ctgoldwing
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Well today I roped my son into coming with me to pick up the Normand snowblower I bought on Craigslist. From the storage container it was in I really couldn't read the plate info but I could tell it looked in fine condition & had both a hydraulic chute & deflector. Picking it up was easy peasy - the owner had a neighbor operate her tractor with clip on bucket forks to load in onto a truck I borrowed from work. Once home we slid it onto the truck's lift gate & lowered it to the garage floor. I moved it easily with a small floor jack.
It turns out not to be an Econor model that i had initially assumed but rather an N60-220 :thumbsup: I am sure its all of 600 lbs if its an ounce. In the light it really is in good shape:
BUT here is my problem:
There must be some type of easy 3 pt hook up on their tractor. I can't remove the pin
It appears the some sort of hollow keeper was driven through and the head ground off. I tried driving it out but had 0 success. Then I tried drilling the keeper out with progressively larger drill bits. Other than breaking 2 bits I have very little to show for my efforts
Now the only things I can think to try are cutting through the pins with a sawzall (I really don't think I'll live long enoung to get through the hardened steel) or borrowing a cutting torch & cut through them.
Can anyone suggest an easier way to get them out?
It turns out not to be an Econor model that i had initially assumed but rather an N60-220 :thumbsup: I am sure its all of 600 lbs if its an ounce. In the light it really is in good shape:
BUT here is my problem:
There must be some type of easy 3 pt hook up on their tractor. I can't remove the pin
It appears the some sort of hollow keeper was driven through and the head ground off. I tried driving it out but had 0 success. Then I tried drilling the keeper out with progressively larger drill bits. Other than breaking 2 bits I have very little to show for my efforts
Now the only things I can think to try are cutting through the pins with a sawzall (I really don't think I'll live long enoung to get through the hardened steel) or borrowing a cutting torch & cut through them.
Can anyone suggest an easier way to get them out?
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