Snowblower for B2320

[jsramrod]

Hello, I've had a B2320 for 18 years and have finally decided it's time to put a snowblower on it instead of plowing. I've started to look into the whole front vs rear blower question and it seems to me I'll be better off with a rear(I know the backing up will drive me crazy) and keeping the plow on the front for the small accumulations. Don't seem to be many choices for a front mount and the prices of those considerably more. Driveway is about 400ft, gentle hill through the woods, asphalt. Do rear mounts throw snow as far as the fronts? Anyone have any experience with a rear mount that they like and would suggest? Is 50" or so about the max size? Thanks for any insight.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Yes they throw snow just as far.
And a rear mount blower is fine for occasional use.

 

[jsramrod]

Thanks for your reply. Lot of choices on the rear mount side of things.

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

Do rear mounts throw snow as far as the fronts? Anyone have any experience with a rear mount that they like and would suggest? Is 50" or so about the max size? Thanks for any insight.

Yes rear mounts throw far. In my area most commercial blowers use rear mounts reverse with a few switching to rear pull . Most are rear push.
Why? Leaves front loader open for a snow bucket, blade, sweeper, plow, light duty bucket or whatever for when doing edges or when blowing not appropriate, or when snow is small or you need to get close to buildings ir doors [although newer rear pulls getting much better for sure] whatever a front impliment would work better or quicker.
I am very very retired and blow a lot and I find using a rear reverse perfectly fine for full days work no problems. I'm used to it and so are my family members etc... that work our equipment so i don't see the critical problems others may experience. YMMV. personal pref, availability and budget all come into play.

I am told blower manufacturers are swamped with orders so find stuff for next winter may be tough.

 

[jsramrod]

Yes rear mounts throw far. In my area most commercial blowers use rear mounts reverse with a few switching to rear pull . Most are rear push.
Why? Leaves front loader open for a snow bucket, blade, sweeper, plow, light duty bucket or whatever for when doing edges or when blowing not appropriate, or when snow is small or you need to get close to buildings ir doors [although newer rear pulls getting much better for sure] whatever a front impliment would work better or quicker.
I am very very retired and blow a lot and I find using a rear reverse perfectly fine for full days work no problems. I'm used to it and so are my family members etc... that work our equipment so i don't see the critical problems others may experience. YMMV. personal pref, availability and budget all come into play.

I am told blower manufacturers are swamped with orders so find stuff for next winter may be tough.

Thanks for the reply! I’ve used the Kubota plow for all 18 years, but the last 10 spent saying, I really wish I had a snowblower. The rear blower sounds like the ticket, I can leave the plow on for the small amounts and cleanup. There’s a place nearby that sells the Pronovost lines so I can start there to see what a new one would go for. Thanks again!

 

[Bearcatrp]

Check your local Craigslist or Facebook marketplace. I found mine on CL. Used once, sat for 2 years because he didn’t like it. Practically brand new. A little more than half off from new. Got lucky. Just find one a little wider than your tractor. Don’t think brand will make much difference. Good luck.

 

[jsramrod]

Hadn’t thought much about the width until you mentioned it but makes sense it needs to be wider than the tractor or I’ll be riding on snow. Thanks for the input, search has started on both of those sites.

 

[Bearcatrp]

Post your tractor width. If I see any posted in my area, can post a link.

 

[BAP]

Go onto facebook marketplace. There are a lot of 3pt hitch snowblowers for sale. The biggest thing to watch out for is to not get one too big for your tractor. A B2320 isn’t very big and doesn’t have a lot of PTO HP. A 60” snowblower would be as large as I would go. There is a 60” 3 pt snowblower for sale on the Marketplace in Western Mass right now. Don’t know anything about it.

 

[ItBmine]

I have a B2620 and I have a rear blower for it, only because I use the loader almost daily. But now I don't use the blower on the tractor at all ever since I discovered the joy of a front blower on my cabbed RTV, LOL

As far as size, I have a couple more horsepower than your 2320, but I could have easily gone bigger with my rear blower. It is either 51 or 53 inch wide? The loader bucket is one and blower is the other but I can't remember which is which.
But I should have went with a 60 inch at least. It would easily handle that.

 

[jsramrod]

Tractor width is 45” so sounds like at least a 50” unit but could go up to 60” based on ItBMine’s experience. I’ve seen some 51” Land Prides and Lynx units but will expand my search to a little larger. Thanks for all the replies, they got me going in the right direction!

 

[Bearcatrp]

I bought a SB1051, which is I think 51 inches wide. My 1880 is 48 inches wide. Works good. Surprised your tractor is slimmer than the 1880. Make sure you verify weight for your 3 point.