Blower Chute Clogging

[Badmouser]

Any advice on dealing with clogging?

 

[Iowan]

Are you running at correct pto rpm and is this very wet snow?

 

[eserv]

Any advice on dealing with clogging?

Spray cooking oil on the inside of your chute. It'll help immensely !

 

[bearbait]

Spray cooking oil on the inside of your chute. It'll help immensely !

Good advice...wet snow really sucks. Go a little slower and keep her turned up.

 

[Eric McCarthy]

I was thinking the same thing. A can of PAM non-stick cooking spray.

 

[Badmouser]

Are you running at correct pto rpm and is this very wet snow?

It is wet - first year with it so I do not know the correct RPM. What would it be?

 

[Iowan]

Your engine rpm for your pto rmp is in your tractor operator's manual if you have one.

 

[300zx]

Besides spraying my chute with Pam, I pull the tractor and blower outside and let it reach the outside temperature before I start. A warm chute will build up ice and clog.

John in VA

 

[svon89]

Not with a compact, but rather a single stage garden tractor, I had good luck with a product called slip plate. It came in a spray can and it was a graphite spray and worked very well.

 

[bearbait]

It is wet - first year with it so I do not know the correct RPM. What would it be?

I believe your rpm should be 2550 for the pto. Should be marked on your speedo.

 

[Piker]

I had a Bervac on my 1980 B7100 & at 540 RPM it worked like crap! The 2nd stage had only 3 blades on the impeller vs. 4, & they might have been worn down at the tips. To really throw snow I used the 2nd PTO speed (750,800 RPM?), & it worked great. Only downside was at that PTO speed, I had to release the clutch easily - If clutch engaged too quickly it would snap the shear pin. My buddy (who I bought the tractor from) had the same blower & uses it on his newer Kioti @ 540 RPM - same deal, works poor.

 

[bearbait]

I had a Bervac on my 1980 B7100 & at 540 RPM it worked like crap! The 2nd stage had only 3 blades on the impeller vs. 4, & they might have been worn down at the tips. To really throw snow I used the 2nd PTO speed (750,800 RPM?), & it worked great. Only downside was at that PTO speed, I had to release the clutch easily - If clutch engaged too quickly it would snap the shear pin. My buddy (who I bought the tractor from) had the same blower & uses it on his newer Kioti @ 540 RPM - same deal, works poor.

That's really getting up there on the rpm's. With my L3800 @ 540 it has no problem throwing snow. Maybe just the blower? Also when you ingage the pto I keep my tractor at an idle and then after it's ingaged I turn up the rpm's...never had a problem with shear pins.

 

[gssixgun]

Walmart has a Spray Silicone, very cheap in the red and white can, this stuff works great for keeping the slush flying... I spray down into the chute as the tractor is warming up.

 

[kubotasan]

Any tractor supply store will have a spray-on material that is non-stick. I believe I found mine in the same aisle as the paint, and with that stuff, I don't have to re-apply each time. Once a season is enough. I believe it comes in a green can....