Bison 650 operating RPM's

[pretzelb]

Hello,

I recently bought a Satoh Bison 650 with a 5ft snowblower. I have been using it also to run our wood splitter off the PTO@540 around 1800 RPM's which works great. I have been told that when I run the snowblower I should run it around 2800 RPM's..That sure seems like high RPM's for that..What do you guys run your PTO attachements at ? I dont want to stress the motor by revving it up too much. Any opinions would be welcomed.

Thanks

Brian

 

[Ilikeurtractor]

Welcome to TractorByNet :welcome: Tractors were never designed to be "babied" so I wouldn't worry about it much. Running things too slowly can bring their own issues. If the snowblower is designed for a 540 rpm input then you should run the engine at a speed that produces that at the PTO. If you are satisfied with its performance at lower speeds, then by all means do that if you prefer it, but I wouldn't avoid running things at their designed speed because it "stresses" its components. 2800 rpms is not significant for a typical gasoline engine or even a diesel for that matter. It looks like it's the design speed of the engine so you shouldn't have any worries.

 

[skylarkguy]

I's second that first reply. Although if you can get verification that the snow blower is supposed to be running that fast I think I would ( an operators manual perhaps).