Snowblower Is something wrong with my snowblower?

[slowzuki]

The drawing is labeled 9.75" on the fan diameter?

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( See pics for more measurements. All in inches.
Fan is 21 1/4, hole 21 3/4, depth 7 inches.... )</font>

 

[SnowSeb]

pic is now edited to fix error, thanks for pointing that out slowzuki.

 

[JimMorrissey]

I agree with Bob. If you do this commerically, I think you need to look at another blower based on your recount and the overall design of the blower.

Meteor out of Canada makes a great blower. Mine is 75" with hydraulic chute. It hasn't plugged yet.

 

[JimMorrissey]

Snow...

Attached is a picture of my fan housing exit dimensions for comparison. There is a very clean departure from the fan blades to the chute.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

I just took some pictures of my blower. My fan is a 3 blade design, it is just over 23" in diameter and about 8" deep. The chute is about 9" in diameter and the transition tube seems to have a good design in how it is integrated into the chute. The transition tube is wider than the fan so the snow doesn't meet resistance when it enters the transistion tube. The transition tube is also very short compared to SnowSebs. And then the chute itself looks very similar to JimMorrisey's & MadReferees chutes in that it doesn't rise at a straight verticle, it starts out at an angle right from the base, is shorter, and it follows the shape of the transition tube.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

SnowSeb, just for reference, here is a picture of my snow blowers fan design. 23.3" diameter, 8" depth.

 

[Junkman]

While reading this thread, I noticed the ads at the top of the page. The pieces that I mentioned earlier in the thread are sold by a company in Canada. Here is a link to there web page. I had installed a set of these on a old snowblower and they improved the performance of that machine. I am thinking of installing a set on my Kubota snowblower even though its performance is good already, but I know that these will make it better... Junk......

 

[lmiller]

Snowseb, I just finished clearing the plowmound from my driveway with my 8horse MTD and I have another suggestion for you. With the little hand operated machine, when the snow is too wet it stalls out if I keep the wheels in gear as well as the auger. I can avoid this by releasing the drive handle. The fan clears the auger and I can advance into the snow a few more feet (inches /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif) Could your tractor mounted blower be clogging because you are feeding it too fast?
Just a thought I had using my little machine under heavy load. Sure wish I had a(nother) 7800 here in NJ at my weekday house /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Lou

 

[JJT]

I have a 78" Agrotrend from Canada, this winter is season # 6 and I've only plugged the shute once. I normall run at 80% pto speed, if the snow is wet and deep I'll step it up to 540.

I plugged mine by overrunning the first stage, I wasn't paying attention and my blower turned into a plow....

 

[BigAl]

SnowSeb ,
We have used 1/2 " Telfon plastic sheets to line the chutes. We would just replace liners as they began to wear out . I don't know where they(the mechanic's) purchased it from . That was many,many years ago ,when I use to work for Caltrans in the winter plowing snow on Interstate 80 . Is your "Discharge Fan" driven by hydraulic motor or off the pto drive . My Trackless 3ph 70 " Snow Blower is pto ran on the main flights but the discharge fan is a Hydraulic drive motor . It works well as long as I don't bog it down .
Big Al

 

[SnowSeb]

It's been a while since i last visisted this site. Just an update that it seems the problem may be solved. I cut down the opening about 2 inches lower(see pic). I then lined the inside of the round part with crazy carpet, held in place with rivets. Thats part was the problem area where it always plugged in wet snow. i noticed it was a bit rough with weld splatter and bare metal, maybe that was the problem? I ran it at PTO 540 speed instead of about 200rpm under that i was running before.Last storm was pretty wet, not the worst i've seen but would have been a problem previously. Worked great, without clogging at all and throwing snow farther than usual.(for heavy snow) It did clog once after i backed up in in snow forgetting to engage PTO(30+ hours without sleep)LOL, clearing the clog was easy since snow slide right off that Crazy Carpet. I'll probably do the rest of chute the same way as it helps throw snow farther and easier, and is under $5 upgrade. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bob_Skurka]

SnowSeb, make sure we get photos of the modifications.

 

[JimMorrissey]

Snow,

What is crazy carpet?

 

[Scrounger]

Isn't crazy carpet just plain plastic sheets?

 

[SnowSeb]

Here's a few pics of mods to blower. By the way crazy carpet is a thin plastic sheet that are used for playing/sliding on snow. Snow season is over now, but for next year i'll put some on the whole inside of chute. The sheets are held in place with rivets, this may be obvious but make sure that it will still rotate after putting in.

 

[SnowSeb]

another pic

 

[SnowSeb]

in action in wet snow that probably would have clogged chute before mods.

 

[PILOON]

I know this trend is old, but folks will still read it.

For what it is worth, I have done the 'crazy carpet' mod as well a couple of years back and I can echo the comments.

In fact were I a blower manufacturer I would make all my shoots either in moulded plastic or at the very least offer a liner option.

On the other hand a liner made fron HD poly (about 1/8" thick) would last a long time and will not cost a fortune.

Another thing, that poly sheet can actually be bent on a folding brake to fit the square shoots very well.

HD poly commercial sheets are quite reasonablely priced.
Generally sold in 4' x 8' sheets (would guess $50/st, (been a few yrs since I bought some)).
Sheets can also be heat moulded for curved areas.
(Pissa oven would be ideal.. When heated to a floppy state, quickly clamp to the cold metal shoot and it will keep that form)
I once made an aircraft windshield that way, using the old w/s as the mould.(used wood for clamping and cotton
gloves so as to not leave finger prints)

Do it! It is well worth the effort!

Good luck.