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- Mar 6, 2003
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- 910
- Location
- East Central, Indiana
- Tractor
- Kioti CK3510SE HST, John Deere X739
We got over 9" of wet heavy snow yesterday, so I finally got a chance to use my 2720 & 47 snow blower. I got the 2720 in January, I have had the 47 snow blower for several years.
I had it all setup for last winter, but we did not get any snow. After hearing the forecasts of all of the snow that was coming yesterday, I got the cab & the snow blower installed. Sometime after last winter was over I got a remote chute adjusting cable for the snow blower. I had forgotten about getting it until I got the snow blower out of storage. So I also got that installed, although I had to reroute the cable after I saw it was getting between the front hitch & stop.
Because the 2720 has a lot more power than the 2320 I traded in, I stocked up on shear bolts. After seeing the type of snow we had, I was sure I would need several because I always broke at least one every time I used it with the other tractors I had used it on. To my surprise, I did not break one.
The chute adjuster worked great. I did several of my neighbors drives. If I had not had the chute adjuster, I would not been able to have done some of them because of cars, near by houses & decorations.
The 47 snow blower worked better on the 2720 than it did on the other tractors I have used it on. Those tractors were the 455, 2210, 2320.
After using the snow blower, There was a lot of slush on the driveway, so I went back over the driveway again with my 1026R & blade with a rubber edge.
This was how I routed the cable the first time. As you can see in the photo, when the chute was rotated to the left, the cable would get in between the hitch & upstop.
This is how it is now.
Having the cab on the tractor, with a window where the cable is normally mounted & not getting any mounting hardware with the cable, made mounting the handle a challenge. I made the mount easy to install & remove, in case I need to use the loader also.
I like this location much better than the normal mounting location. It is very easy to reach & adjust.
I had it all setup for last winter, but we did not get any snow. After hearing the forecasts of all of the snow that was coming yesterday, I got the cab & the snow blower installed. Sometime after last winter was over I got a remote chute adjusting cable for the snow blower. I had forgotten about getting it until I got the snow blower out of storage. So I also got that installed, although I had to reroute the cable after I saw it was getting between the front hitch & stop.
Because the 2720 has a lot more power than the 2320 I traded in, I stocked up on shear bolts. After seeing the type of snow we had, I was sure I would need several because I always broke at least one every time I used it with the other tractors I had used it on. To my surprise, I did not break one.
The chute adjuster worked great. I did several of my neighbors drives. If I had not had the chute adjuster, I would not been able to have done some of them because of cars, near by houses & decorations.
The 47 snow blower worked better on the 2720 than it did on the other tractors I have used it on. Those tractors were the 455, 2210, 2320.
After using the snow blower, There was a lot of slush on the driveway, so I went back over the driveway again with my 1026R & blade with a rubber edge.
This was how I routed the cable the first time. As you can see in the photo, when the chute was rotated to the left, the cable would get in between the hitch & upstop.
This is how it is now.
Having the cab on the tractor, with a window where the cable is normally mounted & not getting any mounting hardware with the cable, made mounting the handle a challenge. I made the mount easy to install & remove, in case I need to use the loader also.
I like this location much better than the normal mounting location. It is very easy to reach & adjust.