BX24 - front blower crank

SEB · Jan 2, 2009

Thought I'd post this note on a homemade crank guide for the BX2750c front blower. I had to make one because the tiny bracket Kubota provides interferes with the loader/blower lever. Hope this helps.

PeterK · Jan 2, 2009

SEB said:
Thought I'd post this note on a homemade crank guide for the BX2750c front blower. I had to make one because the tiny bracket Kubota provides interferes with the loader/blower lever. Hope this helps.

I found that even though the Kubota bracket is small and almost seemd like an afterthought, it works pretty slick.

In your first top left photo, it doesn't look like yours is clamped around the control lever. The bracket clamps around the base of the lever and the blower handle floats through the plastic grommet in the hole as you move the hydraulic lever up & down and left and right. If the crank handle interferes and hits the lever when you turn it, you need to pull the clip and lengthen the chute handle to be belond the hyd control lever.

When I got my blower, it had brackets for 3 different tractors. Big waste but one of the reasons it cost so much I guess. One bracket is similar to the one you fab'ed up but I think it's for the B tractors.

kevinj · Jan 3, 2009

SEB said:
Thought I'd post this note on a homemade crank guide for the BX2750c front blower. I had to make one because the tiny bracket Kubota provides interferes with the loader/blower lever. Hope this helps.

You have kinda copied what I posted here a couple years back.

SEB · Jan 3, 2009

Thanks for the replies. Kevinj - your attachment looks very good and if is aluminum, quite stiff also. Have you any improvements or comments on its use? I am surprised that Kubota has not produced this type of thing instead of the small bracket. PeterK - perhaps your loader stick has less play in it and perhaps the snow blowing you do doesn't require continuous attention to the direction of the chute - but in my experience the bracket simply could not be placed anywhere on the stick to prevent unintended stick activation and awckward guide handling. I work in lots of tight places and often need to continuously redirect the chute - but then so do most I guess.
Anyone use turf tires while snowblowing? What about chains - seem a bit awkward and over-the-top but maybe they're OK - comments? Thanks, SEB

kevinj · Jan 3, 2009

SEB said:
Thanks for the replies. Kevinj - your attachment looks very good and if is aluminum, quite stiff also. Have you any improvements or comments on its use? I am surprised that Kubota has not produced this type of thing instead of the small bracket. PeterK - perhaps your loader stick has less play in it and perhaps the snow blowing you do doesn't require continuous attention to the direction of the chute - but in my experience the bracket simply could not be placed anywhere on the stick to prevent unintended stick activation and awckward guide handling. I work in lots of tight places and often need to continuously redirect the chute - but then so do most I guess.
Anyone use turf tires while snowblowing? What about chains - seem a bit awkward and over-the-top but maybe they're OK - comments? Thanks, SEB

It is actually steel but not yet painted in this pic. I switched to hydraulic because I had a homemade cab on the loader mounts later on. I used turfs without chains and had plenty of traction. Now I have a larger property and use the GL3940HSTC with front blower so the little guy only gets used for some clean up and sided walks in the winter. Attached is a painted pic of the crank bracket.