Schreib
New member
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2016
- Messages
- 7
- Location
- Big Lake,MN
- Tractor
- SR80 ASV track loader, land planer, Snow blower, grapple, and whatever extras my neighbor loans me.
I acquired a barely used JD SB84B snow blower attachment for my ASV SR80 track loader to clear my 1/2 mile lane. This one is 7 ft wide, two stage, Low flow feed. After a fair amount of work and investigation I found the following. . .
-- Owner jerry rigged, Elec. harness is not functional, may have had something to do with him selling it! I had to buy a special harness from ASV to feed the four outputs(snorkel Rt/Left, snorkel deflector up/down); waiting now to receive it. . .
--- can't find a manual for a JD snowblower without buying from JD. got one?! It would be helpful to have if only to guide me how best to fasten the snorkel to minimize moving torque, see next pt.
-- The little gear motor that turns the snorkel is underpowered -- even after cleaning up the base-bearing surface and greasing it. I will likely have to buy a larger one and "adapt" it to allow snorkel to turn reliably. I visited JD today and see that instead of gear motors they now use hydraulic motors. A sure sign of the need for more power. However, this new one is about 3x the price I paid.
Wondering if any one out there has one of these JD blowers on a skid steer? . . . and has possibly RE-powered it?!
-- Found out my Low flow hydraulic circuit on my SR80 does not work. Now i have to fix that too! waiting for delivery of rocker switch.
So, really looking for folks who have had to make the old design snorkel really "work" on one of these JD blowers. ?? thanks!
-- Owner jerry rigged, Elec. harness is not functional, may have had something to do with him selling it! I had to buy a special harness from ASV to feed the four outputs(snorkel Rt/Left, snorkel deflector up/down); waiting now to receive it. . .
--- can't find a manual for a JD snowblower without buying from JD. got one?! It would be helpful to have if only to guide me how best to fasten the snorkel to minimize moving torque, see next pt.
-- The little gear motor that turns the snorkel is underpowered -- even after cleaning up the base-bearing surface and greasing it. I will likely have to buy a larger one and "adapt" it to allow snorkel to turn reliably. I visited JD today and see that instead of gear motors they now use hydraulic motors. A sure sign of the need for more power. However, this new one is about 3x the price I paid.
Wondering if any one out there has one of these JD blowers on a skid steer? . . . and has possibly RE-powered it?!
-- Found out my Low flow hydraulic circuit on my SR80 does not work. Now i have to fix that too! waiting for delivery of rocker switch.
So, really looking for folks who have had to make the old design snorkel really "work" on one of these JD blowers. ?? thanks!
