the 184 and the mckee 320

[mastercraft]

So finally after years of hunting for a snolander 320 for the 184, I finally found one last March. I spend 2 weekends ago media blasting it......what a mess, blasting abrasive everywhere. Then on Thanksgiving Day, I painted it with IH RED AND IH White to match the tractor, I taped off all the stickers and I painted all the attaching hardware and last weekend I hooked it all up.........and with the flip of my electric pto switch...........it's alive!!!!!!!!!......The real test will be the snow, the motor is rebuilt in my 184 and when I flip the switch it doesn't even lug the motor but like I said, the snow will be the real test, I have chains for it and I mounted the plow on the back of the 3 point for extra weight and to create the ultimate cub LO-Boy snow- machine!!! And yes mine has the creeper gear....it's a loaded 184....pics to enjoy: sorry for the bad quality, it's an old camera.

[Bob McCarty]

Nice job. Now that you've got it ready, you probably won't see any snow this winter.

Bob

[mastercraft]

Nice job. Now that you've got it ready, you probably won't see any snow this winter.

Bob

LOL, Isn't that the way it works.........I spent the whole Thanksgiving day weekend getting it ready as well as my Bronco 2 plow truck, as I plow the community I live in.

[dgrapes59]

Great looking rig!

It should do the job!

[mastercraft]

it does mow well....so hopefully it will blow well ....lol

[Mike H]

that looks awesome
as for snow, if its soggy wet snow
ours plugged up in the chute
we usually tend to have dry/fluffy
snow but not yet this year

great restore job

Mike H

[Mike H]

also something we use up here is a piece of 1 1/2 gas pipe across the cutting edge to reduce the chance of picking up rocks [noticed some 22A in the blower].
its used for going across lawns too

Mike H

[twotone]

Very Nice!

[mastercraft]

also something we use up here is a piece of 1 1/2 gas pipe across the cutting edge to reduce the chance of picking up rocks [noticed some 22A in the blower].
its used for going across lawns too

Mike H

got any pics on how you did that? I don't plan to have to use it on our gravel lane.....unless we get a deep one......more so out on the community road which is a paved road.

[outdoors4evr]

What a nice looking rig! Great move going with the two stage blower.
I am suprised at the belt ratio from the PTO to Driveshaft. The Model 50 snowthrower had a 1:1 ratio and would barely throw the snow a few feet at wide open throttle. I have no idea what the gear ratio is internal to the blower. I am very sure that McKee has it engineered properly.
I guess if you need it to spin faster you could just switch the two pulleys.

[Mike H]

also something we use up here is a piece of 1 1/2 gas pipe across the cutting edge to reduce the chance of picking up rocks [noticed some 22A in the blower].
its used for going across lawns too

Mike H

got any pics on how you did that? I don't plan to have to use it on our gravel lane.....unless we get a deep one......more so out on the community road which is a paved road.

basically; cut a piece of pipe to fit between the side panels.
the ''fun'' part is cutting a 1/2'' slot the length of the pipe
so the pipe fits over the cutting edge and works as a skid,holding the blower up.
an air plasma cuter works great for this so it does not distort the metal.
then weld 2 small tabs on the end to use as a bolting point to fasten the pipe to the blower.

I will try to get pictures posted
[have not been successful at doing this]

Mike H

[gitractorman]

Hey Neighbor!
Great looking Cub! I think I saw that snow blower for sale on CL last spring. Glad it went to a good home. I'm anxious to see how it works, but hopefully not till Christmas! I see your zip code is Buffalo, but those photos must be in the suburbs somewhere..... No land like that or pole barns in the 201 zip code! I'm located up in Grand Island.
Nice work!
Bill

[mastercraft]

Hey Neighbor!
Great looking Cub! I think I saw that snow blower for sale on CL last spring. Glad it went to a good home. I'm anxious to see how it works, but hopefully not till Christmas! I see your zip code is Buffalo, but those photos must be in the suburbs somewhere..... No land like that or pole barns in the 201 zip code! I'm located up in Grand Island.
Nice work!
Bill

Not sure if the guy had it on craigs list, I got it off of Yahoo groups.........not in Buffalo anymore, my brother is though...............the guy had wanted to sell the blower with the tractor/154 model and really didn't want to break the two apart so I had to persuade him with some extra greenback.........I overpaid but something like this that is somewhat rare and this one was all there with no missing pieces and no bad bearings made it the find I was looking for.......I had only seen 2-3 for sale in the last 3 years and everytime I went to contact the seller I was a day late and a few short.

[mastercraft]

What a nice looking rig! Great move going with the two stage blower.
I am suprised at the belt ratio from the PTO to Driveshaft. The Model 50 snowthrower had a 1:1 ratio and would barely throw the snow a few feet at wide open throttle. I have no idea what the gear ratio is internal to the blower. I am very sure that McKee has it engineered properly.
I guess if you need it to spin faster you could just switch the two pulleys.

depending on how well it works or doesn't..lol, meaning lugs the motor, I may do away with the driveshaft underneath and fab a mount set up to put a 12-14 hp briggs on the front of the blower......my Dad did that to his when he had one many moons ago

[outdoors4evr]

A 184 with a creeper is more than capable of running the Mckee.
Hope you get to play with your new toy! It looks GREAT!