Snowblower

[Ty306]

I'm thinking that part 38 might be the wheels/bushings but I could be wrong.

Nope, I agree. Makes sense too. A bolt, with a bushing over it, the wheels over the bushings, with a washer on both sides, correct?

And to the guys looking for actuators for the angle control, I had an idea earlier, though not positive it would work. When looking at the Berco, I was given a price of $199 for the actuator for that. Wonder if it would fit the Cub? I read some of the other threads about figuring how much force for the actuator you would need. With this actuator, your using it for exactly what it was designed for. Just an idea to pass along. Not sure of how it works or attaches to the chute though.

 

[msb1766]

This is how I did an actuator on the SB52 blower.
There were holes already in the chute and made my brackets using these holes.

 

[Ty306]

I saw some of your other posts about that. Nicely done.

 

[Ty306]

So I just went to the new Yanmar site, and in the description of the front blade, it does say it is compatible with the SB52. I know most guys prefer either or, but it would be nice to have a blade for light duty, light snowfall, and the blower for big storms, since blades tend to get overwhelmed with large snowfalls if the snow isn't moved far enough back in the first place.

 

[smp999]

Hi All
I have an SC2450 with the BercoMac 48" blower.

Thoughts on the blower:
- I have only used for this winter.
- strong, and sturdy, decent design. Looks good on tractor, not too big.
- I have hydraulic rotation control, very nice. Rotates from about 8 o'clock to 4 o'clock, so more than 180deg. Manual deflector, don't think I would need to upgrade to auto deflector control.
- I have a gravel drive, and initially I went through quite a few sheer pins until I got a good base. I think next year I will use a rear scraper blade initially until I get a better base.
- Very quiet - uses a PTO shaft drive from mid-PTO and a small 2-inch wide grooved belt to transfer power to augers.
- Because I have a slight incline, I did need to get a set of tire chains for the rear tires. I also built a home made weight. 4 bags of ready-mix into a 24" piece of round culvert. Attaches to 3PH (2" pipe in cement to allow rod to pass through and attach to 3PH pins)

The biggest issue I initially had was the unit would lift on a slight angle, the left side was about 1" lower than right side. I thought this had to do with the offset cylinder (on right) and extra gear on left (exhaust chute). Turns out the tire pressure in my rears tires was out. Once I fixed that it was all good.

In general, it handles everything so far, single pass. My old unit was a single stage thrower, so this unit throws much farther and is quicker in deeper snow.

I have not removed it yet, but looks easy enough.

 

[scoutcub]

Hi All
I have an SC2450 with the BercoMac 48" blower.

Thoughts on the blower:
- I have only used for this winter.
- strong, and sturdy, decent design. Looks good on tractor, not too big.
- I have hydraulic rotation control, very nice. Rotates from about 8 o'clock to 4 o'clock, so more than 180deg. Manual deflector, don't think I would need to upgrade to auto deflector control.
- I have a gravel drive, and initially I went through quite a few sheer pins until I got a good base. I think next year I will use a rear scraper blade initially until I get a better base.
- Very quiet - uses a PTO shaft drive from mid-PTO and a small 2-inch wide grooved belt to transfer power to augers.
- Because I have a slight incline, I did need to get a set of tire chains for the rear tires. I also built a home made weight. 4 bags of ready-mix into a 24" piece of round culvert. Attaches to 3PH (2" pipe in cement to allow rod to pass through and attach to 3PH pins)

The biggest issue I initially had was the unit would lift on a slight angle, the left side was about 1" lower than right side. I thought this had to do with the offset cylinder (on right) and extra gear on left (exhaust chute). Turns out the tire pressure in my rears tires was out. Once I fixed that it was all good.

In general, it handles everything so far, single pass. My old unit was a single stage thrower, so this unit throws much farther and is quicker in deeper snow.

I have not removed it yet, but looks easy enough.

Nice report, i've always heard the bercomax's are pretty stout.

 

[gtrippleb]

Here's some Operating Manuals on the snowblowers.

45 inch Snowblower
http://www.gtrippleb.com/sc2400/45inch Snowblower-769-04374.pdf

52 inch Snowblower
http://www.gtrippleb.com/sc2400/52inch_snowblower-aq031200.pdf

45 inch hydraulic Chute Rotating Kit
http://www.gtrippleb.com/sc2400/45inch_Hydraulic_Chute_769-04446.pdf

 

[smp999]

As a follow up to my BeroMac revieiw. I installed an actuator to control the final snow deflection. Holes were already in place. I bought the actuator on sale at Princess Auto for those in Cda. I got one with 4" stroke which left about 1/2" room at either end of the deflector, which means the actuator should never be stressing the blower flap. For the bottom bracket I bough a fixed caster (2"?) and took off the wheel. Drilled a small hole in centre of bracket, to fit to base of chute. Painted bracket black, looks and works great. I used the black and red wires only with a double-on momentary toggle switch ($4.99) to allow for reverse polarity to actuator. see pic. Final price was less than half than the kit from Bercomac would have cost

 

[Ty306]

Hey guys! Been quite a while since I've posted, but I'm proud to say I'm now the owner of an SB52, can't wait to put it to work! Now that I have one, I went back through this thread, here's a few questions: First, thanks for the info on the chute rollers. The brand new ones I have are the plastic type. When I inquired about metal ones today, dealer called tech rep who knew nothing about them. Did you have to make your own? Also, I assembled everything myself. I managed, although instructions are cloudy, as a step will list a specific part as "#X", when in the same manual in a different location it's "#Y", which made things a bit confusing. The diagram for the hose guide bracket that mounts to the frame shows in the diagram to install in one hole, but the picture right next to it shows it installed in the rear hole of the grill guard mount, and no note stating whether to install differently based on different setups. As I have the grill guard, I went off the picture, NOT the diagram. For those that have an SB52, how did you install it? Thanks again for all the good info guys. I'm sure it won't be long and I will be looking more closely at the electric chute deflector.

 

[gtrippleb]

Here's some updated links as I changed my website around due to a server hard drive crash.

45 inch Snowblower
http://www.gtrippleb.com/tractor/sc2400/manuals/attachments/45inch_Snowblower-769-04374.pdf

52 inch Snowblower
http://www.gtrippleb.com/tractor/sc2400/manuals/attachments/52inch_snowblower-aq031200.pdf

45 inch hydraulic Chute Rotating Kit
http://www.gtrippleb.com/tractor/sc2400/manuals/attachments/45inch_Hydraulic_Chute_769-04446.pdf