New to me snow thrower

[ab147]

I bought 2 149's last spring, one's a parts tractor the other a runner with a deck and snow thrower. I have an f350 with a plow that I use here at home because the farm field across the road sends all its snow into my driveway. anyway I hooked up the thrower on the 149 acouple of months ago, and haven't got a chance to really use it as our winter here in michigan has been non existant. We got hit last night with a good snow, and high winds and ended up with a 4-5ft drift in our drive way. I'm on cloud nine. I went out this morning and got the 149 going, and attacked the drifts only to have the blower throw snow all over the front of itseslf and block the snow from coming out of the chute. After looking at the owners manual here on OCC I notice that I don't have a deflector guard. Is this necessary? Before it plugs up it throws snow pretty good. The faster I drove the tractor the better it worked, I thought it would be just the opposite. But it would still plug the chute. Maybe I need more rpm's out of the engine, would this help? Thanks for any and all comments.

[_DX3_]

You should always have the engine running at max RPM's.
Some pictures of your Cub and blower would be good to see.

[Matt G.]

The engine needs to be running at 3600 rpm, the belt needs to be tight, and the chute needs to be rust-free. Graphite paint helps a lot. The chute angle should be set about halfway between the two extremes. Also, you must vary your forward speed such that the engine is just tugging on the governor; any faster or slower than that and you won't throw snow as far. In a 4' drift you will probably just be crawling along.

[Jeff in Pa]

Full RPM and keeping the auger loaded will make a single stage thrower work the best.

I spray my chute with generic PAM cooking spray.

Works for me

[cmatthew]

wet n heavy or dry n light snow are two totally different beast also. working with varying speeds and whether your using the whole or half width of the auger will make the difference too. seat time in the snow is the best remedy. drifts are pretty packed so it will be slow goin. have fun

[4SPEED]

get a blade,,, you'll get a lot less snow in your face that way.

[PaulS]

4speed I agree to a point but he is talking drifts and in my experience a blade can only shove so much snow till there is no place to shove it. A proper working blower or thrower will actually move more snow out of the way albiet at a slower pace.

[ab147]

I hope we get more snow for more seat time, I'm going to increase the rpm's, clean out the chute because it's got some rust on it, then hope that I can get some distance like Jeff in Pa is showing in his avatar.

4speed, Love your other hobby, just sold a 79 like yours last summer, it had black int. auto trans. 400. Only car I have left is a 73 4-4-2 clone. Big block 4 speed.

[darkminion_17]

You have to run these single stage to the Max 3600 rpm.A tight belt, clean auger and chute,and a can of Pam did it for me.

[ACecil]

Great vid, Lew! I enjoyed it.