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I am into my spring vacuum cart project and need some info
from anyone who uses one.
I am going to mount the blower and engine on the cart rather
than the tractor. I believe the tractor mount would have been
a cleaner setup but decided the ease of getting rid of the whole
cart and blower in one easy step was too good to give up.
I purchased the blower to deck hose adapter (funnel) and the
deck discharge to hose adapter from Agi-Fab’s online parts store.
Both their 5Hp and 8Hp setups use these parts. These pieces use
a 6” hose to connect the deck to the blower. I will be using a new
but damaged 8Hp MTD blower that I got on e-bay.
My questions are:
1) Does anyone have a set-up that uses a hose larger than 6” ?
2) Any consistent problems with 6” hose or deck adapter clogs.
(I realize there may be occasional clogs)
3) How do you manage the extreme difference in the distance
between the deck outlet and the blower inlet when you are
in the “Jack-knife” left and right positions? I understand the
hose is corrugated, but the difference in lengths is huge.
4) Does anyone have a source for this hose besides the folks who
make these vac-carts?
Thanks
from anyone who uses one.
I am going to mount the blower and engine on the cart rather
than the tractor. I believe the tractor mount would have been
a cleaner setup but decided the ease of getting rid of the whole
cart and blower in one easy step was too good to give up.
I purchased the blower to deck hose adapter (funnel) and the
deck discharge to hose adapter from Agi-Fab’s online parts store.
Both their 5Hp and 8Hp setups use these parts. These pieces use
a 6” hose to connect the deck to the blower. I will be using a new
but damaged 8Hp MTD blower that I got on e-bay.
My questions are:
1) Does anyone have a set-up that uses a hose larger than 6” ?
2) Any consistent problems with 6” hose or deck adapter clogs.
(I realize there may be occasional clogs)
3) How do you manage the extreme difference in the distance
between the deck outlet and the blower inlet when you are
in the “Jack-knife” left and right positions? I understand the
hose is corrugated, but the difference in lengths is huge.
4) Does anyone have a source for this hose besides the folks who
make these vac-carts?
Thanks