Please help

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by hogfly

alright jonathan you are quick to trash sombody @#$% i dont have a link or pic waiting for it myself talked to dave the owner of mccoys equiment franklin pa. claims he has a machine shop that custom makes a lift arm that replaces both deck lift arm and blower lift arm 1 hole 1 pin no need to ever change arm 95.00 shipped i will have to call him again in am. as soon as i get it i will post pics if this is true it would be the best thing since sliced bread call him (814-432-5323) let me know your thoughts on it thanks guys.

Ummm.... I wasn't trash talking. All I said was I have no idea what you are talking about. I'm sorry but I still don't. Sounds like this guy you are talking to is making something special. If you think it will work, then buy it. But without a pic, then we really can't help you. I fail to see what the problem is with the original style arm. They work fine, and you install it when you put the blower on, take it off when you remove the blower. It's only in the way if you put a mower deck on. I'm not sure if what on the cyclops machines you can't leave it on all the time. On the older machines, it hits the deck. I suggest you stay with the original design, and buy the one from extrememotorworks. We know it works.

[hogfly]

ok first of all sorry to jonathan i understand why you want pics and links never heard back about special bracket just got it from extreme works great waited for snow got 8" the cub 1863 would not go 3' stuck real wet snow did not even get to check it out i got a new to me 451 that jmech hooked me up with i have wheel weight kit 190-370-100 75 lb. weight kit knew i should have had chains but tryed it anyway bad mistake ordered extra heavy 2 link chains from tirechains.com i am sure it will help but should i consider ballast also thanks in advance kenny

[PGHsteelworker]

Either go with one from Extreme or have one made out of 3/4 inch flat bar because the cast ones from cub cadet can and will break. I've broken 2 cast ones pushing snow so I made one out of 1 inch flat bar and no more problems.

[gdheck]

PGHsteelworker,
Could we see a bigger picture of that drawing please?
Thanks,
Geoffrey

[jimbob200521]

Guys, I think the bracket he is talking about is something like this (excuse the crude drawing). I've wondered why someone hasn't made one before but never did much looking into it. It's a single bracket to replace two; it replaces the blade lift bracket that rises above the foot rests and the snow blower lift bracket that drops below the foot rests with a single piece. This is where I believe the "one hole and one pin" statement comes from. If there is someone out there that makes one, I'd love to see a pic and if it's good quality I'd definitely be in for one.

[jimbob200521]

I'm not sure if this will help or hurt peoples confusion but I found pics of both the brackets separate, and did a professional Photoshop mesh of the two for a simulated look of what he's talking about

[Shrewcub]

Originally Posted by jimbob200521

Guys, I think the bracket he is talking about is something like this (excuse the crude drawing). I've wondered why someone hasn't made one before but never did much looking into it. It's a single bracket to replace two; it replaces the blade lift bracket that rises above the foot rests and the snow blower lift bracket that drops below the foot rests with a single piece. This is where I believe the "one hole and one pin" statement comes from. If there is someone out there that makes one, I'd love to see a pic and if it's good quality I'd definitely be in for one.

I purchased a blower lift bracket from Xtreme. The way I saw it was, I wouldn't be able to make it in less that the hour that my $90 was worth! Plus the tools to make something of that quality!

I also bought a NOS blade lift arm only because the seller on epay dropped his price by $20 a few days ago. I don't have a need for it at the moment, but who knows what the future will hold!

Maybe you should drop Aaron a line.He doesn't offer the blade lift. He could kill 2 birds with 1 stone. I would do $125 on that piece!
Edit: don't forget to incorporate the height indicator like the OEM blade arm!

[Shrewcub]

Originally Posted by jimbob200521

I'm not sure if this will help or hurt peoples confusion but I found pics of both the brackets separate, and did a professional Photoshop mesh of the two for a simulated look of what he's talking about

I didn't see this one before I edited my last post.

Send Xtreme an email after you send one the the patent office!

[jimbob200521]

Originally Posted by Shrewcub

I didn't see this one before I edited my last post.

Send Xtreme an email after you send one the the patent office!

Originally Posted by Shrewcub

I purchased a blower lift bracket from Xtreme. The way I saw it was, I wouldn't be able to make it in less that the hour that my $90 was worth! Plus the tools to make something of that quality!

I also bought a NOS blade lift arm only because the seller on epay dropped his price by $20 a few days ago. I don't have a need for it at the moment, but who knows what the future will hold!

Maybe you should drop Aaron a line.He doesn't offer the blade lift. He could kill 2 birds with 1 stone. I would do $125 on that piece!
Edit: don't forget to incorporate the height indicator like the OEM blade arm!

Who knows if it'll go anywhere but email sent to Aaron

If I had the tools/time, I'd just make it myself

[Shrewcub]

I laid the NOS blade bracket on the xtrememotorworks blower bracket and this is what it looks like.

Edit: I have the blower bracket flipped the wrong way. Edit: or maybe not?