BX2750D Skid Shoe Modification

[RCW]

And bear in mind, some of the strongest welds I've seen, looked like hell warmed over And some of the prettiest welds failed within minutes.

And there is nothing more satisfying then making something and doing it yourself

Well, some of these could be real winners!!

 

[Daren Todd]

Well, some of these could be real winners!!

Looks like you recognized that you were traveling too fast on your first couple passes, then over corrected on the later passes.

Keep practicing with it, and all of a sudden it will click and you'll get the right speed and overlap.

One thing that helped me when first starting was running the nozzle in a circular pattern about the size of a nickel, and overlap about a third of the way into the glowing portion. Instead of jumping right into a half moon zig zag pattern


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[RCW]

Well, the finished product.

Crude, yes. Functional, let's hope so!

 

[RCW]

Well, my modified shoes have worked like champs so far!!

First couple snow falls were tough. No packed base, so dug in.
Tore up some sod, etc. last couple times, and they've held on.

Glad I made the change.

Also glad I painted them orange - if they fall off, they'll be easy to see!

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[bearbait]

Well, my modified shoes have worked like champs so far!!

First couple snow falls were tough. No packed base, so dug in.
Tore up some sod, etc. last couple times, and they've held on.

Glad I made the change.

Also glad I painted them orange - if they fall off, they'll be easy to see!

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I like your design RCW, very nice, perhaps some UHMW polyethylene on the bottom would help with early season, very slippery and very tough, just a thought.http://www.leevalley.com/en/HARDWARE/page.aspx?p=32045&cat=1,43455,43831&ap=1

 

[RCW]

I like your design RCW, very nice, perhaps some UHMW polyethylene on the bottom would help with early season, very slippery and very tough, just a thought.http://www.leevalley.com/en/HARDWARE/page.aspx?p=32045&cat=1,43455,43831&ap=1

Thanks, much appreciated.

I think someone else suggested that, too.

Apart from the weld frustrations, I really enjoyed making them.

The two are different - one has banding underneath, which is not necessary.

The downside is that these cannot be raised much - they will contact the bottom of the blower housing. If I want to cut closer, need to put the OEM shoes back on. But for $18, I have a set of new ones (also in case I REALLY screwed these up!!)

 

[bearbait]

Thanks, much appreciated.

I think someone else suggested that, too.

Apart from the weld frustrations, I really enjoyed making them.

The two are different - one has banding underneath, which is not necessary.

The downside is that these cannot be raised much - they will contact the bottom of the blower housing. If I want to cut closer, need to put the OEM shoes back on. But for $18, I have a set of new ones (also in case I REALLY screwed these up!!)

Lol, what your welds look like don't matter as long as they hold, mine aren't too bad most days but I still have my moments. I have to get gas for my mig and try that, everyone tells me it's might and day. Now if I could just figure out how to use a cutting torch things would be great, I really suck bad with that.

 

[OC455]

I have a BX2750C snow blower and want to change the skid shoes. I recently was taking care of the neighbors driveway and was going along, and there was a rail road tie edging his driveway, and the left side shoe basically pulled right out of the back of the blower. I went back home and pounded the back of the blower back flat and then put the skid shoe back on.

Not wanting to have this happen again, I bought skid shoes from a non-Kubota company. The skid shoes I have mount to the outsides and then underneath.

Going to bring my tractor into my garage and get going on this. Will post some pics and you guys let me know.

 

[OC455]

I took the factory skid shoes off the back of the snow blower and used the nuts, bolts and washers to mount the new skid shoes to the sides of the snow blower. I adjusted the height and it seems to run pretty smooth. Just my little mod.

 

[RCW]

I took the factory skid shoes off the back of the snow blower and used the nuts, bolts and washers to mount the new skid shoes to the sides of the snow blower. I adjusted the height and it seems to run pretty smooth. Just my little mod.

Looks good. Similar to the shoes I had on my JD blower.

 

[OC455]

After pulling one off the back when hitting a frozen railroad tie used as edging, the side mount shoes made sense.

These shoes are made by another manufacturer.....(a red brand)...

 

[naturalgas]

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[OC455]

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[naturalgas]

Got it thanks.


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[SLIMSHADIE]

OC where did you get the new shoes?

 

[OC455]

OC where did you get the new shoes?

Sent ya a message.....

Don't know if it was cool to post up other manufacturers products here...

 

[SLIMSHADIE]

Got it
Thanks OC

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Sent ya a message.....

Don't know if it was cool to post up other manufacturers products here...

Of course it is, we're not a Kubota Corp forum, we're independent!

 

[RCW]

Sent ya a message.....

Don't know if it was cool to post up other manufacturers products here...

OC455 and the other guys - - -Food for thought in your endeavors.

The 47" JD blower I had used on my JD 425 had several hole locations in the shoe and the blower that allowed different settings both inside and outside the blower housing.

I think there were 4 holes in the blower, and 6 in the shoe, IIRC. Allowed different heights from ~2" down to near 0".

The important thing was that setup didn't rely on a "slot" to hold your height setting. I really liked it, and it was strong/solid.

Just something to think about!!

 

[OC455]

Of course it is, we're not a Kubota Corp forum, we're independent!

It's a Mahindra skid shoe.

I took the factory shoes off, saved the hardware, set the snow blower onto the new skid shoes, on the level flat part in my garage.

Drilled the holes at the lowest point in the skid shoe and got everything done.

Used a 3/8 DeWalt impact driver and tightened it all down.