Skid Steer Snow Blowers: Efficient Design Allows More Volume

Release date：

2023-07-04

Almost every skid steer snow blower can throw snow a reasonable distance in the right conditions. The challenge is finding one that can clear large volumes of snow and run efficiently for many winters. Properly sized motors, hoses and components are a must to achieve max efficiency and durability.

When removing snow, the goal is to be as efficient as possible. An engineer has to consider throw distance and volume (see tradeoff chart below). A skid loader snow blower attachment could be designed to throw snow a mile, but would suffer in clearing large volumes of snow quickly. It is a tradeoff.

The snow blower’s hydraulic motor is the most expensive part and it has the greatest influence on efficiency. When a skid steer snow blower attachment is 20% cheaper, you can almost guarantee that it has a cheap, undersized and/or foreign motor.

Snow Blower

A premium, USA made motor will allow more torque which means greater snow volume and higher performance. When looking at the maroon “Efficient Design” point in the chart below, you will notice that volume is increased even though the snow blower throw distance remains the same (with all other things remaining equal).

An inferior or improperly sized motor is more likely to bog down because it won’t have the necessary torque to cut through deep snow. Also, the motor will likely not last as long because it will be overworked by the skid steer.

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