Switching a 2182 from mower to snowblower
 

Hey guys, I just purchased a 2182 that came with a 60" mower deck and either a 450 or 451(I believe) snowblower attachment. I have zero experience changing over from the mower to the snowblower. I read the manual that you guys have on the forum, but am still confused. Is there some kind of video that anyone knows of that shows the process of changing over from deck to blower? Forgive me for my inexperience, I've been clearing snow with an 8N and a 6ft blade for the past several years.

Only advice I have is watch your fingers getting that thing hooked on the front. I had a 551 that was a pain to get on and off. That mule drive assembly is always wanting to shift while getting things lined up to get it clicked in, and you could shorten your fingers pretty quickly.

Also, don't ram it into anything hard your you'll turn your lift rod into a horseshoe.

That's all I have for advice... :biggrin2:

I sold that one and switched to a 364 which is much easier to put on, and it hasn't snowed since!

The snow blower Manual will help, I think You can download one Here.
Providing your blower is set up for a Super Garden Tractor already, it will be pretty easy to mount.

I had to convert the 450 to be used on my 2182, as I got it for free from my neighbor, who had it on a 1541 standard Garden tractor.

These are the steps I followed:

Put the snow blower belt on the PTO 1st (You may need to unplug the PTO 1st but if you removed the deck and under carriage, you have probably already unplugged the PTO.)

Re-plug the PTO after the PTO belt is mounted

Slide blower frame on Frank-Stein Bolts

Bolt the blower frame to the front of the tractor frame.

Mount the lift bar. To the blower frame and tractor lift

Raise the blower and slide the belt on the blower drive sheave.

Lower blower

Flip the spring lever forward.

Ready to blow snow!

You may need to adjust the lift bar to raise the blower's height where you want it.

I would also just lube all grease fittings as well. I think the manual says 8 pumps to the gear box.

I haven't used my 450 blower in about 2 years. I have a rear Blade mounted on my 2182 3-point (3-point converted to limited Cat 1). Furthermore, I have other blower and thrower tractors. So I just use the 2182 for pulling snow away from garage doors, then use the loader-mounted blade on My John Deere 2025R compact or the 47-inch blower on my John Deere X748 to do the rest of the snow removal. :ThumbsUp:

Nice write up. One note, try to do it on level ground, it makes it much easier. Mine went right on the 1811 but fought a little on the 1862 (where it now lives forever :D ).

I also found that using a floor jack to lift it up to the frankinstein bolts really helps and takes some of the struggle out of the process also it frees up your hands to guide the back bar onto the round cross bar while you slide everything in place.