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Post by Davey Cracker Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:54 pm

I'm wondering if your Blower is direct driven threw a flex coupler, or is it belt driven??....if belt is it 1:1 ratio?   cyclops 

My TM was designed and has always been direct driven using a Love Joy type flex coupler.........but I plan to soon convert to belt driven, so I can run the blower at max+ 3600 RPM to increase CFM, without having to run the engine more than 3k RPM.  wink 
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Post by dp1 Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:12 pm

Belt and I have no clue what rpm it's running, that ain't my department, lol.
Btw the deep green spotter got here today, you busy tomorrow or thursday ?
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Post by Davey Cracker Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:39 pm

Busy tom, but maybe thur...lets play it by ear.  wink 

DP, when you have a chance would you mind taking a pic of your belt driven setup and text it to me or post here?
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Post by Fuzzsucker Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:52 am

Davey what size blower and motor are u running?
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Post by Davey Cracker Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:00 am

36 Roots and a 25 hp Kohler
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Post by CleanTech Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:39 am

3 belts
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@ 2000rpm
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Post by Fuzzsucker Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:56 pm

You shouldn't have trouble speeding that up with that hp. I know folks running those at 4000 rpm. I'm sure it shortens the life of the blower but if u stay on top of greasing it and changing the oil you can get some pretty good performance out of those little blowers.
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Post by Davey Cracker Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:13 pm

Fuzzsucker wrote:You shouldn't have trouble speeding that up with that hp. I know folks running those at 4000 rpm. I'm sure it shortens the life of the blower but if u stay on top of greasing it and changing the oil you can get some pretty good performance out of those little blowers.

Exactly, that's why when I just replaced my old 20 hp eng I upgraded to the 25 hp Kohler.....I wanted enuf power to spin a larger blower down the road, but for now I think I'm just going to do some white trash engineering and fab work, to make an offset pulley/belt system to be able to spin blower at 36-3800 RPM while still being able to run the Kohler at 2800-3000 RPM, to save premature wear n tear on it.  wink 
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Post by dp1 Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:16 pm

Davey Cracker wrote:Busy tom, but maybe thur...lets play it by ear.  wink 

DP, when you have a chance would you mind taking a pic of your belt driven setup and text it to me or post here?

Ok, no problem :-)
And no I don't mind, just have to find the time to do it, it's pretty dark in there so I have to find my spot light and find time to do it, a little busy now with work and packing up and write bills to be out by this weekend and such :-)
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Post by Davey Cracker Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:33 pm

Ok No Prob Man, I understand busy............just when you have a chance, or maybe if you drive your van when we met up in the next couple days, maybe I can just look at it??  Smile 
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