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Old 01-13-2016, 03:37 PM
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Default How far should a 450 be throwing snow?
I have a 450 blower attached to my 1811. I've used it a couple of times over the last couple days and it doesn't seem to throw very far, maybe 6 or 7 feet. My walk behind 26" Ariens that I just sold would throw snow about 20-25 feet at least. Are there different sized pulleys and belts to overdrive the blower?
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Old 01-13-2016, 04:35 PM
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mine on my 2082 will throw maybe 20 to 30 foot depending on how wet it is. my other 450 on the 782D was lame like yours also it helped to take off the last little part of the chute.
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Old 01-14-2016, 12:09 AM
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Should go much farther. How fast are you going? You need to keep it fed to get the best performance. Are the blades on the fan bent up and need straightening?

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Should go much farther. How fast are you going? You need to keep it fed to get the best performance. Are the blades on the fan bent up and need straightening?

Bill
Agreed.

Also, are you sure the belt isn't slipping?
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Old 01-17-2016, 07:29 AM
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I should throw about 8 million feet. (ok, if reasonable dry snow a good 20-30)

Check the belt for slipping as jmech suggests.

Then check the spirol pin that drives the blower vanes (second stage)

Then check the spline between the drive shaft at the blower vanes, sometimes the splines wear.

If its really wet soupy snow/water mix maybe 8 ft, but with decent volume should be more. (btw, you should be running at max throttle, low engine speed might also cause poor performance).

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Old 01-17-2016, 12:27 PM
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I just installed a Trail Tech digital tach to check the RPMs. Part of my problem could be that I swapped a Magnum 18 into my 1211 chassis. The 1211 had a throttle stop plate on the back side of the dash. I'm assuming the M18 can go past that since when I removed the throttle stop I was able to get up to 3400 RPM with the M18. I've read on here that the blower should be run with an engine speed of 3600. It just seems like the M18 is screaming now at 3400 RPM. Maybe because I was only running it around 2800 before.
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3600 RPM is the correct high idle no-load. I like to set mine about 50RPM higher than that. I like to see 3600 on a tach with the deck on.
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