Von
Veteran Member, Advertiser
I put my front mount snow blower on my Kubota B2710 last Thurs. and I fired up the PTO with just the one drive shaft hooked up. It runs from the mid PTO to the stationary shaft on the snow blower mount frame. Last year I had quite a bit of vibration from the shaft. I thought it was because I had the shaft out a ways, because this blower is made for the shorter wheel based B7500-B2410. So this year I changed the solid shaft to a longer piece. So when I fired it up the shaft still had a wobble to it, and when I took it up to full PTO speed,......BAM! the shaft let go! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif (See the photo!) From what I can tell is the shaft tube had a bend or dent in it, and is made of such thin stock, it could not take the stress anymore. This pipe is so thin! I think electrical conduit is thicker! Yes its that thin!....I could not see any damage as it was covered with the plastic guard. So now I an going to use some 1/4" walled pipe and weld the ends back on. This should solve this cheap piece of crap! I'm just glad it happened now and not when I'm up to my waist in snow!
Von
Von