Snow Attachments quick attach snowblower

[heavy hammer]

Quick attach is offering a end of the year sale and I was wondering if there were any owners of either their rear push or front pull snowblowers. I do not know a lot about their equipment so any one that has some of their attachments some info would be great.

 

[oosik]

I looked at a quick attach setup for my 3-point on my Kubota M6040. It would have been slick but almost every one of my implements would have required mods of one type or other to work on the quick attach.

Since I'm retired I figured I didn't need to be THAT quick............

 

[leonz]

EA no longer has any PTO driven snow blowers.
They state that "the manual model is out of stock indefinitely".

You might as well look at the MK Martin Meteor 1048 single stage rear mount snow throwers and call Cummings and Bricker in Batavia, New York @ 1-585-343-5411 to find the nearest MK Martin Meteor Dealer near Kirtland, Ohio.

A rear mount single stage snow thrower is simpler to own and operate and has no shear pins.

 

[CobyRupert]

A rear mount single stage snow thrower is simpler to own and operate and has no shear pins.

No shear pins?

So what breaks?

Slip clutch?

 

[coldsteelva]

No shear pins?

So what breaks?

Slip clutch?

OUCH - even with an eventually slipping clutch

 

[Hilbilly]

My MK Martin single stage pto blower has 2 shear pins (bolts). One on the drive shaft that came with the blower, that protects the gear box in case something jams the fan and one on the auger input shaft, in case something jams the auger. I know they work because I have broken quite a few since getting this thing about 9 years ago. The first year I did some serious damage to the poor thing when I found some large rocks buried in the snow piles that were created from plowing. I have since learned to go over the driveway before the first snow fall and clear it of any rocks that may cause grief for the blower. Even with this procedure I still manage to find the odd rock that pops up after some freeze / thaw cycles. But I haven't had any serious jams since starting this process. If you get one make sure to use class 2 bolts for shear pins not class 5. The dealer I bought it from didn't have any class 2 bolts so I use carriage bolts, which are class 2.

By the way I am in the middle of converting the old girl to a front mount hydraulic blower. I just can't take another season of looking over my shoulder while a back up for hours at a time.

 

[leonz]

Good Morning coldsteeva and CobyRupert,

MK Martin now sells the Riest Snow throwers under their brand name of MK Martin Meteor.

With both the pull type and push type single stage snow throwers these MK Martin single stage snow blowers
which are three point hitch models the heavy single roller chain is what breaks.

To access the chain drive system there is an access door on the right side of the snow thrower on the left side of the snow thrower as you are facing the snow blower rotor.

The access door is hinged on one side and a single pin holds the door shut. the single roller chain has a rubber torsion arm with a sprocket on it that maintains the tension on the roller chain and the roller chain breaks in the event of an object jamming the snow blower rotor protecting the sprockets and cross shaft.

These snow blowers use the right angle gearbox to the cross shaft to the drive sprocket and then the roller chain loop connects to the driven sprocket that spins the snow blower rotor at 700 RPM or greater as needed by the user.

The 13 inch snow thrower rotor on the 1048 models and theother larger units use a solid cross shaft and ribbon auger that feeds the snow and ice crap to the center of the of the snow thrower. In the center of the snow blower rotor there are 4 fully welded paddles welded to the solid auger at 90 degree separations to throw the snow and ice crap up through the opening into the chute and spout and sent flying at 700 RPM or greater with the paddles spinning at 2,800 times per minute.

The MK Martin Meteor single stage snow blowers speed can be increased by exchanging sprockets to speed up the snow thrower or slow the rotation speed down if desired(not a good idea to slow them down as they will throw the snow and crap very very far in half cuts with them operating at 700+ RPM.

Hopefully they will line the chutes with slick sheet material like the yamaha walk behind snow blowers to enable the user to throw the snow crap even further away and also prevent them from icing up as the slick sheet material will prevent the chutes from becoming a heat sink.

The single stage design is set up to allow the snow thrower rotor to be pushed back to allow a more thorough sweeping of the housing to prevent ice buildup between the snow blower rotors auger edges and the steel weldment that surrounds it.

I am all in favor of having a simple way of doing things and this is a very simple way of doing snow removal where an open auger and a 4,5 or 6 blade impeller is not required to cast snow away.


If you look at the MK Martin web page showing these snow throwers the snow thrower pictured is the former Riest Series 2000 hydraulic drive snow thrower not the original Reist Series 1000 snow thower which is now the Meteor 1048 snow thrower.

So please do not get scared off by the unit in the image as it is not the series 1048 rear mount PTO unit.

They are working on changing the web page to show the correct images of the single stage snow throwers.

I have uploaded quite a few pictures of these Riest single stage snow throwers on the forum as well as the former Reist series 1000 snow thrower manual.

 

[CobyRupert]

I am all in favor of having a simple way of doing things.....

Me too.
I can't see how fixing a roller chain that (hopefully) breaks is simpler than putting in a new sheer bolt.
What connect the cross shaft to the gearbox or sprocket? Bolts?

 

[leonz]

The old Reist design from 2012 has a shaft and collar at the right angle gear box stub shaft end and at the end of the shaft it has a keyed sprocket.

In that years manual the hydraulic drive set up has a lovejoy coupler.

The rubber torsion arm is an improvement on the old design which used a retainer plate to hold the large sprocket in place that held the chain under tension.

I will upload the old manual when I have a few extra minutes

The two images I uploaded are of a Riest series 1000 hydraulic drive single stage snow thrower with the 13 inch diameter snow thrower rotor.

You can see the access door for inspecting and or repairing the chain drive in the second image.

The 2 sprockets are also easily accessed by opening the access door.

The driven sprocket is secured with a locking compression ring.

 

[EverythingAttachments]

EA no longer has any PTO driven snow blowers.
They state that "the manual model is out of stock indefinitely".

We do still carry 3pt snow blowers as well as some Bradco skid steer models.

The manual chute 3pt tractor models are out of stock for the season.

Very limited supply of 74" with hydraulic chute.

64" with hydraulic chute is in stock.
Travis