LHoyer
Silver Member
Current project is to mount an Ariens 2-stage snowblower to the front of my Kubota B-7100. The Kubota front PTO spins CW and the Ariens needs CCW, so I will be building a v-belt reverser and speeding the drive up slightly (27-2800 rpm to about 3200 rpm). On the attached drawing (not to scale), where should the tensioner be placed? Position A or B. I understand the tensioner should be on the slack side, so is position B correct? I will be using a double sided, AA-series v-belt, and will have about 240 degrees of wrap on the driven pulley.