Snow is coming!

[edale]

Yeah, I need to find some wheel weights too. I have a bunch of old jack hammer bits that weigh 5lbs each that I'm going to build a rack for off the back of the tractor. I have twenty of them which will give me 100 extra pounds, but I'd rather have the extra weight hanging on my wheels and not on the axles and bearings. Any one in the Spokane area got a few extra wheel weights they might be willing to sell?

-everett

 

[agitch]

Speaking of snow coming, i got the 782 ready for snow duty today. Can't wait to use hyd angle for the first time.

 

[edale]

Nice Tires on that cub!

-everettdale

 

[bjroth]

Ok I have qa42a I am putting on a cub cadet 1440 the lift bracket is stopping the blower from reaching the ground and my belt to pto keeps twisting any thoughts

 

[aschumacher]

Brian, strange no one answered up yet, but there were special curved lift arms for certain tractors to fit over the front end. If no answer soon e-mail Charlie or Kraig for help.

 

[snicklas]

Brian and Allen,

That is correct, for the later tractors, the IH 82 Series and the CCC ones (The spread frame tractors) there are curved top bars to allow the thrower to raise and lower in a straight line. The slanted \ grill, with the standard straight links, when it lifts the thrower it rocks back toward the hood. With the point on those hoods, the chute will hit the hood. The curved top links keep the chute farther away from the hood.

Dad has a QA36A with the straight links, and I have a QA42A with the Curved links. Both mounted a wideframe (His a 149, mine on a 1650) with his in the raised position, the chute almost hits the point on the hood, mine I can still open the hood.....

Here is a picture of mine, with the curved links.....

 

[bjroth]

Ok thanks for the info on the curved bars but the second issue and the major one is the belt keeps twisting and being ruined seems my pto pully is on the tractor(1440)is on a slight angle and the blower is stright up and down how do I fix this issue.

 

[mgonitzke]

Brian-

I have had the same problem with my QA36A on my 782. The engine on the 82 series on up, including your 1440, is tilted front end up about 2.5 degrees. I solved this by making new spacers for the sliding gearbox mount on the thrower and adding some washers to tilt the gearbox plate to match. This solved all of my belt issues. I thought I had a picture I had taken that illustrates this, but I can't find it.

 

[bjroth]

Ok yeah it's almost 3 degrees so we spacerd it out to I believe 7/8 on the top and almost a inch on the bottom of the slide plate. The adjustable pulley tentionior no longer fits but we are going to try to bolt a extention on using the same hole and dad is going to visit his machine shop friends and have them make the spacers and the slide spacers all one piece. This was the only solution we can think of. Other than taking and cutting the middle plate were the two bolt together and welding that at the 3 degrees. Then spacer it out so the pulleys lined up.