Watch for the finger from the operator when you get in the way!
At least on big scrapers the operators seat swivels so you can sit sideways and watch the bowl as it is filling up, I don't know how people feel about rear mounted PTO snowblowers, I think I'd get a wicked crick in my neck looking over my shoulder all the time while driving backwards to blow snow...
'68 Case 195, '84 Case 446, '88 Ingersoll 222 - and 1965 Case 530ck (fullsize backhoe)
RoamingGnome wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 5:13 pm
Watch for the finger from the operator when you get in the way!
At least on big scrapers the operators seat swivels so you can sit sideways and watch the bowl as it is filling up, I don't know how people feel about rear mounted PTO snowblowers, I think I'd get a wicked crick in my neck looking over my shoulder all the time while driving backwards to blow snow...
Thats exactly why I built the new 446 Blower tractor with front blower . The loader is too handy to take off so for a few years ran the rear hydra blower , but my back/neck just can't take all the looking back . So now I have both front mount on one and rear mount on Frankie with the loader .
On various forums, you hear this all the time. As soon as someone mentions a rear mount blower, others say it's a bad idea due to next/back issues. I get it, but it shouldn't de-rate rear mounts. When I was a teenager, I worked at a farm, not too much field work, mostly yard work, hooking up feed wagons, or scrapers etc. I'd say 50% of the time I was looking backwards. If it wasn't me, it was one of the old boys. They never complained. I think it keeps your body more flexible. Farm work in general does that. I could see if you were using a tractor for contract snow blowing; 10-12 hrs of looking backwards you'd want something different. But snow blowing shouldn't be more than 2hrs; if it does you need a bigger blower.
Having said that, I've been thinking of setting up the tractor so I could sit either forward or backwards.
All you guys talking about kinks in your necks makes me want to build a tractor with a blower on the rear but also turn the seat and steering wheel around. Now, no more kinks in your neck. Problem solved? @Spike188 how is your neck feeling this winter?
RoamingGnome wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 11:55 am
Early rough terrain forklifts were built on a regular looking tractor frame with the operators station turned around...
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I really like the Case 190 version though...
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Some agricultural stuff was built that way too. Here’s an international cotton picker built that way.
That Case 190 is really interesting. Apparently it’s the only one known to exist. Here is the video on it. This guy has a nice collection.
