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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on February 14, 2021, 04:17:45 PM
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So now I know why almost nobody buys a snowblower in Seattle. It is because our heavy, wet snow clogs up the discharge chute for every foot of travel. Therefore having to stop and punch down the snow in the discharge chute until it falls out the bottom. It took me two hours to do a 30' x 75' driveway covered with 16 inches of snow. If it wasn't for having to leave the house for Ms. MillCreek's Valentine dinner, I would have just waited for the thaw in a couple of days.
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There are big 2 stage units that might handle it but you probably don’t need one enough to justify the cost.
If we move from Illinois north to the northern Iowa southern Minnesota area I told my wife I get to keep the kubota loader tractor and get a front mounted snow thrower powered by hydraulics or the mid PTO.
I’m willing to shovel only a very little and I will not walk behind a snow thrower/blower.
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I have a big 1-stage blower that I attach to my tractor, it also clogs in wet snow. 2 things help a lot- cooking spray or wd-40 coating on the inside and chute before starting, and getting the correct ‘feed and speed’, as in run it as fast you you can without bogging down the engine. The volume of snow will help the chute clear, too slow and it plugs.
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Sounds like we need to talk Millcreek into a front end loader. =D
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Also modifying the impeller with rubber scrapers help. I'm going to mod mine this summer, seems like we are in a wetter snow trend.
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There are big 2 stage units that might handle it but you probably don’t need one enough to justify the cost.
If we move from Illinois north to the northern Iowa southern Minnesota area I told my wife I get to keep the kubota loader tractor and get a front mounted snow thrower powered by hydraulics or the mid PTO.
I’m willing to shovel only a very little and I will not walk behind a snow thrower/blower.
I'm just finished year 5 living in Mason City, I highly recommend living here.
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Curious from an engineering standpoint: Would drastically increasing the impeller RPM help with this problem?
Dumb Terry
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I was a little bit tentative clicking on this topic, given MillCreek’s history of posting double entendres.
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Har-har-snicker-snort. "Impeller RPM!" Tee hee, get it? He said "impeller RPM !!" <elbow-dig, elbow-dig>
:rofl: =D
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Curious from an engineering standpoint: Would drastically increasing the impeller RPM help with this problem?
Dumb Terry
Yes. Speed is life.
There are big 2 stage units that might handle it but you probably don’t need one enough to justify the cost.
If we move from Illinois north to the northern Iowa southern Minnesota area I told my wife I get to keep the kubota loader tractor and get a front mounted snow thrower powered by hydraulics or the mid PTO.
I’m willing to shovel only a very little and I will not walk behind a snow thrower/blower.
I have a PTO-operated snowblower on my Kubota. It works great in dry snow and pretty good in wet snow, but you have to run the engine around 3,000 rpm to keep the chute from clogging.
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I've found it easier to deal with heavy, wet snows with a garden hose. You simply melt it away.
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Also modifying the impeller with rubber scrapers help. I'm going to mod mine this summer, seems like we are in a wetter snow trend.
Very little wet snow around here this year. Super light and fluffy is the trend.
They call for 1-3 inches and we get 3-5 inches of powder.
Much easier to move the powder for sure!
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https://youtu.be/SqE5hP75jBE
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I was a little bit tentative clicking on this topic, given MillCreek’s history of posting double entendres.
Snowblowing could be a "thing" in Seattle
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Yes. Speed is life.
I have a PTO-operated snowblower on my Kubota. It works great in dry snow and pretty good in wet snow, but you have to run the engine around 3,000 rpm to keep the chute from clogging.
What engine RPM do you need to get a 540 rpm PTO speed.
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Very little wet snow around here this year. Super light and fluffy is the trend.
They call for 1-3 inches and we get 3-5 inches of powder.
Much easier to move the powder for sure!
March, April, and sometimes May tends to be the wet heavy deep *expletive deleted*it here.
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What engine RPM do you need to get a 540 rpm PTO speed.
3140 according to the manual. I just use an even 3,000.
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If you're under speed on the PTO that could explain the clogging.
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Snowblowing could be a "thing" in Seattle
You are thinking of snowballing.
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You are thinking of snowballing.
Don't know what that is and not sure I want to know.
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Just double checked. That is for the rear PTO. I'm running a front blower off the mid pto, so I'm getting 2,500 out of the pto at that speed.
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Don't know what that is and not sure I want to know.
You do not.
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Just double checked. That is for the rear PTO. I'm running a front blower off the mid pto, so I'm getting 2,500 out of the pto at that speed.
What HP output on yer kubota? Also what brand snow thrower are you using?
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https://youtu.be/SqE5hP75jBE
Great ... until all that water turns to ice.
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What HP output on yer kubota? Also what brand snow thrower are you using?
BX-25D tractor at 23hp, IIRC. Kubota brand 50" blower.
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Couldn't disengage Brain Take Off in time on the snowballer.
Yeeeeps !
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BX-25D tractor at 23hp, IIRC. Kubota brand 50" blower.
The Kubota's are tuque beasts.
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Great ... until all that water turns to ice.
Chugging the beer is a nice touch.
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The Kubota's are tuque beasts.
My grand L3010 has been a great machine. Just wish it had a heated cab instead of open platform.
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My grand L3010 has been a great machine. Just wish it had a heated cab instead of open platform.
An after market cab might be available. Mine has one made by Curtis Industries. Has a heater, too.
https://curtisindustries.net/kubota-tractor-cabs/