SensibleNick
Gold Member
Hi fellas. Long time no see
I have a cheap (and terribly made) Snowblower for my 25Hp Foton tractor. The impeller and impeller housing appear to have been made by a blind guy using a piece of elastic as a measuring tool - a 1" pebble can sit in the impeller housing and not get hit... in some places... in others a ス" pebble will get picked up.
Anyway.. After a year or two of picking up stones and shearing it's fair load of shear pins, the impeller is rather tired. I have a choice. Rebuild the impeller with rubber tips, or build a new one (I have endless stainless steel and a waterjet cutter at my disposal) ... my only question is this:
I've heard in the past on this forum that a 4-blade impeller is better than a 3-blade.... WHY is this the case? And is it worth spending four times the time to make a new 4-blader than just re-furbishing the 3-blader?
All views welcome
All the best from a misty and dull Sweden!
I have a cheap (and terribly made) Snowblower for my 25Hp Foton tractor. The impeller and impeller housing appear to have been made by a blind guy using a piece of elastic as a measuring tool - a 1" pebble can sit in the impeller housing and not get hit... in some places... in others a ス" pebble will get picked up.
Anyway.. After a year or two of picking up stones and shearing it's fair load of shear pins, the impeller is rather tired. I have a choice. Rebuild the impeller with rubber tips, or build a new one (I have endless stainless steel and a waterjet cutter at my disposal) ... my only question is this:
I've heard in the past on this forum that a 4-blade impeller is better than a 3-blade.... WHY is this the case? And is it worth spending four times the time to make a new 4-blader than just re-furbishing the 3-blader?
All views welcome
All the best from a misty and dull Sweden!