New Snowblower

[adventure bob]

Ive never cut down a PTO shaft before so I'm following the EA video for how to do it; ted makes it look easy enough. I however found a minor complication with the shaft that came with the snow blower. There's a large collar pressed on the shaft right where I need to cut it. It appears to be a dampening weight of some sort. It also has 3 grease zirks right below the collar; those will have to be moved. I intend to just use a press and push the collar down then cut the shaft by 2 1/2 inches. Ill then drill and tap the new holes for the zirks and viola I'm in rotation.

 

[adventure bob]

Shaft is cut down and all the hoses are made. I got some of them installed today but its way cold as soon as the sun dropped. Ill post pics tomorrow.

 

[adventure bob]

Sorry for the slow updates. Got the snow blower installed and working. Actually got snow, not enough to tax it, but enough to justify pulling it out of the barn. This will throw snow 80 feet! I'm impressed with build quality and function. As I noted there was some small issues with assembly, but all in all pretty good so far.
I do however wish I had gotten the rear defroster for the cab. The vents aren't close enough to the back window to keep it from fogging over on the inside and freezing up on the outside. Front and sides stayed clear with the heater running, but the back had to be wiped and scraped to be useful. If you think you'll blow snow off the back of you cab tractor, Id highly recommend the rear defroster.

 

[Piston]

Congrats on that blower! It's one of the nicest ones out there, in a completely different league as most. Looking forward to more pics as the winter progresses!

 

[leonz]

Hey Bob,

glad the new toy, er implement is working well. I am wondering if a second heater fan assembly like the very small ones with fans that are used in the BX would work well for you?


The extended chute for that TRV unit will help you a lot I bet too.

 

[DuckSlayer1017]

Check out this site for aftermarket rear window defroster. I was thinking about one of these on my truck cap but never pulled the trigger. Would probably work great for you.

Pickup Truck Rear Window Defroster :Clear View

 

[adventure bob]

still no snow

 

[leonz]

Hello Bob,

No worries, you only need to buy a good tool once.
I am sure we are due for more weather and
you will be able to use your new tool, er toy
so no worries there.

I moved the mule to the back to just get it out of
the way as someone was likely to steal it and use
it for a paperweight. I have been waiting to have that happen for 6 years now.

At least you know your ready for snow when it comes as we still have plenty of winter left.

Buy a gallon can of fluid film to coat the interior of the snow caster and the impeller drum using a quart for every gallon of water in a small pump sprayer and you will have no issues with sticking snow or rust. do this a couple of times and you will have a real snow caster that will throw it in the neighbors driveway.

The spray cans are $8.00+ and the gallon cans are more economical.

 

[Piston]

While we wait for you to get more snow and post more pics/vids, here is one of your model blower in action.
Kubota M62 M59 with pronovost 8 snowblower rear pto - YouTube

 

[adventure bob]

due to the lack of snow my blower is now off the tractor. back to the log skidder.

 

[Piston]

due to the lack of snow my blower is now off the tractor. back to the log skidder.

What area of the country do you live in? Now that you've taken it off, your sure to get some snow

 

[adventure bob]

that's what my wife has said

 

[George2615]

What area of the country do you live in? Now that you've taken it off, your sure to get some snow

I've been thinking of taking mine off too. I bought it a few weeks ago, Took apart, serviced it, repainted it and haven't used it yet. I know if I take it off we'll get a monster storm off Lake Ontario. Think I'll leave it on a few more weeks.

 

[JerryK]

We get some of our nastiest snows in March. If I remember correctly, we had one late March two years ago that was deep and just about the consistency of wet cement. Really separated the snowblower men from the boys....

 

[adventure bob]

Heres to hoping...

 

[mpham]

We have had big storms here as late as May. Mine stays on till it's time to mow.

 

[civilian]

due to the lack of snow my blower is now off the tractor. back to the log skidder.

So Bob, any snow for you out of the storm that is hitting the east coast? Northern Michigan only got a couple of inches out of it. Jon

 

[JerryK]

So Bob, any snow for you out of the storm that is hitting the east coast? Northern Michigan only got a couple of inches out of it. Jon

[ Yes, but it was zero degrees this morning out here in the hills west of Vanderbilt.... ]

 

[adventure bob]

Were in CO so no hope of snow from your eastern storm. Grass has green shoots so I think I'm done. Time to put the sprayer on the tractor for weed control and time to mow/plant. I have 50 sapplings to get in the ground here shortly.

 

[Fallon]

Were in CO so no hope of snow from your eastern storm. Grass has green shoots so I think I'm done. Time to put the sprayer on the tractor for weed control and time to mow/plant. I have 50 sapplings to get in the ground here shortly.

Bought a new Snow Dawg SSQA plow in November before that "foot of snow". Spent 2 evenings in 2 degree weather assembling & mounting it. Have yet to see how it works as I'm not gonna plow under 4". Colorado winter was a letdown this year.