Hi Charlie!
Thanks for the reply. So it's 6 inch tubing and not 8 inch, where did
you get your tubing and what kind of adapter worked for the Elec-trak
deck? I have a spare shell here, and one of the reasons I am fixing all
these broken mower motors is because I want to build it as the vacuum
deck (my mail deck has the rear discharge baffles, this one has no baffles)
The attachment is pretty nice: It goes into the stabs and then has a
connection to the tongue and another tongue coming out the back of it
for the trailer so it won't hang up. Pretty clever.
Hopefully I will have a pretty balanced impeller, I just put it together
and was going to try it out at 36 volts on the tractor. We shall see
what happens.
For the trailer I think I'm just going to build a wooden scaffold and
secure it with deer netting for the first year, then think of something
a bit more permament if it works. This really is only going to be used
for a season, so I'd like something that can quickly break down for storage.
Also I dragged my E15 hulk out of the back weeds and am going to put it
together again. It's been about 2 years since I used it, so we'll see
how much of a mess it is. Anyone know what size rivets to use to secure
the front side battery box plates to the aluminum grill and such?
C
On 8/11/2019 11:31 AM, Charlie wrote:
> I've been off grid for a few weeks, and I'm just reading about your
> project now. Go Chris!
>
> I had to build the stab-mounted rear frame from vague pictures, and it's
> an important piece. Steve Naugler mounted the blower on the back of his
> E15 without it, but I didn't like the cart grinding against the blower
> housing on turns. I'm glad Harold was able to find you one.
>
> I'm using 6" (I think!) wire reinforced transparent hoses which makes it
> theoretically easier to spot clogs (which I haven't had) and lets me
> monitor the flow of chopped leaves at a glance. The hose runs from the
> front mower deck along the right side of the tractor and up over the
> rear fender and has very little ground clearance but doesn't drag.
> Works GREAT, but would probably be even better with a belly mower.
>
> My big leaf collection trailer is pretty rusty and I'm planning to cut
> the cap/hood down to fit my slightly smaller cart and scrap the big
> one. The big one holds vast quantities of chopped leaves, but I'm tired
> of having two carts cluttering up the stable... I have to drag
> everything out to work on my casting foundry.
>
> The chopper turbine blade is very heavy, and the better balanced it is,
> the happier you will be, I think. Vibration is an issue, and noise too.
> I strongly recommend you spend some extra time on careful balancing
> (although I haven't any techniques to share, Steve did mine).
>
> --Charlie
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019, 9:33 PM Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com
> <mailto:cz alembic crystel com>> wrote:
>
> Ok, I think I have a good clue. Goska linked to a post about the
> bearings which states that the drive motors used 6203 and 6205
> bearings.
> RJ sent over a PDF document which showed the breakdown of the motor
> types.
>
> It looks like this is an e10M motor which uses the same bearings as the
> large mower motors. I can tell this because unlike the E8M motor this
> one has the armature go all the way to the fan attachment. So according
> to the PDF, this motor uses the 1007 and 1008 bearings.
>
> So if the right bearings are 6203 and 6205 bearings then I should just
> buy a case of them and swap out the bearings on my older deck motors
> and
> this one. Then on to the next problem.
>
> Chris
>
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