Combine converted to snowblower
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- L2 Gleaner combine converted to a self propelled snowblower
14.00 The blower in action
Cost breakdown.
Combine 2200.00 (less 900.00 for parts sold) 1300.00
Blower 1200.00
Hydraulic hoses 1300.00
Bearings & pulleys 950.00
Misc. 1500.00
Wheels/tires 500.00
Modify rims for correct offset 750.00
Total cost 7500.00
Awesome job. A lot cheaper than a new one and the tractor to run it. Should make short work of snow. Hydro drive gives you a great range of speed
thank you.
Cheaper only if someone possesses the fabrication skills, tools, time, & shop space as this gentlemen seems to have. Plus needing the used $$ combine w/ some value, & the willingness to cannibalize. Hydro is convenient BUT a front PTO tractor w/ a power shift transmission would also do nicely w/ this blower. Front PTO & 3 point linkage is becoming more common in the USA, many used European tractors imported here contain this combo feature. A popular importer is JB Tractors in his neighboring Millersville, MN
@@hrodd2 It seems obvious you enjoyed this project. Folks might be amazed @ the # of man hours invested. Did you keep track ❓Some portions required a helper ❓ Doing something a person loves is not viewed as a burden but we still should equate the inputs against what other activities could have performed w/ this effort to improve our lives, & generate income. A farm usually has many projects requiring winter maintenance.
@@billupstateny9151 Honestly i really did not keep track of hours. But it was a lot. But, hey we work for free, right? Perhaps better for me if I am in the shop instead of the bar or casino.
Farmer ingenuity!
thanks, yeah we do what it takes at times!
Wow - what a machine! In many ways the combine offers a good base for that project - the rear engine mounted high is out of direct snow spray that might build up the the air cleaner. And of course the cab position as you noted. Hope to see this run in a deeper snow!
Yes, forecast for this evening is 8+ inches. She may be put thru the paces then
That sure is a snow removal beast! You planned so well, and left yourself room for improvements. Have you considered a salt or media box and spreader on the rear? Looks like plenty of room back there. I was even thinking about a pick up truck box or a flat bed for tools, equipment, etc.
Great idea and execution on your build! Good luck and have fun with it!
You realise that he lowered the engine, right? I don´t think it´s a problem, more like an advantage to stability. Anywhere around the engine is hot anyway, so I figure snow spray is no problem unless you could aim directly at the intake. I love this machine, this build! I even see some possibilities for later upgrades, like pressure control depth gauging and edging wings, for instance. Great project!
Edit: when I think about it, maybe that "chaff drum" in front of the radiator is no longer needed when it´s doing winter chores? No harm, of course. (Sorry I don´t know the right name for this, It´s not my native language). You made a cool looking air limiter for it, though!
@@SPCLPONY I don’t know where you’re from. Or where @hrodd2 is from but I’m from an area of Canada that doesn’t use broadcast spreading very much. Perhaps it wouldn’t be very useful?
@@lukassawatzky604 I'm in rural New York on the Pennsylvania border. We use salt on our roads in NY, and cinders in Pa. The Township's allow residents to get a bucket or two of cinders during the winter. It helps with traction on driveways and steps. One can also buy bagged rock salt or calcium that we use with a walk behind spreader on our sidewalks.
This thing is going to go viral, keep posting content on all of the platforms and cash in! I love seeing obscure builds like this!
Thanks
Add a cab heater with blowers on the glass and window wipers. You will appreciate it on the cold winter days.
Have that already
The operator's cab is perfectly positioned to see the area surrounding the machine, around the blower, and any obstacles that need to be avoided. Very nice conversion.
thank you
Well, I think it should be higher.
The view is not the best right now.
Make an upgrade so that the cap can be moved up above the chute.
You`re gonna have a lot of new friends this winter...nice work. Bailing wire will not be your friend!
yup, pizza & beer!
That was one of the best hand made snow blower machines i have seen so far your #1 #2 is a pick- up truck outstanding job on your build really enjoyed watching it in action 👍👍🇺🇸😎 from Ohio
Thank you. I did get it painted last summer. Also currently working on adding RWD. However, have only used it once this season. We have been experiencing an extremely mild winter.
