MASSEY 2360 SNOWBLOWER

[loulblades]

The OE shear bolts have a chamfer cut around the circumference of the bolt. An intentional weak point. When I snapped one of the auger shear bolts I didn't even realize it until I noticed that I was pushing snow with the one side.

DEWFPO

The OE shear bolts do have a chamfer cut which I managed to shear in the first 1/2 hour of operation of the new blower. When I went to the dealer to get a replacement, there were none in stock so he handed me a grade 2 bolt and told me if I needed more the local hardware store was right down the road. When I asked if they would work as well as the original, he gave me a funny look like I just arrived from some other planet.

So I have sheared a couple of the bolts I mentioned with no ill affect to the blower (except for me being out of commission) and now I have plenty of replacements.

Since you mentioned the auger shear bolt, I checked them after replacing the impeller shear bolt and all was good.

...About the filled tires, do they crush lawn areas bad when you run across them?...

What tires do you have? The loaded ag tires do have a tendency to leave their mark when mowing (which is what I have). I ended up buying a set of turf tires (not loaded) for the mowing season because my yard can get pretty soft at times. I did take my 2300 out of the mowing business though and was able to get a good trade on a riding mower with the MMM and the turf tires.

Come on snow.

 

[DEWFPO]

I'm running unfilled AG tires. The grass/soil I cut never has enough water in it to get mushy so even though the tires leave their mark on the flattend grass, within a few hours you can't tell. I need the aggressive AG tires to be able to snow plow and climb the slopes around here. I used to have a mowing tractor with turf tires and often I found myself spinning the tires on the slopes and it was useless to plow. I hardly ever have that trouble now with the AG tires.

DEWFPO

 

[bobzap]

Thanks again guys. I have the unfilled turf tires. I got those because of the lawn I have to cross to get to pending projects. So do most of you leave the BH off if you are not using it?

 

[tx2310]

I leave the BH off if I'm not using it so the 3 point is available plus no need to have the added weight bouncing around back there. And I like the R4 tires on mine for a good combo for turf and work. The local dealer now orders most of his 2300/2310s with R4s for that reason.

Doug