Al L. in Wisc.
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I posted in the help identify area, a picture of a snow blower. This implement has no decal or tag of any kind on it. Could someone help identify the brand and an estimated value? Thanks in advance for any input.
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Anonymous-0
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Looks a lot like the single stage Arps I had in the 70's. It looks like it has been reinforced some though.
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Al L. in Wisc.
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Gary, can you enlighten me on something, am I correct in that the assembly can be reversed so that the blower can be pulled through the snow as well as this way, where the unit is used in reverse? I appreciate your reply.
Anonymous-0
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The assembly at the rear is what makes me somewhat question my I.D., mine would only fit on the 3 pt. one way. The rest of the blower looks very similar. Does the blower look like it was modified at all? The frame on mine where the 3 pt. attached was channel instead of pipe as I remember. I don't remember any blowers that looked like the Arps in N. Iowa where I was in the 70's. Good Luck.
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it looks like a lilliston, i have one that looks like it,but i cant make out on the serial plate where it was made. the hitch can be taken out and reversed to make it a push or pull type.the colours are green for the main part and white for the chute. i bought mine at an auction last summer for $150.00
It is my understanding that the "Arps" blowers could only be mounted to opperate the tractor in reverse. The "Allied" and "Erskine" blowers were convertable so the could be pulled with the tractor going forward. These sere more usable and therefore more valuable.
I have two of the convertable type. Both work great with my Ford 860 with low 1st gear and live PTO.
I have two of the convertable type. Both work great with my Ford 860 with low 1st gear and live PTO.
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Al L. in Wisc.
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The blower hasn't been modified in any way other than the slight dusting of snow falling for more that a day now 
. I appreciate the replies and hope they keep coming so I can get it identified correctly as I have it for sale on this site and don't want to mislead anyone. Hope this other picture will help. Al
. I appreciate the replies and hope they keep coming so I can get it identified correctly as I have it for sale on this site and don't want to mislead anyone. Hope this other picture will help. Al
Anonymous-0
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The blower in the picture looks like a Lely blower I had a few years back. It is reversable.
May not be good news to you if you have a lot of snow to blow, but they do not blow very well. The impeller is not as big in diameter as other V blowers and the clearance to the scroll casing is quite large compared to others. I used to run it with my 540 Cockshutt (35 pto hp). Rev it up well and a lot of snow would still fall behind the left rear tire when blowing left. It will be important to have a tractor which backs up as slow as possible to give the blower time to procees the snow.
I later got an Allied 6ft V blower. It would blow the snow very well and with less power requirements with the 540. I currently have a 6ft Allied single auger blower which worked well behind the 540 and 550 Cocskhutts. This year I am planning to use it behind the 35 Cockshutt as it backs up much slower then the others. It worked vey well when I tried it last year.
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Neil
May not be good news to you if you have a lot of snow to blow, but they do not blow very well. The impeller is not as big in diameter as other V blowers and the clearance to the scroll casing is quite large compared to others. I used to run it with my 540 Cockshutt (35 pto hp). Rev it up well and a lot of snow would still fall behind the left rear tire when blowing left. It will be important to have a tractor which backs up as slow as possible to give the blower time to procees the snow.
I later got an Allied 6ft V blower. It would blow the snow very well and with less power requirements with the 540. I currently have a 6ft Allied single auger blower which worked well behind the 540 and 550 Cocskhutts. This year I am planning to use it behind the 35 Cockshutt as it backs up much slower then the others. It worked vey well when I tried it last year.
Regards
Neil
Anonymous-0
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Al, the distance between the impeller and the scroll cassing is the distance between the circular impeller housing and the impeller blades. The closer that is, the less the snow slips off the impeller before getting blown up the shoot. The setting up of forage blowers for this setting which is adjustable by the impeller blades being able to move in and out was for the blades to pick up a nickel, but leave a dime. Since the lely has no adjustment, I had considered getting some pieces of bar stock welded on the impeller blades when I had it. I traded it instead.
I hope this helpd.
Regards
Neil
I hope this helpd.
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Neil
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