Spring Fling Snowblowing - Video

   / Spring Fling Snowblowing - Video #1  

JohninCT

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Struck Magnatrac 6000, Kioti DK40SE
50 degrees F outside today. Still lots of snow out in the back where the wife keeps her horse trailer. Perfect weather to do a little snowblowing with the new machine :) Sweatshirt and a ball cap. Wouldn't it be nice if after every snowstorm it would warm up so that you could go out and do the snow removal in relative comfort :D

Here's a little video of today's action
YouTube - Snowblower spring fling.wmv

One thing I noticed today was that there is a large hole where the optional hydraulic chute rotator pivots. The problem is I don't have the hyd rotator and this hole penetrates into the impeller housing. So, when the blower is running snow pumps out of this hole like a nozzle onto the back of the blower, tractor, and me.:mad: Near the end of the vid you can see what I'm talking about.

A bolt and a couple of fender washers fixed it. Why the dealer didn't take care of this I don't know.
 

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   / Spring Fling Snowblowing - Video #2  
Cool. Looks more like "Slush blowing":laughing:. It has been 70 degrees here for the past 2 days!! I can't wait for spring to FULLY arrive! Have fun with that awesome set up!:cool:
 
   / Spring Fling Snowblowing - Video #3  
Yeah, Looks great.

What engine RPM were you at?

JB.
 
   / Spring Fling Snowblowing - Video #4  
Great video! Thanks for posting it!
 
   / Spring Fling Snowblowing - Video
  • Thread Starter
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What engine RPM were you at?

JB.

I run at the PTO mark which I think is about 2500 RPM. With the real wet and heavy snow, a full bite would load up the engine and reduce the RPM to around 2000 or so.
 
   / Spring Fling Snowblowing - Video #6  
Cool video, thanks for posting! :thumbsup:
 

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