Old fashion farm know how still lives! 🎉
That's genius! Right now a thousand guys are looking for an old combine that you just helped double the price of! I was just made for it!
I have my string running F , my son and grandson are on this 😎
That ol girl is great. You did a fantastic job.You will be able to rescue all your neighbors with that thing.
Thanks 👍
Fantastic job on repurposing the old combine. I have a skid steer with a hydraulic snowblower like yours it to has the swivel shoot and deflection hood. It’s five feet wide same width as my tracks, Im thinking on adding a set of wings to give it just a few more inches in width, also to catch any snow from sneaking out the sides, nothing worst than having to go back for just a small windrow of snow. You did an awesome job of narrating the video it was perfect on explaining what you did and why. Have a great new year and hope to see it in action again. 🍻
Thanks. If we have some ridiculous snow fall I may add some more video content.
Be sure and post up more videos of this beast, I could watch it run all day.
Plan on that asap
Must be so satisfying to see your ideas come to function so well. You couldn't even buy a new 10' snow blower to $7500. Well done.
Yeah, when I was watching the auction for the blower the suggested retail for a new one was 18K
Best use of and old combine yet ! A lot of moving parts in one of these..........lol..............
You know u gotta great running machine when it purrs while working, this thing is harmony to my ears
Thank you for the kind remark. This season it is going to get rear wheel drive. More time in the shop, however should be a huge improvement
Impressive build! You’ve definitely got an impressive skillset. I feel like the biggest downside is that it’s so efficient, your “play time” with it is limited! Good stuff and I hope it fares well in tonight’s storm.
Yeah, we do not "play" with snow, we just put up with it. But it does help to have good equipment
This would be on the Prairie Farm Report if that was still a thing! Nice work!
Nice reuse of good old machinery. Great work. There is nothing better than a front mounted blower for moving snow. Place it where you want, no worrying about running out of space like with blades.
You got that right!
That is a huge win win!!! Every place wrestling with a lot of snow needs a machine like that!
That is quite a fabrication project. Forty years ago, in northwestern Indiana, I saw a 3pt snowblower on a Uni Harvester chassis. It was driving down a county road so I didn't get a close look. I never thought I'd want to drive backward all day, on a tractor, to clear snow.
Add some car tire side walls to your fan blower to give it a bit tighter fit.
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Love to see people use their heads to make things. Yours is very amazing and practical.
thank you
this is awesome, about the only thing that would make this even better would be some 5inch wings on the side of the blower at a 30 degree or 45 degree angle to keep any access snow from spilling over and out of the shoot.
I hate to see a nice L2 cut apart, but it lives on as an awesome snow removal machine. They always had a nice comfortable cab. Great Job, Thanks for sharing.
This machine could pay for itself in a month if you get a couple good contracts in the local area. Good Lord is it incredible and over powered. Such a thing of beauty.
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I'm very impressed. I always thought of doing something similar, but don't have the skills you have. Lowering the engine was a great idea so you can see backing up.
Wow that thing is awesome! I could use something like that today! That ole girl needs some deep snow to work in. Great work!!
What a great build, well done
thank you
I think someone is having way too much fun! Nice job.
ya think? Who said moving snow was fun?
What a beast...and casually mentioning hardcore hacks like shortened the axle and added an extension to clear the oil reservoir shows that this guy is very skilled.
Thank you for the compliment. Looks like I can retire it away for the summer.
Love the ingenuity! Great project and thanks for sharing!
thank you
looks like my now retired neighbors combine. he would farm 500 acres with that combine every year. only him and one of his friends worked on his farm. it was amazing what those 2 guys could accomplish
Great project. We tried to find a snowblower big enough to fit in front of our Massey Super 92 which also has a heated cab, but to no avail. Instead I put a 12 foot home made snow blow blade from an under ground fuel tank and the piece ended up being 3 feet tall by 12 feet long. I couldn't believe how much power this combine had. I still wish it had a blower, but for now we push snow. Loved the video and Great job on getting this beast to where it is now. This is simply awesome.
thank you for the comment. Yeah, whatever it takes!
