I BROKE my $8000 snowblower
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- I was in a race to get our road clear before the next storm rolled in. But I was only halfway done when the drive chain for my snowblower snapped. A big storm is coming tomorrow, so I hope I can get up and running again fast!
wtf why are you blowing snow on high side of hill ? it will just all melt and freeze the road
Thanks ! I prefer front Blower on a John Deere.
Agreed, but this is the next best. Keeps you looking in the right direction. As long as it's not too deep to drive through, obviously.
Yep. Front mount blower would be nice, but I don't have enough hydraulic flow to run one on my FEL, and use my loader enough during the winter I don't want to deal with a PTO driven one and have to repeatedly attach/detach it. This winter we've gotten so little snow I only got to use the snowblower three times anyway!
That ain't good man.
I got the same blower broke my chain 3rd storm.i think the chains suck it takes the 60h links
I don't understand these people throwing the snow above the road and throwing snow over what they have already cleared. Going to fast for one thing. Not smart
Dear Sir:
Good video. But about that sound track... when you return, may we just have mechanical & nature sounds if any, plus your narration please? Reference cacophony.
She's definitely blowing clear of the road! What RPM are you spinning at?
Yeah, works pretty well when I'm not sucking up branches and rocks! I'm running 500-540 RPM on my PTO.
I find it a bit strange that your chain broke instead of the shear bolt.
Are you using the right bolt grade (Grade 2) ?
Cheers from Canada
The shear bolt broke for the first dozen rocks I sucked up this winter! I think the repeated shocks eventually fatigued the chain too much, even with the shear bolts breaking. I wasn't planning on keeping the road open this winter, so I hadn't prepped the road at all for snowblowing. Next year I should be sucking up far fewer rocks and tree branches.
Rocks can get in between the chain and sprocket and if you see where he broke it theres a nice section of road that's just dirt on the chain side.
That chain is prety damn cheap and so are master links. I suggest having a few spare chains cut to length with master links all setup.
Going to fast
Better you plow this little snow.
I love how suddenly theirs a bunch of exsperts in the comments 🙄
Yep! Some comments with helpful advice. The rest... well, I kinda doubt they actually own a tractor.
The blower does do a nice job under the right conditions...
Might be easier put a plow on it be faster
Great footage, music is unbearable.
I have ears of experience using them and you are running it way too fast. That's why you broke the chain. They're not built to go fast. If you want to go fast, put a plow on it. Snow blowers are meant to throw snow off a pile or a drift. And I knew as soon as you said you were putting it in fourth gear to get this done faster that you were breaking something on that machine slower, steady or speed. Way less damage
Why would u not use a snow plow on tractor? U have plenty of area to push snow.
Mostly we have room for snow, but there are some pretty long stretches along the main road where there are fence lines right up against the road. The snowblower lets me blow snow over the fence, instead of plowing snow into our neighbor's fence and damaging it.
@@redtailwoods I have to do our 3 mile mountain with a 1973 Mercedes Benz 406 Unimog with a blade... because if you leave water on the road... utter mess from clay!
@@rongray4118 Where we live now has a ton of clay. It's either hard as a rock, or a muddy mess. Our soil at our mountain property is way nicer, lots of sand and decomposed granite. It actually drains water!
I understand. Odd that in wide open space u live in neighbor feels necessary to fence. Sure makes your life difficult in winter!!! If there's no obvious reason for fence u should talk to neighbor.
@@richnauer I doubt they spent money on a fenced, for no reason.