CJONE
Veteran Member
I have found a nice looking Mckee and will use it mainly to open roads and blow banks back. Is it a good unit? durable? CJ
??? wow no one has any experience with these units ???
I would hope it would be a gear box with oil? If it is a bevel gear drive to the augers they are not available or have been as the company is out of business.
It's an industrial unit, don't bother unless you plan on using an independent engine to power it otherwise it requires at least 75 hp PTO power to work properly.
I run a 7 foot 720 Mckee with 50 pto hp, i can run out of power as well, put then im running a gear tractor that is limited to just over 2 mph in Reverse, only a problem on the first pass. I find that the blower shoots the snow fairly effectively. It is a oil filled gear box which i hope will run for years.
I expected it to require a little more HP because of the double auger but 75 for a 7' blower?