Snowblower Erskine Front Snowblower Modification

[Willl]

What did you use to cut out the new flights ?

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[rbargeron]

Hi Willl - the answer was in post #12 above - the new flights are made from flat rings cut by a cnc plasma torch unit - I bought them from a local steel shop and bent them into right and left spirals. The spokes are 1/4" x 2" x 3-5/8" flat stock. Hope this answers the question - take care, Dick B

 

[Willl]

Hope this answers the question

It does, thanks.

And yes, totally missed post 12.

 

[rbargeron]

I'm partial to 15-year old Laphroig (sp); but I'll drink any single malt scotch and Johnny Walker Black Label for blended.

Well if we're going to talk barley whiskey, I should say my taste for it started while I was playing baritone sax in a blues band. Used scotch to stay hydrated (or so I thought) through three or four sets without having a hangover. It was Teacher's Highland Cream in those days. Later I switched to White Label which I've heard is a blend of Phiddick, Morangey and Grant - but none of those malts has the taste I'm after. My bari is a Selmer Mark VI with low A. It's the ultimate single-malt saxophone - as close to perfection as there is. I like Walker black too, but it's a little sweet.

 

[mjncad]

I'll have to remember that excuse for drinking Scotch...to stay hydrated...LOL. I don't know diddly about musical instruments I'm afraid.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled thread.

 

[Reg]

Hey Tom - Thanks for the thumbsup. I've been clearing out some drifts and moved one pile the town's plow left. It was good to see the new longer auger is reasonably matched to the fan - it doesn't over-feed it or leave a center pile.

Not snow blower related, but I saved the pic of your stump grinder - I'm wondering about adding a hydraulic extender to one of these so it could advance without moving the "planted" tractor. What do you think?

Hi,
I got here from another thread - about my possible Loftness front mount blower project.

Anyhow, here's my thought on the stump grinder question;

I have a TSG-50 and although I haven't done a lot with it yet I think moving it forwards/backwards is going to work the same way that I do small positioning adjustments when beside the tractor, i.e. put the front up on the bucket edge and use the joy-stick - at engine idle.
At a guess, somewhere between a foot and 18 inches should be possible this way, though I have never measured it.
Careful to raise the grinder, since rolling the bucket affects the grinder height (-:

I think I will be standing beside the right rear wheel anyway a) to monitor progress b) to operate the swing and depth hydraulics.
It is going to be easier, more accurate, better, etc than trying to do it from the tractor seat.

 

[rbargeron]

Reg, I hadn't thought of that method but it seems like a perfect way to do it. I had watched a bigger trailer-type stump grinder operate that had about 6 ft of hydraulic ram travel in the hitch tongue and I though it was a good feature - but a foot or 18" should be enough for most of the stumps l'll be doing. My bucket has all of that. And if the job needs a re-plant or two from the seat, so be it.

Apologies to anyone looking for the snow blower thread