In Over Our Heads - Blowing Through 7' Of Snow

[@landscapingspecialist]

I own a Ventrac but not the snow blower. I did use a friend of mine’s that is also in the industry. Some of his plow guys plowed in the mailboxes at the condo units he was handling. He sent me over to ‘dig them out’ with the Ventrac and KX523 blower. I was completely blown away at what quick work it made of the 5’ high mound of snow and ice! If we got more snow here in SW PA I would already own one. The HB580 broom can handle most of the snow events we get in this region.

[@bluecordprecisiongrading2504]

You gotta create a ramp, Aaron, to get yourself higher on the mound first. I've done this plenty when I was still in Northern Maine. I could have made a LOT of awesome videos up there if we were recording back then

[@maxclement1502]

Everyone in the factory. “Oh there goes Arron again trying to go through the pile” now he’s just swiping his shovel at it. Well thats doing nothing” great video thank you

[@landscapingspecialist]

Ventrac is the toughest, most productive and versatile piece of equipment. Gonna look at getting another 4500z this year. Nice video! Didn’t doubt it for a second

[@michaelmactavish4445]

yeah ventracs are nice here in my area with the cab and 30 attachments there about $35,000

[@dennis-yj3zz]

great job!!! sure do miss that monday morning minute.

[@Andrew-ig7wy]

Hydraulic Bucket brush grapple on the top side of blower...... BOOM...problem solved! No getting out of the cab. 😄

[@williamtemple4331]

Well what I found interesting right off the get go is that you said the "gravel infested snow" I am happy to see that the quipment is so well built that the gravel will not damage the internal mechanisms.

[@PastorDavidFranklin]

A shovel in your had Eric! Stunning! Hardest I've seen you work in a long time! LOL! Great machine and snowblower as usual. Thanks for the demo!

[@ventrac]

That's why we build machines! :D

[@steiger256]

This was a great video. Whenever you are snowblowing thru piles large enough to fold your mirrors in you know its deep.

[@ConnerColemanMSHS]

Wyd step-Ventrac; are you stuck?

[@t.conner4798]

Well that was impressive, especially with all the rocks. Cool video, thanks.

[@bluecordprecisiongrading2504]

Faster if I were getting it done with Gertrude haha!

[@markw2266]

I really would have liked this blower this year in Eastern PA but sometimes it takes nasty weather to push the issue so it's getting here next month. Always next year but how this works is when you are prepared to rumble it never snows. Would have been nice to see if the top auger kit made any difference. The negative comments are always focused on price and how compact tractors are more versatile. I have both and always go to the ventrac first. Amazing machines and the attachments are really well built.

[@josephroberson4044]

Awesome! Ventrac stickers to the winners?

[@julsn_915]

Hilarious! Loved it!

[@adifferentperspectiveohio2905]

Needs flatiron bars on the sides pointing out at a 45 degree to cut the snow out on top so it can fall.

[@gsettlemyre]

My best guess is 18:33 minutes!

[@johnevans6053]

I am writing this at 1:48min... I hope you don't run into a fire hydrant in the middle of that. On the other hand, that might be an interesting test.

[@jacobcoles4163]

Impressive!

[@aaronaaron4155]

When I win the lottery I'm getting a ventrac with every attachment!

[@benjaminanthony5201]

That’s gonna set you back a lot but if you use the tractor often it should be worth it.

[@flying__penguin9291]

Yeah me too!

[@landcruiserchewy]

Finally got Aaron to do some work! 😎

[@christopherhembury2706]

Lmao great vid keep them coming!!!!! I just picked up a ssv from the storr tractor company in RONKONKOMA NY looking to get into the 4500 next!!!!! Chris Bulldog Snow & Ice Management

[@Patriot-pq1ku]

Only had two issues with ours had one hydraulic line come loose an a set screw for the brush so the drive gear wouldn't turn other then that the unit is pretty cool its amazing for how small it is but is a beast

[@jimmypatterson6316]

I thought I was watching an Andrew Camarata video for a second 😂

[@seanharkins1054]

I'd like to see what Andrew would do with a ventrac also

[@davidshipulski4532]

@@seanharkins1054 He probably would put a radio in with it!

