Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

hi everyone,

got a question concerning pully sizing..........over on the IH CC forum theres a person that changed a tractor mounted single stage thrower pully from 3.5 inches to 2.5 inches and shows pics of the enormous difference in distances..............is this an  accepted method of improving snowthrowers in your opinion?................i was thinking ,after seeing this ,about trying this idea out on my JD tractor mounted thrower but would be concerned about damage that could happen................

any ideas or opinions ?

thanks,

bill

Is there a problem with your throw distance?

More hp to spin more rpm. More load on bearings. And that is in air. Add snow, add load.
More rpm means more heat. More heat can effect bearing lubrication.
In general it would be something I would not do unless I neede more distance and I could live with the curcumstances if things went bad.

I would like to hear Snowmann's take on this. Maybe if Paul comes around he'll add his 2 cents?

i havent had the chance to use it yet, but the age of both tractors was close.............

i just wanted to know if it would be feasible in case of poor throw distances................

but i dont want to break anything on a vintage tractor or a thrower............

too hard and expensive to find parts for.............

thanks again,

bill

    SkyKing,

          Is your blower a 2 stage?

                                   Fred 

its only a single but the opening is  33" wide and 16" high........

it has a huge drum auger, same as the cub i saw..........

the difference in distances was from about 6' up a trees trunk to 24' high cable lines...................

and it used to throw 15'-20' away , now  35'-40' away.................

bill

SkyKing,

          If you had a 2 stage, I had an Impeller mod that would help a great deal.

On the pulleys, I might go from a 3.5 to a 3, should help a lot.

On a blower, working in the cold temps, I do not think heat on the bearings would be a problem.

                                    Fred           

thanks fred,

all my throwers are singles but i really should add a 2 stage sometime................

thanks again,bill

When we were kids...

...my cousin and I changed a pulley size and belt on our Uncle's  riding lawnmower to make it go faster...

WOW... did it !  

But... it blew up after 15 minutes...     


Taught us a lesson about messing with engineered products...

Taught my Uncle a lesson about letting his Nephews use his equipment...


Dave...

I must be missing something here. If you are decreasing the size of the pulley on the engine aren't you slowing down the auger? If so then you have more power and can crunch through harder stuff but you're not going to throw it as far.

You can calculate the speed change by looking at the ratio of either the radii , diameters or circumference. Since most peole talk in terms of diameter  I'll use that.

I'm assuming we are taling about the pulley on the engine.

3" to 4" is 4/3 ~ 1.33 or about a 1/3 increase in the RPM of the auger It will throw snow farther and process snow faster but will get bogged down faster. Gas consumption might be higher as well.

I believe he would be decreasing the pulley size on the snowblower attachment, which would indeed speed it up.

Marty