Lucke Snowblower problems

[MTB]

Anyone have any tips or tricks for getting a 7ft single stage Lucke snowblower to work on a JD 4020. I just purchase one and the snow from light drifts barely makes it out of the shoot and heavy snow drops right next to the blower at best. I can"t believe they still are selling these if they all work this poorly.

 

[justanothercase]

has it got a 540 shaft that is supposed to be 1000 instead. sounds like it doesnt spin fast enough. maybe someone who knows these machines will post.

 

[MTB]

1000 PTO on the tractor and blower.

 

[buickanddeere]

Lucke or Lucknow?

 

[MTB]

Lucke
www.luckemanufacturing.com

 

[CHRISCO]

speed and water content. light dry snow will blow better than wet heavy slush. the reason they are still selling a single stage in ND and SD IT GETS COLD!! And they just wait until the snow drys out. May be you are going to fast in a heaver snow. Beacuse most tractors have too fast of a revers for the blower to take. The best 2 tractors I had to blow snow with were IH HYDROS

 

[Bob]

Simple... if you want to simply paddle the snow out of the spout and drop it beside the blower, a one-stage is GREAT.

If you want to knock the snot out of the snow and re-locate it you need a 2-stage.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Did you read their website? Maybe you've got a sheared keyway/shear bolt or something that's causing the auger to not spin properly. They also say they tested a 2 stage blower but their single stage worked better other than not throwing light snow as far. It sure looks like they work in the pictures. Reist Industries also makes a single stage blower and says it takes 20% less power to run it. People that automatically assume a single stage won't work have probably never used one. Dave

 

[Shetland Sheepdog]

www.luckemanufacturing.com

 

[Bob]

Not true in my case.

I have a Hinicker, and while it's better than NOTHING a 2-stage will blow circles around it!