4640 Snowblower

[Anonymous-0]

I have been looking at snowblowers for our 4640. I looked at a Buhler, both a 8ft and 9ft. The 8ft weight is 1243 lbs and the 9ft is 2398 lbs. I am asking which one you guys would go with. Certainly the 9ft is alot heavier and built stronger. Thanks

 

[tim s]

Heaveyer is probably better, be "sure" it's 1000 RPM. I ran a 540 rpm on a 4630 with an adaptor years ago,it worked the crap out of it, I was spinning it twice as fast as it was meant to go, but it would realy wing the snow....

 

[buickanddeere]

99 times out of 100 the tractor reverse is too fast,the snow too deep. The blower can not move the snow away faster than the augers can bring it in. And the blower is pushing a wall of unblown snow with the augers.
Go with a narrow blower using a very high capacity blower.
1000rpm on a 540 rpm blower isn't going to make the fan fail from centrifugal force. It will however hog a lot of power as it blasts vast amounts of snow over long distances.
The augers should be given a smaller dia drive sprocket if running a 540rpm blower at 1000rpm. No need to wail them overspeeded. It's counter productive.

 

[bilonthefarm]

Going to depend on what you are wanting to do with it. Here in central IL we dont get a huge amount of snow.

This old lucknow blower does 90 percent of the snowblowing we do. Cleans out the barn lots, bins sites, around the cattle barns, and alot of driveways around the neighborhood. Its 8 1/2 feet light and does a real nice clean job. It will work a 130hp tractor hard untill you shear the pins.

Now this is a different deal. It is 8ft wide, heavy has a 250 hp gearbox, will take anything you throw at it, doesnt do a very clean job but is the kind of thing you can back into a 5 foot snowdrift of frozen snow or open a road so you can get yourself out. If you dont plan on moving alot of snow I would just got with the smaller one but if you really need a blower, bigger is better.
bill

 

[Anonymous-0]

We have a Buhler 9 footer for our 4955. It works great. I don't think you'd regret it.

 

[4430jd]

8 foot Ber=Vac does a real nice job

 

[buickanddeere]

I see you still have that Lucknow snowblower. It was shipped a long way from the factory to your place. They are still making them new. I drive past the factory regularly.