the front tires and then slips into another at the blower for quick release on / off.

[lawn king]

I always haul my machine with the cab doors locked. I know what they cost, i'm not going to have one pop open and blow off the machine in transport! Kubota front blowers kick a$$! I owned a B and an L front mount, they both blew snow further and faster than any rear mount i have seen.

[meets1]

checking kubota thursday. Going to new holland dealer tomorrow - has the deal work up!

[lawn king]

Good luck. Be prepared for sticker shock on the blower! You can set up a pickup with a brand new 8' plow for the same cost!

[J&R Landscaping]

To the original poster, You might try talking to James Gates (JamesGatesLandscaping). Hes got a couple New Holland tractors and likes them a whole bunch.

[Ducati996]

Mid mount may spin faster but I have about 4-5 ft of drive shaft that is turning the blower. I loss power that way - knuckel off the mid mount pto, then another under the front tires and then slips into another at the blower for quick release on / off.

Most Compacts are set up in that type of fashion....from the Mid mount PTO and a series of knuckles and drive shafts (short and long) to the blower.
Most 2 stage blowers throw 40 plus feet or more....My garden tractor with a 20 HP kohler motor and front mount blower does 40-60 ft easy.....I would really look closely at what you have to make sure its correctly setup or just not built right (blower wise)...