Blowing very wet snow with loader mount blower

[Cantoo]

I only watched half of the video, I couldn't stand to see that orange suffer anymore. Your ground speed is way too high for the conditions. Take a smaller bite, drive slower and let the blower do it's job. But first, take this video to your dealer and ask his opinion. I know the snow is wet but I don't think it should stall out that quickly. My orange is only 35 hp and I have a 7' rear blower so I'm used to going slow but that was painful to watch.

 

[grsthegreat]

Well, i tried it real slow and moderate speed, it seemed to clog faster at the slower speed.

When blowing dry snow, it doesnt clog at all. In later blowings i found that all i had to do is tilt it to clear most of the snow without banging it.

However its 3/16 steel there, so it wont hurt to bang it.

On the other side of the barn, i started blowing off the top half of the snow first, then atacked the lower half. This made it clog alot less also.

This is a learning process for me. Till today i dah only used it 2 times in dry snow.

 

[ericher69]

I would be pissed off having spent all that $$ for a loader mounted hydraulic blower to have it stall out every 2 seconds!

Even when it isn't stalled it barely lobs the snow. 10 feet

I'm used to 35+ feet with wet heavy snow and 60+ with powder and that is with 21 PTO HP

 

[dawzie]

It sounds like the tractor isn't running at 540 pto rpm. Could be the presure releif on the auger motor is set to low also. I have a Bobcat 8' blower on my T-300 and it would walk right through that stuff, slowly, but none stop.

 

[grsthegreat]

Its running at 540. But did bog down in the wet snow. Like i said, this was really wet stuff. In the past my pto powered blower would clog up on the stuff and not blow it at all.

i have posted a video of it blowing dry snow between 30-35 feet.

 

[hanson1999]

what is the pressure relief valve set at??

i'd go nuts real fast if they plug that easy.

otherwise you might need a motor with more torque.

That thing should eat that snow up

 

[arsenix2001]

Man, I do have to say I was alittle unimpressed . Although my blower luck sucks! Haha. I would be interested with the relief valve setting as well. Good luck with it.

 

[mjncad]

How many GPM's is your hydraulic power pack outputting to the blower motor?

 

[5030]

If I'm not mistaken, I believe GRS has the supplied auxillary pump and tank for the blower that's supposed to be sized appropriately for it.

Could be wrong though.

Again, I almost purchased one and much earlier this year, I pm'd GRS about where he got his attachments and procured a catalog myself. I considered the 'Power Pack' option too. That way, the hydtaulics to power an attachment are independent of the tractor hydraulics, no chance of cross contamination of fluid and the pack can be used for anything hydraulically powered, not just their attachments.

I did buy a couple non powered attachments including a front mount QA Plate hay spear. Everything I purchased is of very high quality both in finish and execution.

The company that built his blower sells direct to the end user instead of through a retail outlet

I don't care for the lack of torque in the impeller drive, something isn't set right. The input auger's sole responsibility is to chew through snow pack, break it up and move it toward the fan, not quit turning.

I didn't really observe the tractor engine being loaded down with hydraulic pressure head in the video, something that you should hear and the operator should feel..... something is fishy...

 

[ericher69]

To the OP;

Around 1:04 and again at 1:14 the auger stalls but the fan keeps on blowing snow??

How is this set up? 2 different motors/circuits?

If so maybe you could turn the pressure up on auger?

Painful