My snowcaster needs some TLC

[Jancoe]

What can you guys get away with up your way? I think this is pretty neat. I'd like to do this behind my house.

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[Eugen]

What can you guys get away with up your way? I think this is pretty neat. I'd like to do this behind my house.

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Unfortunately doesn't work for me, our township doesn't allow these containers in our village

well, I'm not complaining actually. It is what it is, I work with what I have, all good.

[DavidBarkey]

Just wondering about your building there Eugen. I’d like to get some thing like that. But a little smaller to house a couple on tractors to give me some space in my garage. How do they handle high winds. ? Is my main question.

Noel

Noel , ever thought about a sea can ? a 20 footer would work good for you .

No Dave. Never thought of that. There are lots who use them around here.

Noel.

They come with lockable double doors and you can add more . Can withstand way more Mother Nature can through at it than a wood structure . Not what they go for out there , but around here they go for about the same as one of the high end covers like the farmers use for animal shelters .
Me I have an 40' insulated semi trailer with the axles removed . sitting on peir blocks . Double doors in the back like normal and put a roll up door in the side near the front . And still have stuff in 2 more coverals and even more stuff getting covered in $%^&*( .

[Eugen]

With the new chain on it was time to test it. Sounds like the auger touches somewhere. Will have a look tomorrow.




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[propane1]

What can you guys get away with up your way? I think this is pretty neat. I'd like to do this behind my house.

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That’s a neat set up. I’ve seen them here, same set up but with a round metal roof. Lot more height in the middle. So large vehicles can park under it.

Noel

[Eugen]

Went out to test the snow caster, bummer. What was I thinking with summer tires, no chains, no weight. cleaned the snow with the walk behind (which mysteriously just started working again). I guess the AG tires from the 644 + weights will do. Well, another day another time, now the job needs me. We need more robots.

[propane1]

The water on the friction disk must have dried up Eugen. Mysteriously.


Noel.

[Eugen]

The water on the friction disk must have dried up Eugen. Mysteriously.


Noel.

Mysterious to me Noel.


Put the combine weights on the 444 with the snow caster and tested it a little tonight. It's moving and blowing. This tractor is so strong. I'll shoot a video one of these days to show the snow caster in action.

[ras101]

Hi, so I found out my spirol pin was missing from my J84 snow caster!!! seems that over a couple of years it had worked its way out rather than sheared! Just so everyone is up to date we are talking about the pin holding the belt pulley to jack shaft (a 1/4x 1.5 inch) . Unlike a spiral pin the spirol pin has a very high shear strength. So my pin was just missing! The jack shaft and pulley was replaced about 2 years with the latest 19 tooth version. As this happened during a snow storm of very wet snow I just sidelined the GT and got my back up out. As I intend to refurb my caster this year I just left even the analysis till later and more temperate climate originally expecting a sheared pin and all the issues that that brings.. Got to look at the weekend and found the missing pin that frankly made life a lot easier. So I sized the pin (1/4x 1.5") and started looking. Finally ordered from Zoro a pack of 10 (sorry case suppliers). Because I want to refurb the caster this year and that the Case is now the back up I will use a 1/4 bolt as my new pin.

[Eugen]

Ray, if you use a nylon lock nut and a bolt that has a long non threaded shaft, you may find never a good reason to replace it with a spirol pin. Keep the change of Mr Dave's 2c