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jrtrebor


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

A few photos of my blower at work.
Original Message   Feb 14, 2013 5:10 pm
Well we finally got a good 12" of snow last Friday.
 A guy called me and asked me to do his parking lot.
Had family in town for the weekend and my sister took these.
Snow was light on the top, heavy on the bottom.
Couldn't help, showing off a little, throwing it up in the air
and across the parking lot.
Wish I would have thought to give her my video camera.






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aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: A few photos of my blower at work.
Reply #1   Feb 14, 2013 5:42 pm
Nice, I'm jealous.  Haven't got any serious snow to play with like that.

Is that the Ariens with the repowered Honda GX390 engine?
jrtrebor


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

Re: A few photos of my blower at work.
Reply #2   Feb 14, 2013 6:45 pm
aa335 wrote:
Nice, I'm jealous.  Haven't got any serious snow to play with like that.

Is that the Ariens with the repowered Honda GX390 engine?

I know how you feel.  This was the biggest snow we've in well over a year.
Our yearly average is about 122".   Last year we had about 46" total.
This year we're up to about 70" so far.
It was fun to get out there and let things fly.
Did pop the auger belt though.  Just shredded the thing.
But had it back up and running in about 30 minutes.

Yes this is the Ariens 1032 with the Honda 13hp.
And the larger blower drive pulley.
That new lower first gear I added really worded well with the EOD piles.
That slower speed trends to keep the bucket down in front so it digs into to the
pile better.  Instead of wanting to ride up on it.
carlb


Joined: Nov 16, 2010
Points: 279

Re: A few photos of my blower at work.
Reply #3   Feb 14, 2013 6:55 pm
Showoff

That snow blower is working better than any new snow blower would.  Either your belt alignment is off,  which i doubt or that 13hp is just a little much for that 1/2" belt.
Or maybe just showing off like some young kid with a new corvette and burning the tires off it 
Does that machine have one auger belt or 2?
Changing to a wider "B" belt would work but sourcing pulleys would be a pain.

Looks great.

Carl
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Re: A few photos of my blower at work.
Reply #4   Feb 14, 2013 7:29 pm
Wow! one thing I notice is that snow you blown into those electrical box on the wall isnt that dangerous????


borat


Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: A few photos of my blower at work.
Reply #5   Feb 14, 2013 8:18 pm
That's some serious action.  Seems like the machine might be on the ragged edge of performance.  The blown belt would be a bit of an indicator.  You might not want to run it at full throttle too often.   From what the pictures show, running it at three quarters would still likely out-perform just about anything stock easily.  
jrtrebor


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

Re: A few photos of my blower at work.
Reply #6   Feb 14, 2013 8:34 pm
carlb wrote:
Showoff

That snow blower is working better than any new snow blower would.  Either your belt alignment is off,  which i doubt or that 13hp is just a little much for that 1/2" belt.
Or maybe just showing off like some young kid with a new corvette and burning the tires off it 
Does that machine have one auger belt or 2?
Changing to a wider "B" belt would work but sourcing pulleys would be a pain.

Looks great.

Carl

I think what happened was the belt got a little stretched.
(I put on a new one last year but but only used it once. And didn't check the pulley tension this year.)
Started slipping a little under the 12" snow load.
Which caused the blowers snow processing capacity to drop.
 I was running in a gear that is usually correct for the snow load.
But in actuality I was over-driving the blower more than I realized.
More slipping more stretching more heat and pop goes the belt.
But that was after about 4 hours of blowing and a lot of EOD piles
I did sense that something wasn't right. I was having to let the blower clear itself.
Which I don't normally have to do.
But your right that 13hp driving a 32" blower is a lot for one 1/2" belt.
I usually drive it about 3/4 throttle. It's a sweet spot.
Throws a good 30 to 35'.  And the blower capacity matches really
well with second and third gear. 
I do occasionally like burning the tires.
And yes I probably was showing off for my sister

There was a noticeable difference after putting on the new belt.
In how it performed while I finished the lot.
Dual belts would probably better suit the set up I've got.
But things get really tight putting a two groove pulley on the impeller shaft.
I've thought about going with that type of set up.  But I thought I'd rather have a belt
break.  Than snap a shaft or tear up something made of steel.





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Bill_H


Location: Maine
Joined: Jan 12, 2008
Points: 354

Re: A few photos of my blower at work.
Reply #7   Feb 14, 2013 8:39 pm
Denis wrote:
Wow! one thing I notice is that snow you blown into those electrical box on the wall isnt that dangerous????


What's even more dangerous is if the guy who owns the car being buried in the parking lot shows up!

(exterior rated boxes like that are weather resistant to anything coming from above)

Who the hell let all the morning people run things?
jrtrebor


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

Re: A few photos of my blower at work.
Reply #8   Feb 14, 2013 8:45 pm
Denis wrote:
Wow! one thing I notice is that snow you blown into those electrical box on the wall isnt that dangerous????

No not really.  Those are weather proof. 
There is no way you could blow snow inside them.

jrtrebor


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

Re: A few photos of my blower at work.
Reply #9   Feb 14, 2013 8:55 pm
Bill_H wrote:
What's even more dangerous is if the guy who owns the car being buried in the parking lot shows up!

LOL, Your right!
If the sun hadn't been out I wouldn't have done that.
But the light power I figured would melt before anyone got mad at me.
I also checked for anyone walking in the lot before I opened it up.
I just couldn't resist seeing that plume with the sun where it was.
It was a Tim Taylor moment.

GtWtNorth


https://t.me/pump_upp

Location: https://t.me/pump_upp
Joined: Nov 16, 2008
Points: 264

Re: A few photos of my blower at work.
Reply #10   Feb 15, 2013 8:29 am
Nice. Makes me long for the good old days when we got our 132" average. The local OPE repair shop has a machine set up like yours, really throws Now he got a 32" Ariens that he wants to put a 22HP twin on. I'll follow it & report back if/when it happens.

By the way, will you give more detail on that lower first gear that you made?

Cheers

https://t.me/pump_upp
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