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Geno


51- love God 1st, then OPE

Location: Madison, WI
Joined: Oct 19, 2002
Points: 121

'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Original Message   Dec 29, 2004 9:02 pm
hello- I just got a 8hp Dynamark snowblower given to me. very good cosmetically. but,.they said it would barely throw snow. after I unloaded it I give it a quick diagnose and here's what I'm thinking. the gear box must be slipping or is bad. the shaft for the secondary auger turns 1/4 or more around before big auger in front even moves. no snow to try but assuming gears are slipping under load. this make sense? second question: does dynamark have a good enough reputation to warrant getting new gears/or whole assembly, or should I take the good motor off and put it on my very early Arians blower as it has a vintage 7 hp? opinions please
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krislu


Location: Long Island, NY
Joined: Dec 27, 2004
Points: 148

Re: 'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Reply #1   Dec 29, 2004 10:44 pm
My advice is to take the motor off of it and go with the Ariens hands down. The Ariens will have better parts support and there will be more people with knowledge about the Ariens than the Dynamark. Also that shaft that turns 1/4 or more before the auger starts to turn means there is to much play in the gearbox and would usually be expensive to rebuild. When I look at used snowblowers thats the first thing I look for and if the shaft is not tight I won't touch it. - Kris

           
skyking3


Joined: Nov 14, 2002
Points: 217

Re: 'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Reply #2   Dec 30, 2004 12:13 am
hi geno,

put it on the ariens , you'll be glad you did..................

just 2 cents worth,

bill

Majorxlr8n


Location: Freehold NJ
Joined: Aug 6, 2003
Points: 1092

Re: 'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Reply #3   Dec 30, 2004 12:29 pm
hello- I just got a 8hp Dynamark snowblower given to me. very good cosmetically. but,.they said it would barely throw snow. after I unloaded it I give it a quick diagnose and here's what I'm thinking. the gear box must be slipping or is bad. the shaft for the secondary auger turns 1/4 or more around before big auger in front even moves. no snow to try but assuming gears are slipping under load. this make sense? second question: does dynamark have a good enough reputation to warrant getting new gears/or whole assembly, or should I take the good motor off and put it on my very early Arians blower as it has a vintage 7 hp? opinions please



Geno - check the auger belt & idler pulley first. Could just need a simple adjustment!

Marty

Geno


51- love God 1st, then OPE

Location: Madison, WI
Joined: Oct 19, 2002
Points: 121

Re: 'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Reply #4   Dec 30, 2004 3:03 pm
hello- I just got a 8hp Dynamark snowblower given to me. very good cosmetically. but,.they said it would barely throw snow. after I unloaded it I give it a quick diagnose and here's what I'm thinking. the gear box must be slipping or is bad. the shaft for the secondary auger turns 1/4 or more around before big auger in front even moves. no snow to try but assuming gears are slipping under load. this make sense? second question: does dynamark have a good enough reputation to warrant getting new gears/or whole assembly, or should I take the good motor off and put it on my very early Arians blower as it has a vintage 7 hp? opinions please

thanks folks- decided to yank motor off and wheels ect..then scrap it. its a great body but, not a brand with a reputable background I don't think. think the drive disk (if it has one) worth saving? or are they limited to what they will fit? the shaft that goes into the rear side of the gear box (the shaft the 2nd auger is on) turns 1/4 to 1/3 around in gear box before the main auger in front starts to turn..will check belt adjustment before I get into it but it appears gears are out of box. Ariens or Toro I'd buy new box but not worth fixing a cheaper one like this in my opinion. hope this makes sense. thanks again for your input. Gene
voiceofreason


Joined: Nov 6, 2014
Points: 2

Re: 'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Reply #5   Nov 6, 2014 6:21 am
what's wrong with you guys ? that was a BIG mistake. a Dynamark Luminaire is a 3 stage machine and just as good, or better than an Ariens. It has a 3rd auger up higher above the main auger, it will cut deeper drifts. The machines are very easy to work on. the reason the impeller was turning but the augers barely turning is, that is how it is GEARED !! that is how it was designed and made to work, you scrapped a rare valuable machine. excuse me and you have my apologies, but that was a really stupid thing to do ! those machines are rare and desirable and go for $250-$300 or more if you can find one. the parts alone on Ebay would have sent for $300
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jrtrebor


Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Points: 539

Re: 'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Reply #6   Nov 15, 2014 9:31 am
"what's wrong with you guys ? that was a BIG mistake. a Dynamark Luminaire is a 3 stage machine and just as good, or better than an Ariens". Did I miss something? Where was it stated that this gentleman has a Dynamark Luminaire?
friiy


Location: Las Vegas, The Desert
Joined: Apr 12, 2008
Points: 600

Re: 'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Reply #7   Nov 18, 2014 11:05 pm
Ahh.... You know this is a 10 year old post. The machine and the original poster is long dead.
voiceofreason


Joined: Nov 6, 2014
Points: 2

Re: 'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Reply #8   Nov 29, 2014 6:11 am
the age of the post means nothing. you guys are brainwashed into buying new stuff at the big box store, made in China, and it's junk. if a bar of gold was tarnished with some dirt on it, no doubt you'd throw that away too... wake up out of the coma you're in
carlb


Joined: Nov 16, 2010
Points: 279

Re: 'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Reply #9   Nov 29, 2014 7:55 am
voiceofreason wrote:
the age of the post means nothing. you guys are brainwashed into buying new stuff at the big box store, made in China, and it's junk. if a bar of gold was tarnished with some dirt on it, no doubt you'd throw that away too... wake up out of the coma you're in

I don't know how long you have been reading this board but most members here will always advocate fixing up old iron as opposed to buying new when possible.  Some machines are just too far gone to warrant spending a lot of money to repair especially when parts for a particular machine are hard to get. 

My personal machine is a fully restored 1983 26" large frame cub cadet that i purchased with a blown 8hp Tec engine but the rest of the machine was in great shape. It now has a modern 11hp OHV engine on it and I couldn't be happier with the performance, ease of starting and reliability.

No one here is Brainwashed.  I suggest you read more of the post on this board before passing judgement on the members!
snowmachine


Location: Washington State
Joined: Nov 12, 2008
Points: 268

Re: 'Dynamark' 8hp blower opinion?
Reply #10   Nov 30, 2014 10:30 pm
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