MK Martin SB75 Snowblower Upgrade

[eagle107]

Hello Everyone,

I have had MK Martin snowblowers for years now and they all operated flawlessly for me. Started out with a 68" snowblower with a New Holland TC34DA tractor and then about five years ago I purchased a new MK Martin SB75 (75" snowblower with a hydro chute) when I upgraded to a new JD 4520 tractor. So I visited one of my dealers the other day and he had a brand new MK Martin SB75 snowblower on his lot (just came in off the truck) with the new five blade fan and skid shoes. I looked at it and thought it had some interesting design enhancement, so I joking asked how much the new blower would be if I traded mine in, thinking it would be too much money and I am just fine with the one I have. Unfortunately, he came back with an offer of $800 (including tax and delivery) with my trade in - the new SB75 snowblower with the hydro chute is $3500 here in Buffalo NY; that made me think that it costed me $160.00 a year for the five years I have had this snowblower. I know some of you probably think I am crazy, but I took the deal. I look at it as an $800 experiment. Hopefully the five blade fan works better with the tighter tolerances and if it does, most likely I will keep it for the next twenty years. I am suppose to get it today, so I will post pictures of the old and new snowblowers later today.

 

[RoyJackson]

It's your money...you don't need to justify how you spend it to us!

Enjoy that new snowblower!

 

[Soldier415]

Nice. I just bought a Meteor SB68 with the new fan. Coated her down with fluid film and am ready for the snow.

 

[eagle107]

Yeah, I just did the same today. The new snowblower has a fresh coat of fluid film on it now.

Old SB75



New SB75

 

[Soldier415]

I think that new 5 blade fan design is going to throw a crap ton of snow quickly

 

[eagle107]

Yeah, I hope it will throw the snow a lot quicker. When you look at the five blade fan design up close, it looks impressive. Just hope the the look yields the result... However with my luck, every time I get a new snowblower, it takes two to three years before we get one of those 4 to 6 feet blizzards that really makes the blower earn its money.

 

[CDN24]

You boys are big ligue. I just bought an MK Meteor 54" with a hydraulic rotate for my 25HP NH sub compact. Apart from throwing ? 2-300 lbs of gravel thru my virgin snowblower last week, I'm in ... like NESPRESSO.

 

[coldsteelva]

I just picked up and set up my Meteor 60 inch last evening. I can't wait for the white stuff.

 

[Looking4new]

Is the new 5 blade fan the same diameter as the 4 blade?

 

[The Fred]

I'd like to replace the 4 blade with the 5 but I tried diligently to remove my fan and could not get it to budge. I thought about tapping the bolt hole and using a grease gun to pressurize the fan to hydraulically remove it.

I'd swap my blower in a heartbeat but I spent many hours adapting wheels for a third remote that works flawlessly on a gravel driveway.


The 4 blade design stinks.

Love to know how much better the new design works.

Regards, Fred

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