Snow Snow Blower doesn't blow rocks

[RWEST]

Re: Snow Blower doesn\'t blow rocks

Yeah, they don't do so good with lawn chairs hidden under the snow either /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif What a mess it was cleaning that stuff out of there. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

My two bro's drilled out the 1/4" shear pins in their 3 point blowers and stuck 5/16" Grade 8 bolts in there. Hmmm, let's see, what's easier to replace - a shear pin or PTO drive? /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif So far, they've been lucky.

 

[Dutch445]

Re: Snow Blower doesn\'t blow rocks

There is an issue with those blowers regarding the locking collars on the augers... sometimes they dont' get them real tight at the factory, and the impellar can "walk" on the shaft towards the front of the blower until it hits the housing...
they don't use a setscrew on the keystock, or a flat spot on the shaft,, so sometimes the setscrews can loosen up and let the impellar slide forward. Usually when this happens, it will start taking shear bolts pretty quickly!
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[Wildbill34]

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Naw, I didn't give he a hard time. Couldn't do that...the guy has been too good to me. I am going to get him back on it the next few snow so he gets comfortable with the machine. His heart was in the right place and he was wanting to do his fair share around the house. Although I think I am going to have him use it to go get the mail and paper to get him used to driving it more so he understands I have no problem with him on it. But the way I figure it...someday I will be there and I hope my son-in-law does the same thing.

But based on what read about the pins, I think I will go get 3 or 4 spares.....just in case. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[sdowell]

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Maybe I missed something here, but my Agro trend two stage 53" rear pto blower on my JD2210 has spit out lots of rocks and ice chunks without any shear pins giving up the ghost. I routinely blow 200 feet of the dead end street because I am tired of the plow either forgetting I exist or burying me in... hence the rocks.

oh well...