I'm sure there's some logic there but they seem to plug up pretty easily , especially in wetter snows.. Many of the older Craftsman / MTD brands were like that.
Most newer ones are round that I've seen.
Blowing snow with the PK and the Case snowcaster
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Most newer ones are round that I've seen.
Well I have to admit that I have not checked out new blowers for a few years so they may have gone back to round
I’ve heard of that adjustment Gary, on the Case throwers. Moving the auger closer to the bucket. Can’t see it doing any thing. My John Deere thrower is built basically the same as the Case throwers. No adjustment to move the auger back or ahead on it. It’s got a 6” chute opening and it throws good.
Noel
Noel
I think it improves the effectiveness of the auger and of course it will move the blower paddles closer to the bucket
Got to be some reasoning that the manufacturers keep a distance on the paddles. Maybe because of stones getting jammed and constantly breaking share bolts (and worse) would be my guess.
Gives the buried Pogo stick room to tightly wrap around the auger. As me how I know!
Yep Noel, I was looking thru the case manuals and that's all I found, it must have been a posting somewhere that I read that so I'm putting it in the rubber paddles category
As far as I know there is no shear pins in a Case thrower. But there is in the John Deere thrower.
Noel
Had the PK and snowcaster out this afternoon to clear the snow from between a couple of trailers and to the shop LP tank, it was at least 10 to 12" deep and the bottom couple of inches was wet and sticky and heavy boy did that make the 14 hp grunt could really use a couple more horses, and the snow was really flying got it done more I use it the more I like it
a 361????? Lol... Noel your sucker for punishment.... good luck finding a 361 where the valve seats havent already fallen out... those are ticking bombs and many never servived their first 10 years of service. I think Kohler gave up on them after just two years of production.
Hi Noel I have a running K341 sitting in the shop it would be a drop in replacement but I'm not overly ambitious you maybe we won't get much more snow this winter
now your all thinking he's delusional also
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Lance my 1618 PK has a K361 in it and it runs perfect 990+ hours on it never been opened dons't use a drop of oil between 25 hr oil changes, But every fall/winter I remove the cylinder head cooling tins and clean them and the cylinder fins make sure there's no oil leaks and the head bolts are tight, I'm also well aware of the problems with the engine and it was a short production run
Yah right! Something must have changed over night.
ya well... if you have a running 361 I strongly recommend you replace the head with a modern billet head before bits and pieces of the oem head start breaking off and falling into the cylinder ruining the walls and piston... and in the end the block itself because they dont have much room to rebore.... they are now 40+ yrs old... its not IF... but WHEN. The valve seats will come loose, the head will be damaged, and it was the reason Kohler ended them after such short production... but hey, good luck with it.