Snowblower Woods SS74 snowblower bad performance

[hube2]

These appear to touch on the same subject

Woods SS 74 snowblower

The question I have is there anybody out there, that has the same blower. Do you think the impeller is big enough to handle the volume of 6' of snow that is being pushed thru it ? To me I think it should be deeper or wider. If you feed it to much snow it will just start plowing it instead. Now...

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Snowblower - woods ss74 with updates.

Ok, I thought you all might like to see a short video of my Woods ss74 snow blower. This snow blower only has a 24" three bladed fan. The snow blower is on a 1964 Ferguson 35 deluxe with power steering and live pto. The tractor has the four cylinder Perkins gas engine with only 2,500 hours on...

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[nyone]

Mine is a 3 blade but honestly the small amount of snow I have blown with it I cant tell how quick in clogs up. For the price i would definitely start by doing the very cheap impeller mod.

I drilled my impeller for this so i can do it later if i feel the need.

 

[seville009]

Snow sticks to rust/bare metal easily; plus it’s not slick to help in moving/throwing the snow.

What i do each year is get enamel spray cans and paint all of the augers/fans/chutes, etc. - wherever snow moves through it.

It won’t be the end all to solve your issues, but it does definitively help.

Also keep your rpms as high as possible

 

[diesel85]

I know this doesn't help too much, but I got a nice Braber 60" for my BX2200:

Snow Blower

www.brabereq.com

All I can say is that this machine will put snow back where it came from with it's massive 24" impeller and thoughtful and simplistic design. I have never had it clog even through the wettest of snow. There has even been plenty of times where I don't need it shooting snow that far and I'll run it half power.

Everything is in-view serviceable. I've never had an issue with it.

The paint is great too! Only places I've had to touch up were in the chute and the impeller from normal use.

 

[oosik]

I used a 60" blower on my mile long gravel driveway - for 27 years. I might have problems - clogged chute, iced up auger, blown shear pins - if I tried to blow when the snow was too wet.

Otherwise - it would blow - 30 to 35 feet. Company has been sold now. At the time it was called The Blue Machine.

 

[leonz]

Your snow blower lacks the partial plate weldment to prevent excess snow from
entering the impeller housing in the upper left corner.

It is time to look at a new snow blower.

 

[hube2]

Your snow blower lacks the partial plate weldment to prevent excess snow from
entering the impeller housing in the upper left corner.

It is time to look at a new snow blower.

I didn't notice that in the image, but it's a good catch. Having snow pack in right below the chute would tend to clog things up.

Edit: or this blower fan turns the other way.

 

[sd455dan]

There is probably 1/4-1/2” gap. See attached picture. I should see if the new 4 blade propeller clearances are tighter. Thanks

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That is an interesting Impellor It looks like they built it with a face,
that seems like it would partially block the flow of snow from the auger.?. ,

this is a pic of a more common design and similar to even walk behind 2 stage units

Looking at the newer version Woods now shows on their 74 inch also appears they have adopted an open face, back plate and forward tipped blade ends on the impellor as well
Actually if the new Woods part isn't to pricey It mat be the best way to go.

The original impellor does look to be a less efficient design

 

[nyone]

Your snow blower lacks the partial plate weldment to prevent excess snow from
entering the impeller housing in the upper left corner.

It is time to look at a new snow blower.

Missing a little piece of metal is no reason to go buy a many thousand dollar attachment. How ever it may be a reason to fix it.

 

[nyone]