[@davidshipulski4532]

The toro might have done better!

[@ventrac]

Comment on his channel. Tell him I want to collaborate 😁

[@markw2266]

Yep, a radio installed with a chainsaw. That's his style for sure.

[@jifi-0178]

I thought it would be over an hour. Maybe with the shoveling it did. I wonder how much the 2nd auger would have helped in this situation. By the looks of the funny angle for the side mirrors, this was a roughness test on those as well.

[@drewgoody2957]

I am in love I watch almost every ventrac 4520 video I would love to have one so bad if I could afford it

[@je8232]

I work on a golf course in Massachusetts we have two of these machines one with the snowblower so many options great overall machine

[@davidgibbings6085]

I love these machines. you got there in thee end DGM south west uk ( Devon) are a suppliers of you’re machines , I watched these on you tube and ended up working for DGM , now I get to drive them , result in life for me , yep sad ass to some but who cares I love them 👍🙂

[@zachyboy1017]

I predict it will take 37.3 minutes!

[@christopherhembury2706]

Lmao dude that’s so funny!!!! Great vid!!!!! I just recently picked up a ssv from the storr tractor company in RONKONKOMA NY love it and looking to pick another one up then the 4500!!!!!! Keep up with the vids !!!!! Chris Bulldog Snow & Ice Management

[@bluecordprecisiongrading2504]

I wouldn't have been able to climb out of there light that haha!

[@larrytaylor5634]

Nice; I would love to have something like that

[@stevend4425]

Well, it looked as though you were not in 4 wheel drive, I only saw your rear wheels lose traction when your drove into that snow pile. You need drift cutters on both sides of the blower, they will cut some of that higher snowand make it fall so your blower can pick it up. Also as others have said, you need to create a ramp as you tackle that deeper snow. Also turn the chute to the side, so you don't continuously increase the heigth of an already deep pile of snow. I would never run my blower into snow wth that many large stones, your blower will be rock blasted and your impeller could easily be damaged.

[@kevingray8616]

Why do anything by hand? I know you were testing the height limit, but why not just do one pass to cut it down and another pass to finish it up?

[@terry1965]

Terry Farrell Lake of the Ozarks Missouri I can show you how to make a flipper blade for the top of that rig where it will take care of that higher amount of snow

[@aloyad71]

Then, you have to design where you can lift the auger housing high enough like your loader attachment.

[@kumerxd6297]

We need you in quebec ahah

[@TimeToCheckReality]

Did you try it with the blower lifted up on the first passes? Could it leave a "ramp" that would let you take off the top of the pile and then go back and clear a level path?

[@BG-vq9fd]

Unless you've tried this you have no idea of the difficulty.

[@tommytube268]

Need to make a ventrac for home use please.

[@x083.]

I love the fact that there is an employee showing up for work and he just looks over like, What the hell is Arron doing over there with that snow shovel.

[@LTVoyager]

Should have raised the blower as high as possible and climbed the pile taking off thin layers each passing work down to the bottom. Would have avoided the problem of not being able to blow over the pile or having the pile overate the top of the blower.

[@richscott2952]

If you removed end plates to blower ,it held auger from getting to snow ice

[@sgtcrab2569]

I have a 1025 JD with rear mount 54 in blower. When I get in as far as I can go I turn around and knock snow down with the loader bucket , turn and continue blowing. Problem solved.

[@trevorburton2718]

Why didn't you put on the loader attachment to smash it down?

[@jimwhittaker886]

4wheel tractors for winter & 8wheel tractors for summer?

[@chrisegan9670]

Just got the 4500 this year in Wisconsin already kicking myself for not buying it 2yrs ago when I bought the ssv

[@youtube7076]

did you know Ventrac has a special auger just for deeper snow....

