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Old 12-03-2012, 10:24 PM
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Folks is it possible to attach a blower to the front of a 108? Is there a special option my 108 (other than the blower itself) that it needs to have for this attachment?
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Folks is it possible to attach a blower to the front of a 108? Is there a special option my 108 (other than the blower itself) that it needs to have for this attachment?
Yes it is and you'll need a creeper gear for it.
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Yes it is and you'll need a creeper gear for it.
Ah bummer really!?!

Don't have a creeper on this 108 so I guess I'm going to have to wait for a plow. See, my drive way is in need of a re-pave so using a plow is just not an option. That is no cheap task so I was hoping to use a blower on my 108 rather than having to use the push blower I have now.
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Ah bummer really!?!

Don't have a creeper on this 108 so I guess I'm going to have to wait for a plow. See, my drive way is in need of a re-pave so using a plow is just not an option. That is no cheap task so I was hoping to use a blower on my 108 rather than having to use the push blower I have now.
Sorry for the bad news.
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Yeah but it would have been REALLY bad news if I bought the one I found online and drove 6 hours round trip to get it

Not sure if it's really worth installing a creeper in this one because I can probably find a 108 with one installed online for a decent price. From what I read here I would have to cut the drive shaft to install one and that might be a little more than this mech can pull off for his first project. Think I'll start with headlights and move on up from there
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Yeah but it would have been REALLY bad news if I bought the one I found online and drove 6 hours round trip to get it

Not sure if it's really worth installing a creeper in this one because I can probably find a 108 with one installed online for a decent price. From what I read here I would have to cut the drive shaft to install one and that might be a little more than this mech can pull off for his first project. Think I'll start with headlights and move on up from there
That would have sucked.

It's really simple install to do and the factory drive shaft has the mark on the drive shaft where it needs to be cut and the sproil pin hole already.
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That would have sucked.

It's really simple install to do and the factory drive shaft has the mark on the drive shaft where it needs to be cut and the sproil pin hole already.
Really you don't say
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Yep. Check out how easy it is to do in the manual.
http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=4644

http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...ead.php?t=4665

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Yes it is and you'll need a creeper gear for it.
Methos I have been reading as much as I can on my 108 but can't seem to find anything on how the blower connects to my 108 if I had a creeper. Just trying to learn how this all works. Why is the creeper needed? Is it just because the tractor is to fast to blow without it or does the blower actually need it to connect up?
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garnold: I believe that the creeper gear is favored for gear drive machines because speed control is a big issue in a snow throwing/blowing application. Something about getting the snow to feed into the blower so the blower can handle it properly. It all depends on the type of snow it is (dry/wet, fine/granular, etc.), how deep it is, how wide the cut is, etc.

I've heard reports that the only issue is the first cut, which is necessarily done at full width; after that, the width of the cut can be adjusted to the machine, instead of adjusting the machine to the cut (so-to-speak).

So, again, from what I've read, it isn't that a gear drive can't blow snow; it's just that a gear drive + creeper is BETTER at blowing snow, and (for many), the hydro is BEST at blowing snow.

(Although, I notice that the "gear heads" can be a stubborn lot; many of them just refuse to consider a hydrostatic for reasons other than performance --like difficult starting in cold weather . . .. )
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