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Re: ill show you mine Reply #14 Jan 8, 2011 6:35 pm
iLikeOrange Love the idea of the handle braces. I hate the slight deflection that is felt when pushing down on handles (Ariens 1032). I was at first going to weld in a gusset at the bend, but after looking at things a little longer. Decided that would stiffen things up, but on the downside would then put all the stress on the tube right behind the rear mounting bolt (my handles mount on the top of the tractor housing). Not a good solution.
But the braces are perfect . I may just use a piece of 3/16 x 1" flat stock instead of the square tube. That way I could just tap a hole in the tractor housing. (Just re-did my blower housing and hate to grind a spot to weld on some ears.) The angle probably won't be optimal but it would surely be better than the way it is.
Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
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Re: ill show you mine Reply #17 Jan 8, 2011 7:05 pm
knee_biter Forgot to comment on your experience with Impeller kit. I've also noticed a big difference in the way that the blower handles heavy wet or even slushy snow. Three weeks ago we had rain then wet snow and ended up at least 3" of clear dense slush with about an inch of snow on top. If it had been colored it would have looked like a slurppy everywhere. I was able to blow stuff without any problem. And didn't even a single time have the chute clog. Like you said, it used to come out of the chute like you were making a giant sausage.
I didn't actually use and impeller kit. Last summer I added weld and reground all the impeller blades to close the gap between the blade tip and the housing. It's not tight like the impeller kit makes it. But the gap is down to about 1/16. Personally I think that is about the single most beneficial and cheapest mod you can make to a blower. Not just to increase the throwing distance. But more importantly, to increase the efficiency. And not waste any of the power behind it. What ever goes in the front comes out the chute at it's first opportunity. Not after it's spun around in the housing for awhile. Just my opinion
Re: ill show you mine Reply #18 Jan 8, 2011 7:09 pm
MN_Runner wrote:
There is a 5" ice layer so I could only go over it. My video skills are pretty poor but hopefully it will get better.
This is where a tracked model would shine as it could literally chew into ice like that. I figured something might be under the snow because you rode up so quickly. Normally it wouldn't do that.
The key to good video is to frame the shot and don't move or pan the camera very much. My wife is still working on that. Here is an example of a party where my wife got a bit wild with her Filipina friends. But the point is even tho I moved around the room, I tried to do it without a lot of panning. It's not a great example but it's also not on a tripod. It's off topic but I did circle the room to the left and right, it came out ok. This video is safe for work.... mostly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BczBVNWKZK8
"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England." "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."
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Re: ill show you mine Reply #20 Jan 8, 2011 7:16 pm
I will get a pic of the part for you and a part number for the Ariens part later when I get a chance. It is just a piece of metal that is orange and has a couple of holes that line up with holes on the side of the chute. When bolted on it extends the chute out so there is no snow blowing past. If you look at the chute on Ilikeoranges Ariens you can see that they made the chute deeper to correct the problem. You can almost see the dip where the metal was extended. jrtrebor wrote:
knee_Biter Great post, love looking at photos. I be curious as to what Areins sent you to correct the problem you described. I've been toying with a couple of mods to the chute on my repowered Ariens 1032. One is to taper the deflector. To narrow it down from the back to the front. Just a bit to put a little compression on the snow stream as it's leaving the chute. I've also have an issue with. I'll call it stray snow, when the chute is turned hard right.
This message was modified Jan 8, 2011 by Knee_Biter
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Re: ill show you mine Reply #21 Jan 8, 2011 7:26 pm
I was just curious on what kind of response we would get out of it as they are fairly comical at times. Since then I have retracked the bait as I have no desire to make this thread ugly.
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Re: ill show you mine Reply #22 Jan 8, 2011 7:32 pm
Steve_Cebu wrote:
This is where a tracked model would shine as it could literally chew into ice like that. I figured something might be under the snow because you rode up so quickly. Normally it wouldn't do that.
The key to good video is to frame the shot and don't move or pan the camera very much. My wife is still working on that. Here is an example of a party where my wife got a bit wild with her Filipina friends. But the point is even tho I moved around the room, I tried to do it without a lot of panning. It's not a great example but it's also not on a tripod. It's off topic but I did circle the room to the left and right, it came out ok. This video is safe for work.... mostly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BczBVNWKZK8
Steve,
It is a 5" thick solid sheet of ice and I am not going to risk breaking the shear pins for my stupid little video. Maybe I have a gift of making any machine look bad as you can see.
Re: ill show you mine Reply #23 Jan 8, 2011 7:35 pm
A very nice array of equipment. I like the brace idea. Here's mine... I don't have the 7hp Ariens single stage anymore. I like Ariens two-stage machines but lets just say that Ariens should be banned forever from making a single stage snowblower again LOL.
with her Filipina friends. But the point is even tho I moved around the room, I tried to do it without a lot of panning. It's not a great example but it's also not on a tripod. It's off topic but I did circle the room to the left and right, it came out ok. This video is safe for work.... mostly. 
