Does anybody sell an "upspeeder"?

George2615 · Jan 18, 2012

It's possible the PTO snowblower you bought was made for a tractor PTO speed of 1000 RPM and you can only do 540.

Tiny Tym · Jan 18, 2012

Thanks everyone.

Took the plunge and ordered some bits to gear it up a bit. The plan is to use two #50 roller chains with 24:17 sprockets mounted on the blower, along with some pretty hefty bearings. The parts were not very expensive

I'll post if it actually works!

crazyal · Jan 18, 2012

George2615 said:
It's possible the PTO snowblower you bought was made for a tractor PTO speed of 1000 RPM and you can only do 540.

I was wondering the same thing. It's possible that it was designed for a tractor with a 2 speed pto and it's made for the faster speed.

Tiny Tym · Jan 19, 2012

It sure doesn't work at 540, so I think you must be right! A 40% speedup should give me the same blade tip velocity as a 24" fan, so I figure that ought to do it. If I get greedy and try to get too much speed, the fan will overload the tractor.

Mace Canute · Jan 19, 2012

I hate to mention it but are you sure the blower is made for the rotation of your pto? I've seen some references to different tractors (some Kubotas?) having the opposite rotation on the pto from normal. A long shot and one I'm pretty sure you would have noticed but... :confused3:

Tiny Tym · Jan 19, 2012

Ah, right! Er well, no. It is rotating in the correct direction and it does actually lift the snow, a bit.

With the chute removed it it looks a lot like a blender overflowing!

I'm waiting for the FedEx truck to show up with the parts I ordered, but it's snowing so much here there is a good chance he won't make it.