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Adjusting wheel width to fit snowblower?

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Rod in S.F. Ont

11-10-2004 18:04:31




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I bought a Lucknow snowblower to go with my new 1960's MF35 diesel. With a 61" snowblower and 66" rear track and a new owner's manual, I have gotten the inevitable idea: make the wheels narrower to fit the blower!

Has anyone done this? -do the fenders still fit, or are they adjustable?
-will tire chains work, if needed?
-would I be able to con the tire guy into changing both wheels if I buy a new back tire?

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Hugh MacKay

11-12-2004 02:51:34




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 Re: Adjusting wheel width to fit snowblower? in reply to Rod in S.F. Ontario, Cana, 11-10-2004 18:04:31  
Rod: With a MF 35 it will depend what tire equipment your tractor is fitted with. There was quite a variation in tire sizes. The most common was 11.2 or 12.4 by 28. Some 35s came with a real wide 24" tire. If you have the narrow tires, shouldn't be a problem getting to 60" outside and still use chains. You will never do it if you have those wide 24" tires. I don't remember the exact size of the 24" but they must have been 16 to 18 inches wide.

These guys wanting to put funnel on snowblower, obviously never got into too much wet snow

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Rod in S.F. Ontario, Cana

11-12-2004 13:29:41




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 Re: Adjusting wheel width to fit snowblower? in reply to Hugh MacKay, 11-12-2004 02:51:34  
The tires are 13.6 X 28's, and I don't think there is a lot of clearance. With the snowblower on from the driver's seat there appears to be about 1 1/2" between the wheel treads and the foremost corners of the angle iron which supports the pins. Similarly, I'd be surprised if the tires could go in two inches without tire-chain contact problems.

Now the blower is fitted with inside pins and outside ones, (Category I and II?)and I had it on the inside ones because they were easier to fit. Perhaps on the outside ones there will be more clearance next to the tires.

I also have a Ferguson TEA20 with nearly new 12.4 X 28's, but I think a switch might be a bit silly until I've tried the FE-35 the way it is.

BTW: the tire chains are for an IH 414. I'm guessing that the 414's tires were about 13.6 X 28, though I haven't been able to find a listing to tell for sure. Anyone know?

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Hugh MacKay

11-12-2004 17:57:33




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 Re: Adjusting wheel width to fit snowblower? in reply to Rod in S.F. Ontario, Cana, 11-12-2004 13:29:41  
Rod: There has to be a way around this. Do you have a manual for the tractor. I'm thinking those fenders may have two positions for mounting. You look the fender mount over closely. I'm not right up on MF 35 but most tractors have that, probably about 4" move in for each fender. Problem is once you move them in, it makes the operators space more crowded. The 414 IH probably uses the same tire or close enough the chains will work. You may need to add or remove a link or a few. Not hard to do, side and cross chain are readily available.

On 3 point adjustments you probably need to look at both snow blower and tractor manual.

Where is S.F. Ontario. I guess I'm just trying to figure what S.F. stands for. I'm in Strathroy. I only moved here 3 years ago, and don't intend to die until I've seen every sideroad. You may be on one of the roads I haven't seen yet.

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Rod Croskery in Smiths Fa

11-12-2004 18:12:26




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 Re: Adjusting wheel width to fit snowblower? in reply to Hugh MacKay, 11-12-2004 17:57:33  
Smiths Falls. I used this I.D. once a few years ago and forgot the password, so I had to use S.F. Sorry.



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Hugh MacKay

11-12-2004 18:51:23




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 Re: Adjusting wheel width to fit snowblower? in reply to Rod Croskery in Smiths Fa, 11-12-2004 18:12:26  
Rod: I should have guessed that one as I am quite aware of the name Smith Falls. Cant remember exactly where S.F. is, but off hand without looking at map, I'd say north east of Toronto.



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Dale

11-10-2004 20:08:36




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 Re: Adjusting wheel width to fit snowblower? in reply to Rod in S.F. Ontario, Cana, 11-10-2004 18:04:31  
Why? That's way too much trouble to go to over 5". If it bothers you that much, weld some plate on the mouth of the snowblower to make a 3" funnel on each side and cover the tracks.



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Dale

11-10-2004 20:06:05




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 Re: Adjusting wheel width to fit snowblower? in reply to Rod in S.F. Ontario, Cana, 11-10-2004 18:04:31  
Why? That's way too much trouble to go to over 5". If it bothers you that much, weld some plate on the mouth of the snowblower to make a 3" funnel on each side and cover the tracks.



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