Re: Erskine Snowblower

Posted by UP Oliver on February 08, 2020 at 09:14:32 from (68.70.134.89):

In Reply to: Erskine Snowblower posted by UP Oliver on February 07, 2020 at 23:45:09:

Thank you for all the responses. I appreciate them all very much.

I have used this snow blower in all kinds of snow conditions, and it has not worked well in any of them. And I have used both tractors for cutting and baling hay and never had a problem with the PTO on either one. Whether or not that's more stressful than blowing snow is something I guess I just don't know.

I have to apologize, I cannot find anywhere in my manual where it actually says that the gearbox is rated for 540. After thinking about it some more I remember talking to a gentleman at Erskine, he was the one that told me to use 540.

There is probably at least a half inch gap between the blades and the housing, so that needs some work obviously.

This snow blower is an Erskine Sno-King model 840R. It is old, someone wrote 1985 on the manual. So there is some rust, maybe I do need to wax it.

The only way that the tractor and snowblower could work the way I saw it many years ago was if this operator had it at a 1000 RPM. I can't believe that the blades have rusted so much that a half an inch of the metal is gone sitting in my field. But I'm sure he used it like that for hours, because he had to clean a big parking lot.

I think that answers all the questions. I guess I have some more work to do.

Thanks.

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