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"Push & Pull" Setup Makes Snow Moving Easy
"It lets me move a lot more snow with less effort," says Mike Teems, Pequot Lakes, Minn., who mounted a 7 1/2-ft. wide Lorenz snowblower on front of his 1997 Ford F-350 1-ton dually pickup and a 6-ft. 8-in. wide Daniel snow blade on back.
Teems stripped the bed from the pickup frame and bolted a Perkins 354 cu. i
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"Push & Pull" Setup Makes Snow Moving Easy PICKUPS Miscellaneous 22-6-8 "It lets me move a lot more snow with less effort," says Mike Teems, Pequot Lakes, Minn., who mounted a 7 1/2-ft. wide Lorenz snowblower on front of his 1997 Ford F-350 1-ton dually pickup and a 6-ft. 8-in. wide Daniel snow blade on back.
Teems stripped the bed from the pickup frame and bolted a Perkins 354 cu. in. diesel engine onto the frame just above the rear axle. The up-front snowblower is hydraulically powered by the Perkins engine while the rear blade has its own separate electric/hydraulic pump.
He mounted the snowblower on a Leo mounting carriage and uses the Leo hydraulic system and controls to raise and lower the blower and to rotate the spout.
A 50 gpm hydraulic pump is coupled to the Perkins engine to run the blower. Teems uses the rig for his custom snow plowing business. "I live in an area that has a lot of lake resorts and houses with well landscaped yards and narrow driveways, and the owners don't want anything torn up. Using the rear-mount blade together with the front-mount snowblower is an ideal combination. I use the blade to pull snow away from walls, doors, and other enclosed areas. The blade raises up to 3 ft. high, allowing me to move even large drifts. Up to 2,000 lbs. of down pressure can be applied to the plow blade which is enough to clear hard-packed snow.
"The Perkins engine has 90 horsepower and came out of a Massey Ferguson 510 combine. In the summer I remove the engine and mount a 3-yard dump box in its place which I use with my stump grinding and dirt hauling business.
"I bought the pickup new for $28,500. I paid $2,000 for the Perkins engine, $2,000 for the snow blower, and $2,500 for the hydraulics. Including the blower and mounting system my total cost was about $35,000."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mike Teems, Rt. 1, Box 62C, Pequot Lakes, Minn. 56472 (ph 218 568-4353).
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