Snow snow blowers little helper

[NSBound]

I got a virus alert on the first link.(the mispelled one).

Yes, that's the one I mentioned in my post.

 

[SARG]

I guess for $30. plus shipping I'll pass on this one.

 

[Baby Grand]

Thanks Leonz for posting this - it both confirms & explains something that I had suspected:

What it confirms is the sizeable gap between the second stage impeller and the housing and it's tendency to cause clogging of the chute and poor performance in wet snow.

What it explains is that the gap is there by design.

I have an old, tracked Cub Cadet. It's a beast and performs well in powder, but if the snowfall's any good for snowmen it stays in the shed and I have to man-up with the shovel for the walkways between the house and the garage and driveway. My back does not like snowmen snow.

My plan had been to weld steel extensions to the second stage impeller blade, as I had assumed that the gap was due to wear from the previous owner's gravel driveway and general abuse of anything he owns with a motor. He's a great guy, fantastic father and all, but he just thrashes his equipment.

Now I'm thinking maybe cut up some old tires and bolt 'em onto the second stage impeller tips. I did a similar deal to my rear blade, sandwiching an old tire tread between the moldboard and the cutting edge to make a squegee for the driveway that works crazy well on asphalt, grass and gravel:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/133717-edge-rear-blade-3.html

Thanks again - this site rocks!

-Jim

 

[leonz]

Would this be just for walk-behinds or my 6' PTO model, too? Just got 24" of new snow & a little more throwing distance would be nice.

Clarence states on his home page that will work and does work for any two stage snow blower.

He offers complete installation instructions in the kit as well, I would imagine the larger in length impellers would simply dictate laying the kit on its side as the impeller fan is wider and has a larger surface area.

leon

 

[wally040]

Definately something to consider. I may try to make my own for my specific blower.

 

[StrangeRanger]

As I was freezing my arse off blowing last night I was thinking about making this exact same product. I know my blower has a gap between the shoot and impeller blades and was thinking of making something just like this. Huh..
j

 

[leonz]

its worth the money and clarence has all the instructions in the kit-its a been there done that moment- as father in law was injured due to plugging a fan on his ariens many years ago.


leon