landpride SB1064 accessories needed?

[Rob 80]

Landpride sells a wear bar for the SB1064 is it really needed or more for protection of the blower? Also i always read about shear pins breaking where are they located on this blower?

Thanks for the help!

 

[diesel85]

Shear bolt for auger is a HHCS 1/4-20X1 GR5 (see PG 12 ITEM #11) https://www.landpride.com/ari/attach/lp/public/manuals/370-430p.pdf

Driveline shear bolt (assuming it comes with a Comer, see PG 14 ITEM #9) 143.240.011.1 - CO COMPLETE SHEAR BOLT (55XM8)

 

[diesel85]

After going back and re-reading my last post. One thing I can recommend for the auger bolt, is to use a softer grade bolt. Like a grade 2 bolt instead of the grade 5. I did that on mine when I popped the first one. The first time I popped the grade 5, it sounds like a gun going off. The time I popped the grade 2, it sound like a normal "clunk" and of course the auger stopped turning. (Don't even ask what I was doing... it was pure stupidity).

 

[Fallon]

Higher grade bolts can be more brittle than lower grade. They will cleanly break. Softer will often bend & deform as they break, which makes them hard to get out of the hole.

Always use the OEM recommended grade & size for proper protection unless you really know better.

 

[diesel85]

I tested the difference between a #2 and a #5 this afternoon on my own snow blower. I attached it to my tractor, then using a pry bar, I turned the auger and snapped the #2. I then repeated the same test with the #5, and I struggled a lot before it gave up. Both bolts sheared off cleanly. I clearly see (physically feel too) why I want a #2 after testing it, just saves wear and tear on the gear box if you hit something.

 

[Rob 80]

After going back and re-reading my last post. One thing I can recommend for the auger bolt, is to use a softer grade bolt. Like a grade 2 bolt instead of the grade 5. I did that on mine when I popped the first one. The first time I popped the grade 5, it sounds like a gun going off. The time I popped the grade 2, it sound like a normal "clunk" and of course the auger stopped turning. (Don't even ask what I was doing... it was pure stupidity).

How do you know what grade HHCS 1/4-20X1 GR5 is?

No comments on the wear bar?

 

[diesel85]

GR5 = grade 5.

Plus when mine broke, I looked at the head.

Don't get me wrong, replacing it with a grade 5 will be fine, I'm sure, but I just didn't like the sound of a grade 5 breaking to begin with. After doing the "punishment" test, I just don't feel comfortable with using a treated bolt.

My wear bar looks OK after several years of driveway abuse.

 

[Rob 80]

GR5 = grade 5.

Plus when mine broke, I looked at the head.

Don't get me wrong, replacing it with a grade 5 will be fine, I'm sure, but I just didn't like the sound of a grade 5 breaking to begin with. After doing the "punishment" test, I just don't feel comfortable with using a treated bolt.

My wear bar looks OK after several years of driveway abuse.

Do you think the wear bar is needed? I don't have one.

 

[Rob 80]

What size is a 1/4-20X1 GR5? 20mm long and 1/4 around?

And the 55XM8, i have no clue.

 

[RjCorazza]

I put a cutting edge on my Luck Now blower a few years ago. For high use on pavement I would want high carbon steel to protect the blower housing. That said, I installed the cutting edge to provide scraping and to keep the blower from riding up on compacted snow. I have some over sized skid shoes that keep the edge about 1/4” off the pavement.
It appears the Land Pride “wear bar” is a flat piece of steel and not a typical angled cutting edge. If the housing is substantial, and your use light to moderate, you could probably skip the wear bar. JMHO...

 

[Rob 80]

I put a cutting edge on my Luck Now blower a few years ago. For high use on pavement I would want high carbon steel to protect the blower housing. That said, I installed the cutting edge to provide scraping and to keep the blower from riding up on compacted snow. I have some over sized skid shoes that keep the edge about 1/4” off the pavement.
It appears the Land Pride “wear bar” is a flat piece of steel and not a typical angled cutting edge. If the housing is substantial, and your use light to moderate, you could probably skip the wear bar. JMHO...

I'm using it on a gravel road all the ones i see online use the wear bar. Mine came with inner skid shoes but there are also outer skid shoes. Not sure if both inner and outer shoes are needed the manuel does not really say.

All the videos you see on youtube use a wear bar and inner and outer shoes and no one here seems to have any advice on that matter.

 

[RjCorazza]

There is no penalty in ordering the blower with a wear bar, other than a few extra bucks.
I wasn’t satisfied with the small oem skid shoes. I ordered some shoes for a very large Buhler (sp?) blower and bolted them on to the outside housing. I also had the adjustment holes machined into slots for infinite adjustment. For gravel, most people here add oversized skid shoes to stay out of the gravel.