450 blower question

[John Wheeler]

Will this work on a 1450 and does it look like everything is here?

 

[digger]

Will this work on a 1450 and does it look like everything is here?

The PTO pulley is to small, that one takes 5/8" belts and the 1450 is set up for 1/2", UNLESS you change oout the PTO to the new style. That one pushes to lift instead of pulling to lift, plus a few other things. The biggest thing is H.P., 14 just ain't gonna cut it unless your blowing 2" deep snow.

 

[Jay Fetters]

A couple years ago, I had the same question, except on my 1650, and digger told me the same thing. I saw his point about hp, but decided to try it out anyways. I should've just listened to him and saved myself some work. My 16hp kohler didn't have the ponies to spin that blower in 6 inches of snow, and I highly doubt a 14 horse would in 3-4 inches. Not to mention I could hardly turn the steering wheel. I don't know the exact weights of the 450/1 snow blowers or the qa42 blowers, but I'd guess the 450 is almost twice as heavy, at least it feels that way when your muscling it around.

 

[John Wheeler]

A couple years ago, I had the same question, except on my 1650, and digger told me the same thing. I saw his point about hp, but decided to try it out anyways. I should've just listened to him and saved myself some work. My 16hp kohler didn't have the ponies to spin that blower in 6 inches of snow, and I highly doubt a 14 horse would in 3-4 inches. Not to mention I could hardly turn the steering wheel. I don't know the exact weights of the 450/1 snow blowers or the qa42 blowers, but I'd guess the 450 is almost twice as heavy, at least it feels that way when your muscling it around.

Thank you for this info and for saving me time and money. Looks like it’s a speed up pulley for my QA-42A is the way to go.