Finally bought new 54" blower!

Dale1995 · Dec 29, 2009

Well I finally pulled the trigger on updating my 47" blower to the new 54" blower....cost me about 1200.00 to upgrade, but I think it will be worth it. My 2320 which I purchased last year was just squeezing through the path the blower was making. When I bought the 2320 I wanted the 54" blower but they still had not released it. My only concern was the "plastic" impeller they had on it. After talking to my JD dealer he told me that all blowers coming through now will have plastic impellers.... the 47", 54" and 59" models. These impellers have better resistance to impact and bending, and take less horsepower to spin them. Overall this blower is supposed to perform better in all snow conditions. We are suppose to get a large snowfall in the next couple of days and we are looking at a double digit snowfall here in northern maine. Will post pictures and let you know what I think of it as soon as I can!

fdmars · Dec 29, 2009

looks like a nice set up, will be interested on your thoughts of the plastic impeller. I have a 2305 w/ a 47" blower, size wise works well, but on my first use, sucked a rock in the blower and bent the metal impeller. (you know one of those rocks you know where it is and swear you would never hit it) had to cut part of the metal away so it would spin again. So am wondering what would have happened to a plastic one. NOT that I am suggesting you try my method. If I keep it up will be replacing metal for plastic soon enough.

enjoy the snow.

Henri88 · Dec 29, 2009

Looking foward to your comment, pics, and snow

pilot-werx · Dec 30, 2009

Dale, if things pan out with the weather this weekend, the 54" should get a good workout.... Did you get the new blower from Theriault?

Dale1995 · Dec 30, 2009

yes I did! Actually the owner Lionel Theriault Jr. is my cousin.....but I still don't get a great discount. They are going to deliver it this afternoon and we will change it over to the 54" model. They say we are going to get a "wicked good Northeaster", if everything continues to fall into place. Were you also from "THE COUNTY"?

Ezlivn · Dec 30, 2009

Dale,

I'm from the County originally also. I grew up in Frenchville and actually sold food to restaurants in Caribou for many years. I now live in Robbinston which is near Calais. I'm hearing reports of 2-4 feet of new snow with this new storm.

I just bought a new to me 2001 JD 790 with FEL. I stopped into the JD dealer last Monday....lots of goodies there.

We'll have fun playing in this storm for sure.

John

Spudland_Dave · Dec 30, 2009

This place is full of county folk...which is a good thing!

The new shop is IMPRESSIVE... was up home for T-Giving and was able to stop in for the first time and do some Black Friday shopping there...Almost stopped on my way back down after Christmas, but decided it might be best for my wallet if I didnt stop (I regress in age by about 20 years when I walk in there)

Let us know about the plastic impeller....all dealer hype aside, I'm a little leary of plastic in a blower....

pilot-werx · Dec 30, 2009

Dale1995 said:
yes I did! Actually the owner Lionel Theriault Jr. is my cousin.....but I still don't get a great discount. They are going to deliver it this afternoon and we will change it over to the 54" model. They say we are going to get a "wicked good Northeaster", if everything continues to fall into place. Were you also from "THE COUNTY"?

The new shop is the nicest Deere dealership I have ever seen. I am not from the county however my wife is from Fort and she has family that lives in PI and St. David.

When I was looking for a tractor I worked with Ricky quite a bit. Super nice people. They should be proud of their shop!

Will be up this winter to do some riding!!!

Have fun with the new toy.....

escavader · Dec 30, 2009

Yes sir,they say us MAINERS are gonna get a good one this weekend.YEE HA SOME SEAT TIME

DALE 1995: Its gonna be interesting to see how that impeler holds up,keep us posted.My family and I head up to STAGATHA every 4th of JULY for a week of ATVING in the county.Its super nice up there .The first year we came ,some friends brought an large RV .We wereheading over to FISH RIVER CAMPGROUND in FORT KENT ,and none of us had ever been to the county[let alone past BANGOR]We hit the town you live in,and i bet we must of went around and around and around 10 times before we found our way

.By the way you guys got alot of tractors and dealers up there.Itake lots of photos of the tractors in the fields while im 4 wheelin.If you see a silver TUNDRA hauling 5 atvs with RIDGE RIDER on the bug sheild give me a holler.Heads turn when they see us Redneck tourist coming up to stay.Beats the heck out of disney land .
ALAN