Snow blower on gravel drive?
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Comments (13)Hi Bill, Thanks for your advice. Looking at yout post, you have a 50ft by maybe 30 feet, (10 feet per car) area to clear. So that is about 1,500 square feet. You are looking at about 20 - 30 mins. What is your typical snow depth there? If I have 400 feet by 10. I have maybe 4000 sq feet. So Am I therefore looking at over an hour at a minium. In which case maybe a snow blower is not a way to go. I guess my problem is I am just not sure how long it will take me. Anything under an hour would probablly be managable. Anything over is probablly not going to work. Is there a formula to work out given roughtly X square feet to clear and a snow depth of y inches how long it will take? The Honda claims 71 tons per hour. And I read somewhere that snow weighed like 1 lbs per sq foot inch. So If I get an average 4 inch snow fall, it would take me: 4000 * 4 * 1 / (2000 * 71) = 0.1127 of an hour or about 7 minites. Clearly this incorrect. So what is a better formula? Thanks for your kind help, Mike....See MoreCraftsman Snow Blower - Drive problem
Comments (21)Hey, try this. How often does one answer their own solution. This was frustrating me so much that I got it in the garage turned up the heat jacked the wheels up and tore into it. What I wound up doing was to pull the friction wheel shaft out again and flipping the wheel over, as I was looking at it I saw that the drive wheel was only moving within one side of the flywheel. This only took about an hour and is working like a champ now. It just took a little pondering over and then it hit me, good to use some extra brain cells now and then. If you are having a similar problem well then here is your solution. Good luck...See MoreSnow thrower/blower:
Comments (9)A friend has a Craftsman snow blower/thrower that is in its eigth season. He plows out the street in front of his place, and down to the main road. (He owns that part of his street!) Sounds crazy, i know, but thats the way it is. He took his machine in for its annual service, as defined in the service manual, and which he paid extra for. Sears called and told him this would be his last time on that service and it could not be renewed on that machine! And, they would not sell another service contract on it---period! So, they called and told him it was ready, and he picked it up and took it home. Friday was the first time he needed to use it, so he started it up. Then he found one wheel pin was gonzo! Not having a spare, he had to rassle the machine thru the whole evenings work, it always pulled to the right. Then he found that the big impeller that throws the snow out the chute, was wobbling and not turning like it should. He found the lock bolt that holds it tight to the shaft, was ready to fall out! Now, what does that tell you about Sears, and their service contracts? I have always considered them to be a rip-off, on anything mechanical! And, what do they hire to do the service work, on lawn and garden and snow equipment? I have seen some of their "hires" sitting around at lunch-time, and most of them look so dumb, they couldn't pour pixx out of a boot, if the directions were printed on the heel! I told my friend that i'll do any maintenance work, or repairs, next time! And, it'll be done right--not sloppy!...See MoreReplacement auger drive belt-Simplicity 860 snow blower
Comments (4)Do you have a Briggs and Stratton dealer near you? They now own Simplicity and may be able to help you. Here is a link that might be useful: Oregon OPE parts...See Moregarandman
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