Hydraulic-Operated “Door” Keeps Slush Out Of Snowblower

Hydraulic-Operated “Door” Keeps Slush Out Of Snowblower SNOWBLOWERS Orvil Krueger Marion Wis had a problem with the front-mounted 7-ft snowblower on his Deere 2955 4-WD tractor with cab “Whenever I used the snowblower on slush and ice it would get packed inside the auger and if I didn’t remove it at the end of the day it would freeze up as hard as cement Removing the frozen slush was a tough job but I had to do it or the chains that operate the snowblower could break ” he says His solution was to remove the top part of the snowblower housing and attach a home-built hydraulic-operated metal “door” in its place The hinged door attaches to the top of the snowblower mounting brackets and is raised up or down by pulling a lever in the cab A steel cutting edge is welded to the bottom of the door “When I drop the door all the way down it completely closes off the front of the snowblower so I can push slush around wherever I want without worrying that it will get into the auger When I want to use the snowblower again I just raise the door ” says Krueger The door is made from 1/4-in thick steel and is raised and lowered by the same hydraulic cylinder that would normally operate the tractor’s front-end loader Krueger welded a metal bracket on top of the snowblower in order to attach the cylinder He also welded a pair of I-hooks onto the snowblower mounting brackets where the door hinges on 1-in thick steel pins A metal guard closes off the back side of the door whenever it’s raised all the way up Krueger always keeps a garden hoe handy behind the door and on top of the snowblower mounting brackets “Before I put the snowblower back in the shed I raise the door and use the hoe to pull out any leftover snow or slush ” he says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Orvil Krueger W11722 Swamp Rd Marion Wis 54950 ph 715 754-5495; fax 2330

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