Snowblower Puma Snowblower

[joe04785]

Hey all, I have a ck30hst and just bought a 6 foot puma rear snowblower for it. It seems to throw the snow about 25 feet, give or take. Is 6 feet to big for my tractor? I looked at the specs on the puma website and it seems fine. I just thought the blower would throw it further. It has a 20 inch fan with a fan depth of 6 inches. The impeller has 4 blades on it.

Thanks

 

[DHD]

Hey all, I have a ck30hst and just bought a 6 foot puma rear snowblower for it. It seems to throw the snow about 25 feet, give or take. Is 6 feet to big for my tractor? I looked at the specs on the puma website and it seems fine. I just thought the blower would throw it further. It has a 20 inch fan with a fan depth of 6 inches. The impeller has 4 blades on it.

Thanks

Is your Puma used or a left over ?
The new Puma 6 foot blowers have a 24" impeller.
A larger diameter impeller will increase the throw distance.

The gap distance between the end of the impeller blade and housing can also effect throw distance.

Here is a link that can explain it better than I.

Snowblower Impeller Kit part (1) one of six - YouTube

 

[joe04785]

It's a used blower purchased from craigslist. It's in good condition overall. I actually starting installing an impeller kit, but for some reason the housing especially where the snow exits is smaller than the rest. As I started installing this kit, I tried to find the smallest part of the housing. I guess that I didn't find it cause after installation, I rotated the impeller by hand and found it binding at a smaller part in the housing. I can't move the rubber back because there would be no point in it being there so I will be removing this kit.

 

[RoyJackson]

Hey all, I have a ck30hst and just bought a 6 foot puma rear snowblower for it. It seems to throw the snow about 25 feet, give or take. Is 6 feet to big for my tractor? I looked at the specs on the puma website and it seems fine. I just thought the blower would throw it further. It has a 20 inch fan with a fan depth of 6 inches. The impeller has 4 blades on it.

Thanks

If the snow is dry and fluffy, you'll likely get more "throw". If wet, less distance.
As far as the blower being too big...IIRC, Puma recommends 20 PTO HP minimum. But I suggest you focus on the performance instead. If it moves the snow off your drive, it should be fine.
If you get a chance, lok at some snow blower videos on You Tube. Some throw the snow quite a distance, others not so far. To me, it's a bit difficult to quantify "how far" is far enough.

 

[DHD]

It's a used blower purchased from craigslist. It's in good condition overall. I actually starting installing an impeller kit, but for some reason the housing especially where the snow exits is smaller than the rest. As I started installing this kit, I tried to find the smallest part of the housing. I guess that I didn't find it cause after installation, I rotated the impeller by hand and found it binding at a smaller part in the housing. I can't move the rubber back because there would be no point in it being there so I will be removing this kit.

My Puma 64" has a narrower gap, of the impeller tip to housing, near the exit than the rest, also.
My Older Puma 64" has a 20" impeller,
I also have a newer (new to me) John Deere Frontier SB1164 (64") it has a 24" impeller and there is a noticeable increased throwing distance.
BUT, as RoyJackson points out, "as long as it moves the snow off your drive, it should be fine"

I very rarely run my snowblower at the full 540 rpm PTO speed.
For my Kubota B7800 540 pto = 2650 engine rpm.

I usually run my engine rpm at 2000 rpm when snowblowing, which is enough to get the snow out of my drive.

 

[Rustywreck]

It's a used blower purchased from craigslist. It's in good condition overall. I actually starting installing an impeller kit, but for some reason the housing especially where the snow exits is smaller than the rest. As I started installing this kit, I tried to find the smallest part of the housing. I guess that I didn't find it cause after installation, I rotated the impeller by hand and found it binding at a smaller part in the housing. I can't move the rubber back because there would be no point in it being there so I will be removing this kit.

If the tightest/close part of the housing is at the bottom, maybe you need to replace the bearings

 

[leonz]

You can let the rubber impeller paddles just wear down after a
minute or two of operating it and your snow caster will be fine.

 

[leonz]

Your blower will be fine as long as you reverse slowly and the
impeller will not be flooded and the snow will be cast very far.

You can use cooking spray, WD-40 or Fluid Film to help
in keeping it from plugging and it will allow the snow to
be cast very far from the drive way.

You have to remember that the impeller is a heat source
simply from the friction due to the act of casting it away.

 

[joe04785]

Thanks for all the replies. I was just curious about performance. Rustywreck the tightest place is on top. Its really not a big deal.

 

[tcartwri]

I assume you are running at the 'suggested' rpm to generate 540 rpm on the pto. If you turn it up just another 100 to 150 rpm it will throw the snow almost double the distance. Honest.

There's really not such a thing as too big a blower on a HST machine.