hiker88
Bronze Member
So I went out last night to practice replacing shear pins - I mean I went out to clear the driveway.
I'm a first time tractor owner and I bought a used Meteor 60 inch snow blower to use with my Kioti CK30. We got about 5 inches of heavy wet snow yesterday, so I went out last night to give things a try.
I went through a bunch of shear pins right at the PTO connector until I figured out the bolts were snapping when I let the clutch out at anything but idle power. So, if I reduced the power to idle, released the clutch, and then brought the throttle up to 2500 rpm I would be fine. At anything other than idle, the bolts would shear no matter how I released the clutch, and I was trying to be pretty careful without slipping the clutch excessively.
The person I got the blower from gave me a shear pin, so I just went out and bought more of the same. It's marked SJ 3074 and it fits an 11mm wrench.
So, I am just wondering if that is normal operation (having to be at idle when releasing the clutch) or if maybe the shear bolts aren't strong enough. The guy I bought the blower from was using the blower on a 20 hp hydro, and he said it was a bit too big for his tractor, so maybe he wouldn't have had the issues I'm having.
Once I figured out this "work around" it sure beat the walk behind blower I've been using the last 7-8 years. Even with the heavy wet snow, the volume of snow this setup was moving was amazing, I just put the tractor in 1 low and it was awesome. It was great doing the snow bank at the end of the driveway the plow guy leaves. My driveway goes up hill to the road and the walk behind would always ride up over the snow. The weight of the meteor just kept it right on the ground.
If I can figure out the shear bolt issue - bring on the snow! Thanks everyone.
I'm a first time tractor owner and I bought a used Meteor 60 inch snow blower to use with my Kioti CK30. We got about 5 inches of heavy wet snow yesterday, so I went out last night to give things a try.
I went through a bunch of shear pins right at the PTO connector until I figured out the bolts were snapping when I let the clutch out at anything but idle power. So, if I reduced the power to idle, released the clutch, and then brought the throttle up to 2500 rpm I would be fine. At anything other than idle, the bolts would shear no matter how I released the clutch, and I was trying to be pretty careful without slipping the clutch excessively.
The person I got the blower from gave me a shear pin, so I just went out and bought more of the same. It's marked SJ 3074 and it fits an 11mm wrench.
So, I am just wondering if that is normal operation (having to be at idle when releasing the clutch) or if maybe the shear bolts aren't strong enough. The guy I bought the blower from was using the blower on a 20 hp hydro, and he said it was a bit too big for his tractor, so maybe he wouldn't have had the issues I'm having.
Once I figured out this "work around" it sure beat the walk behind blower I've been using the last 7-8 years. Even with the heavy wet snow, the volume of snow this setup was moving was amazing, I just put the tractor in 1 low and it was awesome. It was great doing the snow bank at the end of the driveway the plow guy leaves. My driveway goes up hill to the road and the walk behind would always ride up over the snow. The weight of the meteor just kept it right on the ground.
If I can figure out the shear bolt issue - bring on the snow! Thanks everyone.