LobsterClaw207
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Equipment
BX2680 with FEL and 60" MMM, rear PTO snowblower, 4' box blade, pallet forks
Hey all:
I just mounted up and used my SB1154 blower on the back of my BX2200 yesterday and I have a couple questions I hope somebody can help with.
The blower was pretty difficult to get on, getting the 3pt arms and top link connected and the PTO driveshaft lined up certainly took some doing. I'm not sure if there's a trick, but I don't know it.
My two main questions: the pins on the snowblower that the 3point arms slide over are in the upper of the two(?) positions it looks like they could be in. I think, and I may be wrong, that this is why the snowblower can't lift off the ground very far? I'm getting like 3" of lift maybe, so if I need to reverse with the blower "up" it is hitting the ground sometimes. Will moving the pins to the lower positions allow more lift? (I think it will because it seems obvious....). Do I need to shut the PTO off before lifting or lifting that high? Or will the driveshaft be fine?
Second question relates to sway side to side: mine can move maybe 10" or so from side to side if standing behind it. Is this play intentional? Should I attach the blower and then tighten the limiters on the 3pt arms so it is rigid or just has less play? It feels like it sways more than it should.
I'm hoping getting the arms lower on the blower helps keep the blower "flat" and scrape the ground, we got about 10" of light snow but the blower didn't really do a good job of getting even close to the pavement. I suspect this is because the arms pushing on the pins up higher are tilting the blower and messing with it's angle of attack.
Thanks!!! Sorry for the length, I can take pictures if anything isn't clear.
I just mounted up and used my SB1154 blower on the back of my BX2200 yesterday and I have a couple questions I hope somebody can help with.
The blower was pretty difficult to get on, getting the 3pt arms and top link connected and the PTO driveshaft lined up certainly took some doing. I'm not sure if there's a trick, but I don't know it.
My two main questions: the pins on the snowblower that the 3point arms slide over are in the upper of the two(?) positions it looks like they could be in. I think, and I may be wrong, that this is why the snowblower can't lift off the ground very far? I'm getting like 3" of lift maybe, so if I need to reverse with the blower "up" it is hitting the ground sometimes. Will moving the pins to the lower positions allow more lift? (I think it will because it seems obvious....). Do I need to shut the PTO off before lifting or lifting that high? Or will the driveshaft be fine?
Second question relates to sway side to side: mine can move maybe 10" or so from side to side if standing behind it. Is this play intentional? Should I attach the blower and then tighten the limiters on the 3pt arms so it is rigid or just has less play? It feels like it sways more than it should.
I'm hoping getting the arms lower on the blower helps keep the blower "flat" and scrape the ground, we got about 10" of light snow but the blower didn't really do a good job of getting even close to the pavement. I suspect this is because the arms pushing on the pins up higher are tilting the blower and messing with it's angle of attack.
Thanks!!! Sorry for the length, I can take pictures if anything isn't clear.