Snowblower Help with Snowblower!!!

[silverado15000]

I am no expert in 3-pt snow blowers, so take this with a grain of salt.

In my opinion based on others comments and your pictures this was probably a front mount blower modified to a 3-pt mount. This would explain the chute on the wrong side and the 3-pt mount looking modfied. The second shaft was probably added off center to reverse the direction, but not geared for the pto speed difference between a front and rear pto.

As I said this is only my opinion hope this helps.

 

[mbohuntr]

It looks like the impeller should be spinning counterclockwise as viewed from the auger side (rear) That is opposite from the design of my puma so, unless there are reverse gears in there, it may be running backwards. The impeller should be lifting snow up into the chute at high speed. Never seen one built like that before.

 

[Nick Danger]

Piloon...He who dies with the most toys...still dies...

 

[Nick Danger]

OK, I think I did a poor job of explaining. Everything seems to be moving ok when hooked up. The auger turns and the blades (impeller) spin. It's when we put any snow at all in there, even with a shovel, it just spins around where the blades are until it just plugs up and we lose another shear pin. In the picture looking in the blower, the impeller spins counter-clockwise which seems to make sense because there are curved edges that would throw the now up and out of the shute. Let me know what you guys think. Also, what is the other shaft on the back of the blower for? It was obvious that the one we are hooked up to because it was the only one with any signs of use. We did hook up to that one but it didn't seem to make a differance.

Thanks all!

OK, here is my take...on my 560 looking at the back from behind the blower, the PTO spins CW. If yours spins the same way, according to your pic, it would be spinning backwards if hooked up to the center shaft. It looks to me by the housing, the 2 shafts have gears mated to each other. If you would hook it up to the center one, the blower would be spinning backwards if your shaft spins like mine. If you hook it up to the RH shaft (which you do) and again, if your shaft spins the same as mine, it would turn the other shaft in the correct direction for the blower...

When you have it running, do both shafts spin? or do they need to be engaged? also, if its hooked up this way, do your augers spin the correct way?

Nd

 

[Tritonman]

I am guessing that you need to move the drive shaft, unless the one is for a 1000 pto and the other a 540. Does your hitch get in the way of the shaft?

 

[riverboy]

Hi everybody I do not know how come that snow blower has 2 shafts . I got a front snow blower on a kubota b7510hst . The front one got a chain reduction ( big gear on impeller shaf and smaller gear that is connect to the mid pto because the mid pto run over 2000 rpm . So if i want to put it at the back i have to by a 3 pt hicth kit and connect the pto direct to the impeller shaft . And i think for your blower 540 rpm not enough i had one on my other kubota i was running it at 900-- - and doing a perfect job. NOEL

 

[Steve_Miller]

I'm somewhat confused on direction of rotation on some models. Here are two links, one for a front mount and one for rear yet they both appear to have the chute ejecting from the same side with what looks like a direct drive on the fan unless the Kubota one feeds from the rear PTO which it doesn't state.

Kubota L2174 Front Mount Blower for Grand L 10 Series

PUMA,SNOW BLOWER,74inch,YARMOUTH ,NEW


Steve

 

[JohninCT]

So Generalbegg... any more diagnosis? Does it need a gear up speed increaser or a front mount mid PTO bracket? Could be a whole new thread in the modification forum Or is it running OK now?

 

[rambler]

I'm somewhat confused on direction of rotation on some models. Here are two links, one for a front mount and one for rear yet they both appear to have the chute ejecting from the same side with what looks like a direct drive on the fan unless the Kubota one feeds from the rear PTO which it doesn't state.

Kubota L2174 Front Mount Blower for Grand L 10 Series

PUMA,SNOW BLOWER,74inch,YARMOUTH ,NEW


Steve

If you swap a blower end for end, direction of rotation stays the same. So, front or rear mount, the only issue is pto speed on the different ends of the tractor....

There is something going on with the gearcase of that blower, odd setup, that reverses direction. I suspect it is set up as a front mount & 1000 or 2000 front pto speed. Many tractors have a 1000 rear pto option, and it may be set up to work with those, but will be too slow at 540rpm.

But - that is all specualtion on my part.

--->Paul

 

[hdbikercouple]

the easy way to see if it is running backwards. start it up and throw a shovel of snnow into the auger's end. if it pulls it to the fan then it is running correct. the pto shaft still is angeled harded then any i seen. hope this helps and good luck.