Nicely done Happy New Year, I am quite familiar farm Tractors/Combines I worked for Versatile Farm Equipment back in the late 70's through the 80's so i remember allot of those components and systems you took apart and recycled, hydrostatic drive is really nice , so easy to control the speed, this is all well planned out and built and especially i love the cab , easy to enter/exit and you got the best seat in house, more important you can see all your components that are important, very cool , when you were operating it towards the end of the video ,it reminded me of the old Allis -Chalmers rough terrain forklifts that were basically a tractor turned around, I played with my share of those a bit having worked in the forklift industry for a few years, good times, your neighbour to the north in Manitoba , hope you get the snowstorm and get to play with your new home built behemoth of a snowblower, its pretty cool 👍oh yes, i agree about the cab, no more sore neck/shoulders i did my share of that for my uncle and dad when they got into their 70's, it was a nasty job in deep snow and high winds , cab is king
Thanks Bob. Yeah, everything you said is true. SO far I am very happy with the result.
With so much of your time and expense into your newly refurbished snowblower machine. It would be a shame not paint it, in order to protect your investment, and too, to look as incredible as it functions. Since you worked so very hard on it. "Thanks", for sharing the American know how of ingenuity vedio of your snowblower machine!
That was supposed to happen prior to this season, next year. It is in the plan
You built the ultimate snow removal machine and it looks really really cool...OEM like.
Thank you
Great Job Ray! That is simply amazing work! Looks like you'll need it today and tomorrow with 14" + of snow forecasted along with 30 mph + winds!!!
Thank you
great job, looks amazing, the town will be calling the next blizzard you get
WOW THAT'S AWESOME! You did an amazing job to figure out all the drive's! Happy Holidays y'all!
Thank you 🤗
What an awesome build.Thank's for sharing.Enjoy!
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Brilliant use of an old Gleaner, when I lived in Tennessee there were many of them sitting around retired, They should be shipped north, great machine for the snow blower, amazing.
A lot of that old equipment can be repurposed. Thanks for the comment
Good way to reuse an old combine. Back when Dad was still farming he had a Gleaner L2 Windrow Plus combine. Loved that machine, was great in its day.
Thanks for the comment
Very cool video. Excellent fabrication and design work. Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much!
Great job, I always wanted to do something like this with a swather and make sure you put a heater in the cab.
Initially I was going to use a swather, however after I picked up the blower it was obviously too large for a swather, so I went with a combine.
This has got to be the most cobbled together redneck engineered monstrosity I have seen in quite some time.
It's fucking glorious and I'll take five.
well, it does work. Thanks for the comment
That's badass!!!!!!! Congrats on the build
this is an amazing machine i love it ,, i always wanted to build one of these like this ,, still haven't found the right combine for it yet , around where i live in SW Iowa combines that run are still in use even 40 year old ones ,,,I did something different about 10 years ago i had bought a couple old road maintenance trucks at an auction ,,along with an ancient Pennsylvania Snow-blower that mounted on the front of a dump truck or grader ,,the blower was self powered ,it had a monster V8 Waukeshaw 884 gas engine ,that thing was HUGE ,anyhow i discovered you couldn't get parts for it ,,hunt began for another engine ,,finally found an engine in 2015 ,i settled on something strange , a 5.9 liter cummins turbo diesel from a 99 bluebird bus ,,I already had a NV5600 transmission with dual PTOs i know it sounds strange i haven't got to the combine part because i did eventually mount it on a combine but it was modified to mount on the feeder house of the combine i use at our family farm ,,a rather beat up TR96 new holland ,,it's plenty big and heavy enough for this 4500 pound machine to mount on the front ,, I got to use it in the winter of 2018/2019 when we had 50 inches of snow that turned into the flood of 2019 in march of that year ,,hoping to use it this year too ,,we gotta have 12 inches+ to justify the fuel though
Thanks. Yeah I considered a powered blower with a different twist, but decided to go this route.
