Snow blower weight?

[clueless 2,991]

How much do the single and the two stage blowers weight?

[squonk 41,104]

Enough! 

[Ed Kennell 38,170]

short chute SS   x lbs

tall chute ss      x.9 lbs

dually               3xlbs

 

My guess  x=75lb ?

Edited September 16 by Ed Kennell

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,041]

Shipping weight in 1976 for the single-stage is 179 lbs.

[ri702bill 8,319]

4 hours ago, clueless said:

How much do the single and the two stage blowers weight?

Expecting SNOW down in "God's Waiting Room"??????

[Ed Kennell 38,170]

15 minutes ago, gwest_ca said:

Shipping weight in 1976 for the single-stage is 179 lbs.

Wow, having picked one of those up and tossing it in the bed of my  F-250,   I thought it was around 75 lbs.   That was 40 years ago when I was a Fit Forty.

[953 nut 55,223]

                 Hope you don't need a tall chute two stage snow blower in the panhandle of Florida,    a side discharge mower deck should handle all the snow you are likely to see.      

[clueless 2,991]

3 hours ago, ri702bill said:

Expecting SNOW down in "God's Waiting Room"??????

I'm in God country, your thinking mid and southern Florida, Key West doesn't count . I'm just trying to get an idea of how much weight my C160a can handle up front.

[clueless 2,991]

5 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

                 Hope you don't need a tall chute two stage snow blower in the panhandle of Florida,    a side discharge mower deck should handle all the snow you are likely to see.      

Richard, you know we don't get snow but once in a blue moon, and when we do, by the third cup of coffee in the morning it's gone.

[953 nut 55,223]

8 hours ago, clueless said:

I'm just trying to get an idea of how much weight my C160a can handle up front

                              Sooooo,,,,,,,,What is the master plan?        Generator?             Chipper?           Johnny bucket?                   

[peter lena 8,625]

 

@clueless  think it might also be the time to  think about the front wheel / axel set up , for function , condition  , usually neglected . minimal service , bearings dry / sloppy , wheel shimming , a fresh regrease , anything related to increased loading on a movement related area . big bulky unit hanging off the edge of support , can really get into heavy wearing of  ill prepared  function , pete

[Ed Kennell 38,170]

2 hours ago, 953 nut said:

 ,What is the master plan? 

                      Snow blowers and plows spend  their working time resting on the ground unsupported by the front end.   A loader or unsupported engine powered device will introduce a whole different range of static and/or dynamic stress.     

[Darb1964 1,042]

I think it matters more how much the front tires can hold and if you can turn it. I've picked up hundreds of pounds with the bucket on my C81 it was hard going anywhere but straight and it's a beater but it's amazing what it will move, as long as the weight box is heavy enough. Wouldn't want to do it a lot but in a pinch gets it done.

[wallfish 16,997]

A full bucket of dirt in a loader is more weight than a snow blower is so it can handle quite a bit. Offsetting weight with a rear weight box changes things too.

Is there some specific application you need to know this for or just wondering? Because there are different things that can be done to "beef it up" too.

[clueless 2,991]

I guy who moved done the road a couple of years age is a fabricator, and said he could take the old snow plow I got in a deal years ago and make a small front end loader out of it. He said the weight capacity would probably would be around 200 lbs. I think my C160 hydro could handle that he said he would put an electric actuator on it to tilt the bucket. A small front end load for one of my tractors has always been on my bucket list, but at 70 I'm not sure I really need one now but what the hell the plow has been sitting around here for at least 15 years. 

[wallfish 16,997]

Quite a few times I've toyed with the idea of turning a dozer set up into a Po'man's loader. Kind of like a kit so people that don't have fabrication tools can do it.

Yes, it's doable. Yes the front end can handle it.

 

[953 nut 55,223]

Sounds like a redneck Johnny Bucket project.                         Let the build thread begin.                      Here are a few threads.

https://www.wheelhorseforum.com/search/?q=Johnny bucket&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy&search_and_or=and&search_in=titles

[adsm08 2,056]

21 hours ago, clueless said:

I'm in God country, your thinking mid and southern Florida, Key West doesn't count . I'm just trying to get an idea of how much weight my C160a can handle up front.

 

Hate to break it to you, but you are about 1100 miles too far south.

[clueless 2,991]

13 hours ago, adsm08 said:

 

Hate to break it to you, but you are about 1100 miles too far south.

I think that's what I said, down here you never hear folks say, when we retire we're moving to Pennsylvania. 

[adsm08 2,056]

9 hours ago, clueless said:

I think that's what I said, down here you never hear folks say, when we retire we're moving to Pennsylvania. 

 

Of course not. Our tax system is rather onerous for individuals on a fixed income.

 

[Lee1977 6,659]

On 9/16/2024 at 5:25 PM, Ed Kennell said:

Wow, having picked one of those up and tossing it in the bed of my  F-250,   I thought it was around 75 lbs.   That was 40 years ago when I was a Fit Forty.

I've noticed things get a lot heaver as you get older. I think they get twice as heavy in that second 40 years.

[kpinnc 12,023]

On 9/16/2024 at 5:25 PM, Ed Kennell said:

when I was a Fit Forty.

 

 Yeah now I’m a flabby fifty…  I get sore from mowing the grass!

[Handy Don 12,217]

On 9/16/2024 at 9:03 PM, clueless said:

I'm just trying to get an idea of how much weight my C160a can handle up front.

Given that I’ve seen many C’, 300’s, 400’s, and early 500’s with FELs, I’m guessing the max safe dead load on the front would be as much as 500 lbs -- probably somewhat more on the swept axle 500’s. Moving with that load brings important questions of balance, steering, and terrain!