Blowing very wet snow with loader mount blower

   / Blowing very wet snow with loader mount blower
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#31  
Good deal.

I'm glad you didn't take my less than positive posts as seriously as you usually take my posts.........:D

My faith is hopefully restored in those implements. After your vid, I has visions of my new spear breaking off with a puny 4x4 bale on it.......:D

Im actually glad alot of posters thought something was wrong...... and i will try the change in attack angles also next time. Ive been setting it level with the bucket level rod. Ill try what yo suggest....bit i need to find some cats :laughing:
 
   / Blowing very wet snow with loader mount blower
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#32  
Ok, for the next video. This was taken in the horse arena. This area is fresher snow, and is non compacted. this is how the blower works on my driveway also. I went ahead and left the blowby setting alone.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFsmrNjqNU]snowblower in fresh snow 2012.mpg - YouTube[/ame]
 
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#33  
And the final video. I went and tried it out on the berm that i have left on the main road. This section is about 4' deep, and its all the crud i have plowed from the last 4 road plowings. I was just checking how it would work on the roads . The biggest problem here was the tractor kept trying to creep into the ditch.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAAj82uYTkg]cutting thru hard pack plow slop 2012.mpg - YouTube[/ame]
 
   / Blowing very wet snow with loader mount blower #34  
I take it the second vid is with the bypass cranked down a bit???

I have the same issue with the 105 and the ditch with the rearmount. I keep my pedals unlocked and apply a bit of brake steer. Of course I have gear transmission so I don't need 3 feet to brake steer and move at the same time....

Even with my big tractors I keep my pto right at 540 all the time when engaging snow. You want that impeller fan cooking in the housing (in case some wayward, hidden in the snow) object gets sucked in.....:)

I can pretty much tell how compacted the snow is or the moisture present by how much the turbo is screaming and/or the level of black smoke.....

The 105 especially gets up on the turbo and holds it's torque and PTO rpm. The 9000 gets on the turbo but I can bog her down if I get anxious. Amazing what 10 PTO ponies do.....

I remember blowing with my older Landpride on the 5030 HST and I engaged the cruise and unlocked the brake pedals and feathered them to stay straight.

The Landpride was about half the blower the Lucknow is.....

...and keep the blower attitude down and let it dig in. That should be easy as tilting the front bucket linkage and observing the bucket level rod. I purposely left my rod full length and paint marked it for various front QD mounted stuff. The bucket levels different than a bale spear or the forks..... Each is marked in a different paint color on the rod......

I thought those blowers came with skid shoes. I'll have to look in the catalog. My Lucknow came with no skid shoes, I welded on the bolsters and aadded Meyers style mushroom skids. I set mine about 1/2" above grade. keeps gravel out and preserves the driveway.
 
   / Blowing very wet snow with loader mount blower #35  
...as long as we stay out of politics, I'll give you the straight scoop......:laughing:
 
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#36  
...as long as we stay out of politics, I'll give you the straight scoop......:laughing:


:laughing:.. Im actually trying to stay out of all political threeads..they get too messy.

And thanks for the blower info.

I will have to play with the angles the next time i blow. I have shoes set pretty high cause i had gravel still unfrozen. But its all frozen now, so i need to lower the shoes.

I adjusted the bypass down for the arena. Just 1 turn. It always worked great on the flat, fresh snow. I just am afraid if i over torque the pressures, the auger WONT stop if i hit a large rock or buried tree/root.
I really don't want to trash this blower.

probably 80% of my snow blowing is fresh snow. And it only takes 30 seconds to dial it up.
 
   / Blowing very wet snow with loader mount blower #37  
Ah now you got a blower. Great to see how it's actually supposed to work. What a difference. When I started reading this thread everyone was completely possitive and that's ok and I told myself not to go against the grain but I had to say something so I hope you don't hold it against me that I was negitive about the blowers porformance :eek:
You have a very nice set up now thats its sorking as it should and I really enjoyed the new videos. Good stuff :thumbsup:
 
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#38  
Ah now you got a blower. Great to see how it's actually supposed to work. What a difference. When I started reading this thread everyone was completely possitive and that's ok and I told myself not to go against the grain but I had to say something so I hope you don't hold it against me that I was negitive about the blowers porformance :eek:
You have a very nice set up now thats its sorking as it should and I really enjoyed the new videos. Good stuff :thumbsup:

Not at all.. i thought it was working ok. Im glad i did post the original video, or i would be using it like it was for years...and never know any different.

I was so use to my old blower jambing up, i didnt think twice about it.

Yes, i am very happy with this set up now.

And thank you for your input.
 
   / Blowing very wet snow with loader mount blower #40  
I adjusted the bypass down for the arena. Just 1 turn. It always worked great on the flat, fresh snow. I just am afraid if i over torque the pressures, the auger WONT stop if i hit a large rock or buried tree/root.
I really don't want to trash this blower.

probably 80% of my snow blowing is fresh snow. And it only takes 30 seconds to dial it up.[/QUOTE]

grsthegreat, glad you got the blower working properly. Love the videos too! Just a quick suggestion if it might help. I was wondering if once you finally get your adjustments where you are happy with them that you should somehow mark the bypass valve with a little dab of pain or something so that there is no guessing each time you dial in/dial out the pressure. Different color for fresh fallen dry snow vs hard concrete like snow/ice. Just a thought. Good job!!!!!!! Stanley
 

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