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Here's a little Orange on Red action
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Ha! IJ, Those pics were very useful for illustration purposes ... so thanks!
BTW - I fixed the videos
Since you own a Massey vs. of the blower, I'd be interested in what you think of the throw of my Orange by comparison
I keep thinking of a post by Jaylegger a while back about having to change the BX5450's impeller gearing to
better match-up w/the Massey Mid PTO which cranks@ 2000rpm while the Kubota's is @2500rpm
Tho as is, it doesn't seem to be laboring even in deeper snow ... and I really don't need to send the snow into the next county.....
I'd have a hard time saying if one threw snow further... yours looks just about like mine as far as distance. Dry snow, with enough depth to get some load, mine will throw a good 30-40 feet. Worst case wet stuff, perhaps around 20 feet. I run my tractor around 2000 rpm, only push it up to the white mark in the worst conditions.
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I'm sure if I ran the flapper up a bit higher it'd throw the snow further but this really isn't a competitive exercise.
I have to be careful where I point the chute so as not to bury my generator or the outdoor compressors for the Fridg & Freezer.
I also have to be conscious of not knocking down bat houses & bird feeders in the process or shooting snow all over the bottom of my neighbor's d-way
We don't get the volume of snowfall as you prob get in NH. My real wish would be for a garage big enough to be able to easily maneuver & swap the blower out for the rotary broom.
It would be a much better config. for these nuisance 1/4-1/2" events that if not cleaned up, lead to icy tracks packed down on the steep part.
Anyway - I think I'll leave the Orange gear sprockets as is. Doesn't seem to be laboring or straining the motor even though the PTO is supposedly turning 500rpm slower than optimal (for the orange)
And btw - I don't have a tach but I thought the idea (w/ the TBL2310) was to snow-blow @ full throttle
No, I don't usually find it necessary to run at full (white mark) PTO/engine rpm. I adjust according to conditions, always with a mind to minimize fuel usage. (A born Yankee -- hey, I may be cheap... but I'm cheap!)
What you might find works for those "nuisance" 1-1/2/" snowfalls is what I do: use a good, commercial-grade garage floor squeegee. I can do my whole driveway with that in about 40 minutes, using NO fuel. Granted, I have a paved driveway now, but that wasn't always the case, and the squeegee still worked even when I had a gravel surface.
This is like what I used, though I believe I bought mine from our local NAPA store....
Libman 36in. Curved Floor Squeegee, Model# 954 | Northern Tool + Equipment
I use it to make piles on the side(s) of the driveway, and then (if conditions warrant) can hit it with the blower later.
What you might find works for those "nuisance" 1-1/2/" snowfalls is what I do: use a good, commercial-grade garage floor squeegee. I can do my whole driveway with that in about 40 minutes, using NO fuel. Granted, I have a paved driveway now, but that wasn't always the case, and the squeegee still worked even when I had a gravel surface.
This is like what I used, though I believe I bought mine from our local NAPA store....
Libman 36in. Curved Floor Squeegee, Model# 954 | Northern Tool + Equipment
I use it to make piles on the side(s) of the driveway, and then (if conditions warrant) can hit it with the blower later.
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What I do is use the blower in High Range, near full speed. Kinda fun!
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That's an interesting thought Irv. Got me to thinking of a fabing a 50" wide clamp-on (to blower) squeegee. Something sim. to forks that clamp onto a tractor bucket.
