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

Just the ones I use. 

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

MN_Runner 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

Mn Runner
Please don't bait him : ) This thread is going along so nicely. And besides he's not always wrong.  No malice.

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:

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.

Steve_Cebu wrote:

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. 

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. 



 

MN_Runner wrote:

Very Nice!!!  I enjoyed your video
I think I would get the wheel model if I were to get one now.

nice house !

MN_Runner wrote:

I think you did ok, your machine looks fine to me. But yeah you don't want to risk breaking the shear pins for a video. When I had my 928 I chewed up like 3 inches of ice. But it took a while crawling to do it.

Your video isn't stupid at all, why say that? Lighten up, it gets better with experience.

Steve,

It is very weak compared to your stupendous video clips.  Your clips are approaching professional quality.  I had to beg my 14yr son to video for me when the temp was around 10F this afternoon.  BTW, the video was taken with Cannon IS1300 camera.  Wait until we get a monster storm and I will make a better video.