Removed the loader and stuck the blower on. A few issues came up.
It is really easy to remove the loader.
The hose retention loop for the blower that goes on the frame above the front axle gets to stay there. I can’t see why I would need to remove it.
The hydraulic hoses for the blower are color coded. So is the loader, and the tractor. The blower doesn’t match, however. Black, red, blue and green on the tractor. Blue, orange, yellow, and green on the blower. Took some trial and error there. At least one color matched up.
The chute rotate was getting hung up when turning right, in the middle of it’s arc. After several tries, I saw shards of black plastic come out. Remove chute, remove remnants of plastic bag it probably shipped in, and we’re good to go.
The test run went well. There is not much vibration running the blower empty, at idle up to full throttle. The clearance between the impeller and the blower housing is very tight all around. It should blow well.
I removed the blower and put the loader back on. It started to snow 10 minutes later.
I am considering using one of the mounting bars for the manual chute rotate crank rod for mounting the joystick electrical switch for the linear actuator that will control the spout deflector.