Hydraulic snowblower pump/motor calculations.

[aczlan]

What is you used a motor such as Surplus Center - 1.89 DYNAPOWER/STRATOPOWER PISTON HYD MOTOR with your front mount blower and put it on the loader?

Aaron Z

 

[dkhntr04]

What is you used a motor such as Surplus Center - 1.89 DYNAPOWER/STRATOPOWER PISTON HYD MOTOR with your front mount blower and put it on the loader?

Aaron Z

That thought is in my mind too, but if I converted the 59" to loader mount I would look at shaft driving it first to avoid the hydraulic power loss and since the mid-pto and 59" input shafts obviously match in rpm. The 59" mounting bracket makes for what is essentially a front PTO, so if one added some type of loader lift lockout device, used the curl function to lift and lower the blower, and put the chute rotator on the unused ports, it might just work.

Phil48 has a setup like that on his Kioti, he has pictures of it here. Looks pretty slick.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/snow-removal/184041-pictures-your-snow-weapons-120.html

 

[grsthegreat]

im the guy from Idaho that has this unit your talking about. it uses a 25 gallon tank, and though ive only used it 1 season, i kept track of the operating temps using a IR heat gun......stayed cool throughout use....it being 30F outside helped alot . I didnt go with the optional oil cooler unit, as the sales people told me it was not necessary unless using the hydraulic system in summer...such as loader mounted post hole drill.


Quick attach sells the tank, pump separate from the blower unit. Not cheap though. i have a 45hp tractor and my pump produces 15 gpm at 3,000 psi (Kioti reports pto HP at 42HP so i couldn't go with the 20 gpm pump.)

due to size and weight of oil storage tank, it has to go on the 3 point hitch. it uses 3/4" hoses to blower.

the blower uses direct drive motors with pressure relief valve, and has no shear-bolts (a +++++ in my books after replacing 100's of these bolts over the years)

it takes about 3 minutes to disconnect blower and swap to the plow.... very easy .

wasnt cheap (about 10 grand) but it really has helped alleviate my back and neck problems from 14 years of reverse driving. Last year, what used to take me 4-5 hours to clear on my property i took care of in a little over 1 hour.