@@hrodd2 it worked out good for me cause i have wanted to build one for years but finding the right machine proved hard ,, so i decided to mount it on my combine i use which is a TR96 , it's huge and heavy and also has rear hydro assist so it's 4 wheel drive ,, I have a 10 ton army truck as well which might end up with it mounted on it
wow this could be a money maker in my area.... only thing i would do is add the screw in studs on tires would eliminate tire spin/ slipping ..... hmmm might be a great project in my future... thank you for the video sir
I've seen similar projects but never saw the mechanicals up close. Thanks for the look into how it works.
Your welcome. It is so easy to make videos too long, however I tried to attempt to as simple explanation as possible on major items
I have never seen anyone do that before, great effort! And it works well too.
There is a video of a gentleman in Canada that converted an IH rotor combine to snowblower. I have read that they are easy to convert as he reused the gearbox that would normally run the rotor to power the blower. The Gleaner was easier than I anticipated to convert. Thanks for the comment
This is a great repurposing of an item that might have ended up in the junkyard. Wish I had the knowledge to do something like this.
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GREAT STUFF 🙂.... THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR CREATING AND ALIGNMENT
Awesome! I’ve wanted to do this for 20+ years, still haven’t gotten to it. Did keep an old gleaner just for the purpose. Maybe someday yet. Though I’ve often though the new idea unisystem power unit would make a good conversion. Flexible, 4wd, setup to send power in multiple directions. Someday….again great job! Very very well done!
Thank you for the comment. Yeah, previously I had a small Yanmar with no cab and 5' blower. It actually worked really well, but I was getting tired of the cold and rear facing. Getting too old for that!
That's a fantastic way to keep an old harvester alive!
There’s some pretty cool stuff people make out of old l2 gleaners. I’ve seen a sprayer and a rock collector and now a snow blower!
Awesome build! I really enjoyed this. I’m happy I randomly got this recommendation, it good to see that UA-cam is recommending such a recently uploaded video too
thank you
Looks like something my dad would have built... and been mighty proud of. 😂😂
make videos of just clearing snow with that awesome machine i could watch them all day hell yea
Will do
BRAVO 👍👍 Wonderful planning! You did a GREAT job of repurposing that old Gleaner and it had to be VERY rewarding to see snow coming out of the chute and headed to the next county. Please post another video of it really earning its keep which could be soon as the Marshall area could get 9"-16" Tuesday.
Thanks, shall see what mother nature sends us!
Just WOW! Amazing repurpose job! That thing is a BEAST!
Thanks, as i was building it I kept my friends posted, cause honestly who knew how successful it was going to be? So early on I started referring to it as "The Beast" LOL
Paul from Iowa, Great Job. Good use of a Good Older Combine
thank you. Yeah, save that old iron from the scrap heap!
that thing is a beast awesome build
Just wow! This needs to zoom up to 3 million views!💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Yup. Looks like it moves a lot of snow. Good job!
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Love the tires on the blower - smart deal!! I will be heading that direction as I am rebuilding the 1973 Mercedes Benz Unimog 406!
I would love a front mount snowblower. Great fab skills. Getting a tractor with cab was a step in the right direction but looking backwards the whole time is no good.
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Retired gleaner tech here. Outstanding job! The perfect platform for a large, and comfortable snowblower. Problably gets decent fuel mileage to, as the load shouldn’t be that much. Snow harvester!😝
Thank you
Great job on converting the old combine into a snowblower it turned out great
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Clever; we don't see this very often. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
Thanks for sharing!
Excellent, just excellent. Yes, we need deeper snow. I imagine you could change pulleys or gears to speed up the fan and throw snow farther if you wanted. What's next? Make it quick attach so you could swap for a bush hog or something else. With your skills I see endless possibilities. Great job!!!
Thank you. Actually on the right side i maintained the adjustable v belt drive. I put a tach on and the blower is running around 650 rpm. I also checked the augers. The rpm for them is in the ballpark for a 540 pto.
Brilliant! Very creative and effective use of resources. I love seeing people thinking outside the box!
Great build! I enjoy watching people that used their great minds.