[@Charles53412]

The Ventrac would have made it through the pile. If you took the time to put in a serrated auger. The Ventrac is a Beast !

[@richlindquist]

Don't know why I'm wondering, but I am wondering - could you spread wood chips with that snow blower? Yes, it's a silly question, but I'm still wondering.

[@ventrac]

I've never tried but I have to believe it would! -Aaron

[@shawnmcfee2333]

@@ventrac what's the price tag on this machine with a snow blowe n a rear blade n does the cab have heat

[@rotorbeam1]

In this instance, you should have started using the lowest height, then once digging in under the snow, then raise up to break it up and it would have fallen down.

[@provetruth9807]

Haven’t even watched video yet. The real question is will it do 1-2 inch of wet heavy.

[@sidvanderwerf3583]

My kind of test

[@danielzeccardi6087]

22 minutes ;)

[@orionharmon6017]

I believe you've made it through a bit.

[@arlisspropertyservicesllc5943]

The real question to be answered is if there is a deep discount on that rock blower now? 😉😉

[@happydog1026]

also a gravel blower😆

[@danielsaeger9]

23:23

[@nephilly87]

All you hear is Rocks lol very impressive though

[@tedmusgrove8394]

If, I had one, I'd spray WD-40 onto all parts, before hitting the snow. Or, at least some kind of wax. Just can't afford one, yet. Maybe someday in Iowa.

[@donaldmarsh7113]

17 minutes

[@noworriesmate5903]

Hmmm, that snow wasn't put there by that machine. Interesting. 🤔

[@jonnyhung2576]

19 min

[@JCLandscapesLLC]

39 min.

[@rooster3019]

13min

[@kagnewmp12]

All in fun but these things with snowblower and cab cost more then a real nice used car and if one of my guys decided to have fun by driving it into a pile of gravel and stone filled snow to see how long it would take he would be out of a job for sure.

[@jamesreddington2327]

Who is a dealer in Buffalo?

[@jrsmith330]

18 minutes

[@kevinclarke6960]

22 minutes

[@ausieking]

Someone at ventrac has been watching andrew camerata 😁

[@snakemadness4553]

Hurt to watch with hitting all them small rocks lol

[@ventrac]

Yeah....that was not fun to listen to!

[@SnydernicSnydernic]

26mins

[@ventrac]

Great guess!

[@nano7599]

47 mins

[@jeremyjwolff]

18.5 minutes

[@ethanwells9629]

23

[@jeffwinters8152]

10 min

[@westernfarms3885]

I would take a quick guess and say thirty mins I'm at 1:25 curently

[@stevesmith246]

35 mins

[@MAsWorld1]

The rocks pinging through the machine were painful to hear !

[@andersos5429]

32mins 😁

[@michaelkoop6731]

I'll say 18 minute s

[@jerrywasik7586]

15

[@drewgoody2957]

I'm guessing 35 min

[@SoleEpiphany]

I’m cringing just thinking about the paint damage and impending rust on the inside of the auger housing but certainly point proven on the capability 🤣

[@garybelbeck6946]

I know this dude.

[@ventrac]

Popo?

[@garybelbeck6946]

Yes sir!

[@ventrac]

@@garybelbeck6946 Good to hear from ya! Hope all has been well.

[@mikemarconi8265]

25

[@dalepoppenhagen8549]

Probably about 24 minutes

[@tammylarson5663]

19

[@CarrotCaptain]

15min

[@TheHoughr]

I think it’ll take 30ish mins

[@trevethan82319841]

Can you guys please do a sweepstakes to give away a ventrac trackor with atchments I would love to win one so I could do different jobs in my town and yo start a business

[@kylegrantner6747]

6 min

[@armandrusaw8650]

37 mins

[@Davidjb37721]

15 m

[@MrDaniel3105]

50 minutes

[@stevesandberg5311]

I guess 10 mins

[@pdet1951]

About 18 minutes

[@ronaldcoleman7343]

29 to 35 mins.

[@supernoviable]

42 minutes

[@roccocherone]

1hr