Installing a sweeper on the Kubota ST 341 tractor

The customer for this sweeper is required to use the tractor for snow clearance and gritting in the winter and grass cutting in the summer.

The tractor needed to run an existing gritter on the back, while enabling a plough or sweeper to be interchanged on the front.

The Front linkage we supplied, allows interchangeability between attachments, simply by pulling a pin and changing one attachment for the other.

The Kersten KM45 front sweepers may be powered by either PTO or hydraulic drive. Both solutions are available on the Kubota ST series but there are pros and cons of each. On the ST341 there is plenty of hydraulic flow, so the most cost effective option was to run a completely hydraulic system using services at the front of the tractor.

This sweeper was fitted with a brush guard to prevent snow from spraying back onto the windscreen of the cab. This makes snow clearing much easier. The 5 row spiral brush has plenty of space between the rows to allow movement of voluminous material like snow and requires less power than other brushes to do so. The brush can be manually angled from left to right in this case. There is an option to fit hydraulic angling, which can be operated from the cab.

The items used in this project were as follows:

1. KM 15045 H Front mounted sweeper
2. ABR brackets to fit front sweeper to the Cat 0 front linkage
3. GUSPL 15045 brush guard
4. Front Linkage for Kubota ST

The KM 45 series of sweepers are supplied with garage stands to enable the machine to be wheeled around when not connected to the tractor.

Mounting a sweeper on the front of a tractor provides far greater manoeuvrability than mounting on the rear 3 point linkage and prevents driving over the snow first, which could compact it under the tyres - making it harder to sweep.

However a rear mounted alternative for the ST 341 could be the HKM 15040 M

Kersten sweepers are great at maintaining hard surfaces by removing detritus and debris which reduces weed growth and is fundamental to Integrated weed management.

Other attachments suitable for the Kubota ST may be found on the Kubota ST Series Attachments page.

Contact Kersten to chat about your requirements.