I'm a displaced southerner, living in Maine, pushing a B2650 front-mount snowblower with a B7510. This is what I bought the tractor for: blowing snow. Bought it last spring; I'm just now getting used to it. I've reported some of my earlier troubled here already.
Today I went out and tried to blow a bunch of wet, heavy stuff. It's in the high 30s today and it's melting. Not much of it on the ground; maybe 2 inches, less in spots. Thought I'd get it off before it melts completely and turns to ice.
I succeeded in blowing snow (4' wide) about halfway up my 800' driveway. I wasn't really throwing the snow; more dropping it. Went about three feet; not far enough to clear the driveway, but one more pass and I would have had it off the edge. NO big deal.
Then the trouble started. The chute clogged. So I shut the blower off, got a stick, and cleared it out. Started back up again. No snow came out; just clogged right back up again. Checked the shear pins; everything is sound, nothing seems to be broken. Engine is running at full speed. Got off, cleared it out again, started it up--nothing. Clogged right up again. Same thing, two more times.
So what's the moral of this story? Is my snowblower just incapable of blowing this kind of stuff? Is it just me, or does this happen to everybody? Are snowblowers only for the somewhat fluffy stuff? Is my snowblower broken in some way that's not obvious? Or is my tractor just not powerful enough?
Please help out a hapless 40-year-old southern boy who's far from home (and expects to stay there for a long time).
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Jim
Today I went out and tried to blow a bunch of wet, heavy stuff. It's in the high 30s today and it's melting. Not much of it on the ground; maybe 2 inches, less in spots. Thought I'd get it off before it melts completely and turns to ice.
I succeeded in blowing snow (4' wide) about halfway up my 800' driveway. I wasn't really throwing the snow; more dropping it. Went about three feet; not far enough to clear the driveway, but one more pass and I would have had it off the edge. NO big deal.
Then the trouble started. The chute clogged. So I shut the blower off, got a stick, and cleared it out. Started back up again. No snow came out; just clogged right back up again. Checked the shear pins; everything is sound, nothing seems to be broken. Engine is running at full speed. Got off, cleared it out again, started it up--nothing. Clogged right up again. Same thing, two more times.
So what's the moral of this story? Is my snowblower just incapable of blowing this kind of stuff? Is it just me, or does this happen to everybody? Are snowblowers only for the somewhat fluffy stuff? Is my snowblower broken in some way that's not obvious? Or is my tractor just not powerful enough?
Please help out a hapless 40-year-old southern boy who's far from home (and expects to stay there for a long time).
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Jim