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Very cool great way to reuse equipment and give it new life.
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Love it. Great ingenuity and performance. I would suggest a 1" dia steel bar ahead of the auger/chain drive on the left side of the chute, to protect same. Also, a 2'x2' rear window. Fenders for the rear wheels? No need to go right to the ground when snowblowing. Those narrow wheels will give more traction than the wide ones under many conditions.
I have seen one of these before, but not in detail. Well Done Sir.
Thank you
@@hrodd2 This is another Conversion. ua-cam.com/video/pp6XpnXQW6E/v-deo.html
@@gordbaker896 Yes, I have watched that video. He did a nice job with that unit and was one of the reasons I decided to take a go at it.
I got to say that’s pretty impressive is a lot of work but seems like it works like a champ
Cool build. Would love that up here at my acreage in Saskatchewan. Great video. Hope to see you create something new. It reminded me of Prairie Farm Report with all the farmers custom builds.
Great job. That was a lot of work you put in.
Thanks!
That is a beast! You did an awesome job. Please upload more videos with it in action, if you can.
🔥great build… really like that setup 🔥👊🔥⚙️🏍🔨🚜
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Snow Gleaner! I have wondered for years if a self propelled swather or combine would work, and you’ve answered that! Nice fab work!
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Nice build . Well thought out
The previous machinery dealer we went to before it closed had old Gleaner combine series like N, L, F, series, there was one time he also had a old Allis Chalmers 4wd-305 tractor.
I really like the build especially for the visibility and ease of function . Got to say that it looks like a killer machine out of a Mad Max movie 🤣😂🇺🇸
Great build. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Nice work Ray! This is great
Thanks Wes!
Nice job, I appreciate the creative idea and you did a nice job on the execution.
Thanks. I did get it painted last summer, also located and in the process of adding RWD to it. However we are experiencing an extremely mild winter. Not that I am complaining
Thats the right size snowblower for that driveway. Well done. The View from the cab must be great.
yes, thank you
Now, all you have to do is remember to start it once a month and move it around so that when the snow gets here, she'll be ready. The City of Buffalo could stand to have a few of these. Top shelf project!
Thank you. I keep her in the shop, so it is ready to go when needed.
What a BEAST !!! Some may ask why? Cause it's America. Great job.. patent that idea.
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Warms my heart to see snow being sent back to its maker
4 sure
I have a Walk-behind Snowblower. I put a Convex Mirror on a Bracket, so I could see the Auger and Blower. RainX keeps it fairly clear.
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That is some awesome engineering and what a great build you took your time and thought things out the way they you needed them to be One of the things that I thought of is if you feed out in the field your cows you could use that to clear a pass to drop hay with in the cows would have an easier time eating what an awesome job
Thank you for the comment.
Very nice, great work. I built one out of a Massey 410 gas. I did not do as much as you did, it did work, but the front end was too heavy and I had to steer with the brakes. over time, one of the brakes broke and it had other problems, so now it sits out back waiting for the salvage yard. Again, great job on the build and it looks like it will last a long time.
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Impressive !!! Wery well done!
Horsepower is important for snow removal. Man I just love to listen to a diesel engine roar. It must have been difficult to wait so long to put it to use. Great concept and build.
Honestly I was really paranoid the 1st time out last winter. Kept expecting to hear terrible grinding noises or big bangs! LOL. But at this point only a couple minor issues. Tire width was one and I had to add a belt tensioner for the fan drive.
kool use of an old harvester, better than just scraping it.
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I suggest adding a hitch or tow point to the rear of the unit . I imagine you could pull out stuck vehicles after clearing access to them.. Geat work ! good luck with her.
WoW What a Beast !!!! Super Job on the build.... I'm pretty sure that is almost Unstoppable ! I give that Idea and Build an A+++....
Nice useful project you built , looks like the auger was used by MnDot at one time
sitting in a warm cab is the answer , my John Deere LX 255 snowblower does well
ski goggles and a snowmobile suit and gloves are my protection , nothing like Heat and a Cab
You are correct. I purchased the blower from a MN surplus auction. It needed a little TLC