Got to have a little fun toda

[Keith R 25]

I’m absolutely loving the 520hc with the 2 stage!

[ebinmaine 76,185]

Niiiiice

[Handy Don 15,409]

43 minutes ago, Keith R said:

I’m absolutely loving the 520hc with the 2 stage!

As long as the chute is pointed downwind! 

[WHX?? 53,522]

Gotta tell ya Keith my first blower was a short chute single on a 520. Had a blast with it & thought I gotta get me a deuce. Really let her fly with one of those.

So I found one for short money that was missing alot of parts but found those with the help of the guys here.  

DId all the mods... rubber paddle extensions, center support, ball bearings on the auger. Lotta fun stuffing it in a big drift and hearing that Onan get on the governor and the belt squealing.  

 

After a couple of years with little to no snow and no use for it. I got a 520 with a tall single and all the goodies. Electric chute, lights, cab wiper...actually did a nicer job than a big heavy deuce. 

 

This year lots of snow so out came the the old deuce ... reset up for off road use with double link v bar chains heavy duty skids & just a ton of weight. Let the good times roll ... again!

Out to the wood lot and deer pasture. Don't tell The Pullstart but I actually try and get it stuck. 

Edited 11 hours ago by WHX??

[JoeM 9,347]

5 hours ago, WHX?? said:

just a ton of weight.

Uncle Jim are those cast concrete or steel impregnated weights? Pretty custom tho

[sqrlgtr 1,604]

@WHX?? inquiring minds would like some info on them weights

[Keith R 25]

24 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

@WHX?? inquiring minds would like some info on them weights

Second that.

[ri702bill 10,816]

13 minutes ago, Keith R said:

Second that.

Make it three... Those are some serious weights - and without a guide stud, look to be a total PITA to install!

[sqrlgtr 1,604]

May have to send @Achto to wakey wakey Jim up.

[peter lena 9,608]

@ keith r  , get some  chain and cable lube on that auger  chain set up , like  NAPA  , MACS  CJAIN AND cable  AEROSOL , might also  get some on the blower  CHUTE BASE , related  movement areas . make the rust run out , pete

[Keith R 25]

Thanks Peter I’ll get on that.

[WHX?? 53,522]

They are solid concrete I think. I have no idea where they came from or what they weight & I ain't got the stones to take one off and weigh it.  I think they came on a tractor maybe a 520 that parted out??? Have to go back and look at pics of new to tractors that would joggle my brain. 

Not to hard to install. Used a floor jack to get them up then just shoved in the rim and used a big chain wrench to turn them to line things up. 

 

No markings on them whatsoever. Possibly homemade?? Someone took a belled end of concrete or pvc drain pipe or some other type of mold and poured them full? Only thing I can think of. No idea what he would have used for a release agent??? 

 

If I ever gotta put them on another tractor I'll kife the old lady's bathroom scale and weigh them ... if she ain't got the scale needle ripped off ... good thing she doesn't read this ...  

Should swap them on the FEL but with the sand around here all she'll do is dig in.