adventure bob
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Recd my new Pronovost 800TRC yesterday. Holly cow this thing is a beast. Pronovost also appear to be experts at packing all the loose parts for shipping. Everything was tetris'd into the auger and tied in place with heavy wax lacing and zip ties. It took me an hour to get all that stuff out of there. You definitely had to be patient and hold your tongue just right to get it loose.
So as I go through this, ill post my experience with it and how it goes putting it together. It came without the 3 point pieces attached to the frame so those were the first thing to go on. Makes it much easier to move around. I pulled it off the flatbed with a bobcat and it was tricky. It has two lifting eyes on top but the chute kinda gets in the way for easy lifting. Made it work though.
First thing I noticed about this thing is that it is **** heavy and everything is thick steel. The internet pics do not do this thing justice. I have seen posts where folks have questioned the value of this thing being worth the extra money. Just in shopping for a snow blower and looking at everything from landpride to Schulte, I have to say this is the beefiest snowblower I saw. I didn't see an Erskine so I cant compare there. The other thing I noticed was that this thing is huge. Its an 80" working width but height of the housing and height of the chute are huge. Maybe its cause I'm used to garden tractors with small blowers on the front. But even compared to Kubotas snow blower that's nearly the same width, this thing is huge.
Things of concern so far: Mine has hydraulic chute rotate and discharge angle, and because its a TRC it has a hydraulic chute rotation for side discharge. The two orbital motors were not installed at the factory. Kind of a nit pic but why wouldn't they have just installed them and set gear contact depth? Another nit pic is that when you buy it they tell you up front that you have to have hydraulic lines made. Many hydraulic implements state that the customer has to do this due to the many differences in tractors and equipment match ups. Not that big a deal, but my grapple came with lines... Tractors running rear snow blowers aren't THAT different. Lastly the instructions, or lack thereof frustrated the wife to no end. Nearly everything is going together from internet pictures and the parts diagrams in the back of the book. I'm a mechanical guy and have a full shop and do all my own maint to a bunch of equipment and vehicles, but sometimes there's value to torque specs and sequenced steps. I'm not asking for Ikea level idiot proof with a single allen stock but....
Its a beautiful day today so ill try to shoot some happy snaps of putting it together.
So as I go through this, ill post my experience with it and how it goes putting it together. It came without the 3 point pieces attached to the frame so those were the first thing to go on. Makes it much easier to move around. I pulled it off the flatbed with a bobcat and it was tricky. It has two lifting eyes on top but the chute kinda gets in the way for easy lifting. Made it work though.
First thing I noticed about this thing is that it is **** heavy and everything is thick steel. The internet pics do not do this thing justice. I have seen posts where folks have questioned the value of this thing being worth the extra money. Just in shopping for a snow blower and looking at everything from landpride to Schulte, I have to say this is the beefiest snowblower I saw. I didn't see an Erskine so I cant compare there. The other thing I noticed was that this thing is huge. Its an 80" working width but height of the housing and height of the chute are huge. Maybe its cause I'm used to garden tractors with small blowers on the front. But even compared to Kubotas snow blower that's nearly the same width, this thing is huge.
Things of concern so far: Mine has hydraulic chute rotate and discharge angle, and because its a TRC it has a hydraulic chute rotation for side discharge. The two orbital motors were not installed at the factory. Kind of a nit pic but why wouldn't they have just installed them and set gear contact depth? Another nit pic is that when you buy it they tell you up front that you have to have hydraulic lines made. Many hydraulic implements state that the customer has to do this due to the many differences in tractors and equipment match ups. Not that big a deal, but my grapple came with lines... Tractors running rear snow blowers aren't THAT different. Lastly the instructions, or lack thereof frustrated the wife to no end. Nearly everything is going together from internet pictures and the parts diagrams in the back of the book. I'm a mechanical guy and have a full shop and do all my own maint to a bunch of equipment and vehicles, but sometimes there's value to torque specs and sequenced steps. I'm not asking for Ikea level idiot proof with a single allen stock but....
Its a beautiful day today so ill try to shoot some happy snaps of putting it together.
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