darin.brown7
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- Feb 20, 2010
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- Tractor
- ford 1700
I recently cleared an 8"-10" deep powdery snow with a 50" wide Ford 715A snowblower off the rear of my '79 Ford 1700 4WD and could only throw the snow 8-10 feet. Any ideas why so short of a distance?
Had to run in low "1" reverse otherwise the chute would clog and I would "push" the snow rather than let the augers do their job. I throttled up to almost 540 RPM but the little diesel sounds like it's spinning pretty high. Previous owner (who is a friend) of the blower said he easily threw snow 30 feet on a 50 HP tractor. Power is not an issue with my 1700, just seems the PTO RPM is awfully slow. I'm used to running a Ford 901 so this compact tractor is taking some getting used to.
Any thoughts or insight is most appreciated!
Had to run in low "1" reverse otherwise the chute would clog and I would "push" the snow rather than let the augers do their job. I throttled up to almost 540 RPM but the little diesel sounds like it's spinning pretty high. Previous owner (who is a friend) of the blower said he easily threw snow 30 feet on a 50 HP tractor. Power is not an issue with my 1700, just seems the PTO RPM is awfully slow. I'm used to running a Ford 901 so this compact tractor is taking some getting used to.
Any thoughts or insight is most appreciated!