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Willys
Joined: Mar 5, 2005
Points: 3
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Need help with single stage blower
Original Message Mar 5, 2005 12:43 pm |
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Hi Guys: I'm new here and really need some help. I'm in the process of trying to mate a single stage blower to my ATV using a separate motor to run the blower. The question is....at what speed does the blower auger need to run at? RPM wise. It is a 40" wide 18" high blower. I need it to be able to blow snow about 15 plus feet. I don't know what make the blower is but it is almost new and came off of a Murrey tractor I believe but could be wrong. It is black in colour with chute controls on the left, with no name plate on the blower itself. If I can get the blower final RPM speed then I can figure out what HP motor I need to run it and at what speed. Thanks for your help. Willys
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Willys
Joined: Mar 5, 2005
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Re: Need help with single stage blower
Reply #5 Mar 5, 2005 2:40 pm |
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Hi guys: The blower is a horizontal drive unit. It came off of a 16 hp tractor I would expect. I don't have any pics yet. Isn't there anywhere around that would give blower RPM specs? There must be a required or optimen Rpm that all blowers run at of that size etc. This is really a simple thing if you are in the know so to speak. Obviously I'm not in the know! lol Thanks again Willys
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skyking3
Joined: Nov 14, 2002
Points: 217
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Re: Need help with single stage blower
Reply #7 Mar 6, 2005 8:12 pm |
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hi willys and welcome , my deere has an 18" by 36" auger housing and has an 4 1/4" pulley on the engine and an 8" pulley on the outside of the blower housing............ the 8" pulley on the outside of the housing is on a shaft that connects to a 3" gear inside the housing ....the chain runs to an 7 1/4" gear on the auger shaft................... the engine runs at 3600 rpm........................and i can toss snow almost 20' if you need the teeth count on the gears i can check that for you , let me know............... hope this helps you some, bill ps............. this tractor came with an 8 hp kohler but after using it , i would recommend bigger...........
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