Snow blower on CAT 236B Three series

[mdoehling]

I have a 2010 CAT 236b 3 and am considering a snow blower for this machine. If you have run snow throwers on similar type/size machine I am curious as to how well the snow blower performed. How well does the blower work, is it adequet for light fluffy snow or will it take most snow with in reason. Let me know your experiences. Thanks

 

[skidsteer.ca]

I don't know the flow and pressure specs on that machine without looking them up. Typically Cat runs has the best specs in the industry for running blower. Resulting in the highest hp available to the blower of any machine.
I run a 79" Erskine on 17 gpm and 3000 psi and it will blow flozen plowed up bank back without any real problems. Dry fluffy virgin snow is reduced by 50% (or more) in volume and blows easily 30 plus feet away. Wet slushy type snow can be most problematic. Clogging chutes and freezing to the fan and auger in the worse cases. The blower may need a place to melt off after use for slushy snow fall events.
If you get light snowfalls of 6" or less and have plenty of room to push banks to then a blade will likely be faster as you can get a wider blade then blower.
But if you have minimal place to put snow and typically get deep snow falls a blower really will shine. Travel speed is typicaly lower then a blade, but you don't have to plow a oversize area to insure you have room to put the snow later in the season. A blower is more of a 1 pass application.
There is almost no such thing as a to much snow for a blower. Guys in the mountain will blow snow up over banks/wall 10 plus feet high, a situation where nothing else would work.
Skidsteer.ca

 

[mdoehling]

I don't know the flow and pressure specs on that machine without looking them up. Typically Cat runs has the best specs in the industry for running blower. Resulting in the highest hp available to the blower of any machine.
I run a 79" Erskine on 17 gpm and 3000 psi and it will blow flozen plowed up bank back without any real problems. Dry fluffy virgin snow is reduced by 50% (or more) in volume and blows easily 30 plus feet away. Wet slushy type snow can be most problematic. Clogging chutes and freezing to the fan and auger in the worse cases. The blower may need a place to melt off after use for slushy snow fall events.
If you get light snowfalls of 6" or less and have plenty of room to push banks to then a blade will likely be faster as you can get a wider blade then blower.
But if you have minimal place to put snow and typically get deep snow falls a blower really will shine. Travel speed is typicaly lower then a blade, but you don't have to plow a oversize area to insure you have room to put the snow later in the season. A blower is more of a 1 pass application.
There is almost no such thing as a to much snow for a blower. Guys in the mountain will blow snow up over banks/wall 10 plus feet high, a situation where nothing else would work.
Skidsteer.ca

skidsteer.ca, Thanks for the responce. That is exactlly what i was looking for. Do you know what model Erskine you have? the blower i'm looking at is an erskine model # ES2010. My CAT is rated to 22 gpm @ 3300psi with a 71hp engine pushing it all. The primary use for the blower will be to blow piles back after we have bladed/pushed the snow into storage locations. So based on your experience it sounds like shouldn't have any problem.

 

[skidsteer.ca]

skidsteer.ca, Thanks for the responce. That is exactlly what i was looking for. Do you know what model Erskine you have? the blower i'm looking at is an erskine model # ES2010. My CAT is rated to 22 gpm @ 3300psi with a 71hp engine pushing it all. The primary use for the blower will be to blow piles back after we have bladed/pushed the snow into storage locations. So based on your experience it sounds like shouldn't have any problem.

The one I had was a 2000 series, but I just sold it and have a 2010 coming. The hydraulics are all the same. They just redesigned the housing. I sure you will be happy with it running with that flow and pressure.
You will have @ 40 hp to the blower. The only way it gets any better is to go to a 2400 series and a hi flow loader. I use a 10' blade to gather snow up and the blower to blow it into the bush where I don't want piles. If you blow the banks right away it goes easy. The ones that have been there for days still chew up pretty quick.
Its unbelievable how much it compacts snow. The blower piles are rock hard in a hour.
Skidsteer.ca

 

[mdoehling]

The one I had was a 2000 series, but I just sold it and have a 2010 coming. The hydraulics are all the same. They just redesigned the housing. I sure you will be happy with it running with that flow and pressure.
You will have @ 40 hp to the blower. The only way it gets any better is to go to a 2400 series and a hi flow loader. I use a 10' blade to gather snow up and the blower to blow it into the bush where I don't want piles. If you blow the banks right away it goes easy. The ones that have been there for days still chew up pretty quick.
Its unbelievable how much it compacts snow. The blower piles are rock hard in a hour.
Skidsteer.ca

Got a chance to use mine last week for the first time. Works great, We got some pretty wet stuff and still blew it fairly well. If i didn't push to hard into the piles it would blow it 20-25 ft. Cant wait to see what it will do to good dry snow.

 

[skidsteer.ca]

Got a chance to use mine last week for the first time. Works great, We got some pretty wet stuff and still blew it fairly well. If i didn't push to hard into the piles it would blow it 20-25 ft. Cant wait to see what it will do to good dry snow.

You will see up to 30 ft in dry snow conditions thought the flow fans out more making it harder to see where it going until you get out and see the piles.
Skidsteer.ca