amanda11270
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So I drove 496 miles one way yesterday, then 525 miles back (dont ask) the same day to pick up this absolutely monsterous snowblower. I about fell over when I first pulled up and saw it sitting at this guy's house, its enormous, its not only wide, its tall. I have been toying with buying one of these for about 4 years, but could never find one in my price range. At last though the numbers came together, $400 blower, $50 tolls, $100 gas (I have a fuel efficient van Nissan NV200, about 26 MPG). This blower was becoming like this mythical thing I never thought I would ever see in person, but alas.
We lifted it with a loader then got the frame in the van, then it just fit in between the wheel wells with some finaggling. Guy I bought it from (real nice guy by the way) thinks it weighs 350 pounds judging from the strain on his loader which was minimal he said. And I tend to agree because my van is a small compact cargo, and it didnt even sag with this thing in it, and my fuel economy back was the same as going to. I read that it weighs 505 but im skeptical, I can move it sorta, lift one side of it, etc.
Anyways, I took it off my truck with my 500 pound capacity genie lift, which again lifted it with ease, no problems at all.
I was messing with the blower, checking fitment to my H1502, which will require some modification (easy modification). By easy I mean in the past I bought a single stage 42" blower and had to make it spin the correct way to make it work with my Iseki which was a project, this dual stage will just require a different snowblower attachment frame to be made. The present one is 14 1/4" wide and that is the outside dimensions of my attachment points on the H1502, I could bend them in, but then the pins wont go in straight, and I like the Kwik connect of the pins, drive it up, line it up, mounts right on with almost no tools. Another thing I will have to address is the drive shaft is too close to the tractor by about 3 inches, I will have to make the blower frame longer to correct this.
So anyway, the blower is worth this project I feel, the gearbox is smooth and tight, no slop at all. But I have a few questions that I was hoping someone could answer. Anyone know what this blower weighs for real? Or what the H1502 tractor weighs? The reason I ask is, I got no lift mechanism assy. with this blower, it wouldnt of mattered because the guy I got it from had it for his ht20, which he felt it was too big for, I think the size and the torque of the diesel might do better with it. Some guys told me not to adapt the small frame Bolens single stage that I did in the past to my H1502 because the PTO didnt have the speed for it, they were wrong (BIGTIME), it threw snow like nobody's business, til the Penn Dot plow truck left a piece of a curb at the end of my driveway last week, and well, you know what happens next. (actually I can fix it) but that is what led me on this blower search again.
I think this blower originally lifted from the 3pt via connecting rods and linkage mechanism, which I could fabricate, however, my single stage I mentioned previously I made lift just like my 4 way 54" plow, with the front cylinder, but the single was a little lighter than this monster I just picked up. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this? I cant imagine this blower is much heavier than the 54" plow I already have, its enormous as well, and it lifts with the cylinder and doesnt seem to tip the machine forward at all and doesnt seem like it affects the tractor at all when it does, other than maybe putting more weight on the front tires. And if im gonna make a blower attachment frame anyway, I may as well now make it lift with the cylinder if I can (my thinking).
We lifted it with a loader then got the frame in the van, then it just fit in between the wheel wells with some finaggling. Guy I bought it from (real nice guy by the way) thinks it weighs 350 pounds judging from the strain on his loader which was minimal he said. And I tend to agree because my van is a small compact cargo, and it didnt even sag with this thing in it, and my fuel economy back was the same as going to. I read that it weighs 505 but im skeptical, I can move it sorta, lift one side of it, etc.
Anyways, I took it off my truck with my 500 pound capacity genie lift, which again lifted it with ease, no problems at all.
I was messing with the blower, checking fitment to my H1502, which will require some modification (easy modification). By easy I mean in the past I bought a single stage 42" blower and had to make it spin the correct way to make it work with my Iseki which was a project, this dual stage will just require a different snowblower attachment frame to be made. The present one is 14 1/4" wide and that is the outside dimensions of my attachment points on the H1502, I could bend them in, but then the pins wont go in straight, and I like the Kwik connect of the pins, drive it up, line it up, mounts right on with almost no tools. Another thing I will have to address is the drive shaft is too close to the tractor by about 3 inches, I will have to make the blower frame longer to correct this.
So anyway, the blower is worth this project I feel, the gearbox is smooth and tight, no slop at all. But I have a few questions that I was hoping someone could answer. Anyone know what this blower weighs for real? Or what the H1502 tractor weighs? The reason I ask is, I got no lift mechanism assy. with this blower, it wouldnt of mattered because the guy I got it from had it for his ht20, which he felt it was too big for, I think the size and the torque of the diesel might do better with it. Some guys told me not to adapt the small frame Bolens single stage that I did in the past to my H1502 because the PTO didnt have the speed for it, they were wrong (BIGTIME), it threw snow like nobody's business, til the Penn Dot plow truck left a piece of a curb at the end of my driveway last week, and well, you know what happens next. (actually I can fix it) but that is what led me on this blower search again.
I think this blower originally lifted from the 3pt via connecting rods and linkage mechanism, which I could fabricate, however, my single stage I mentioned previously I made lift just like my 4 way 54" plow, with the front cylinder, but the single was a little lighter than this monster I just picked up. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this? I cant imagine this blower is much heavier than the 54" plow I already have, its enormous as well, and it lifts with the cylinder and doesnt seem to tip the machine forward at all and doesnt seem like it affects the tractor at all when it does, other than maybe putting more weight on the front tires. And if im gonna make a blower attachment frame anyway, I may as well now make it lift with the cylinder if I can (my thinking).
