Today I just got a crazy deal on a Craftsman DYS4500 with bagger, blower, cab, weights and chains. Of course all the blower parts were in a box and I knew this was going to be fun trying to figure out and now that it's evening, I came to my office and did a simple search and walla! As I listened to your opening statement, I knew immediately that you made this video JUST FOR ME! lol. All those parts you were trying to figure out all looked familiar as I was acquainting myself with my task ahead! Thanks! I'll report back when finished.
Good instructional video. Many years ago i purchased a new Ariens EZR 1742 zero turn mower. At the time the Ariens dealer had available this exact same snow blower. All the same components you installed on the Craftsman mower were came with the snow blower that I purchased. The only difference was the Ariens has an electric clutch, thus being the cable to engage the snow blower was not needed. I've used mine for almost 20 years. Wear factors in my snow blower were final drive belt, the short shaft that is between the 2 pulleys would wear. and skid bars. All these parts are inexpensive. Agri-Fab is the manufacture and parts are easily available. Thanks for the video.
I have the same snow blower, with a Craftsman tractor. I noticed your skid plates are half rusted away - when mine got to that point, I flipped the left and right plates, which puts the non-rusted half of the skid forward, and you can almost double the life of the skids. Meanwhile, I moved to a new place with a gravel/dirt driveway, so I flipped my skids upside down and shifted them forward a couple bolt holes, giving me enough clearance to mount a couple of large roller blade wheels to keep the blower a couple inches above the ground, keeping my driveway intact and rocks off my lawn. :)
I am proud of you... excellent thought process. I filled my rear tires with winter washer fluid on sale, this added approx 60 lbs/tire, then my chains were able to bite well
Ty Matt,for making this very helpful video. I just bought a used but never installed blower assembly off CL for 500.00 all parts included. Your video will make it a breeze with installation. I have a craftsman tractor and craftsman blower. Wish me luck. Ty again.
I love my craftsman snowblower attachment i had to do some slight modifications to it one was replace the steel lift arms to chains to get the snowblower to lift higher ( you can drill new holes in the arms to) and second was add more groove in the shoot so it has more then 180 dagrees of turning
I am buying a used snowblower attachment for my mower later this week. Comes with everything not sure if it works with my tractor but I am sure your video will help when I go to mount it. Thanks for this video!
You can do it Dale! I am sorry that I didn't video how the main belt is installed. It is pretty straight forward. Let me know if you have any questions.
SUper vid Thank you as I have bought the same unit just I have a John deere 14.5 with no mounting brackets. So I will be looking for those brackets and watching your vid again when mounting ty.
I often thought about that every year when I put my lawn tractor away for the winter, but after thinking about it, I decided it's much nicer sitting inside my nice warm 4 wheel drive truck with a plow to do the work, instead of freezing my nuts off out on a lawn tractor. It's also alot of fuckin around with taking the mower deck off and putting the blower on every fall, then taking the blower off and putting the deck back on every spring, so I just dropped that idea. The plow goes on the truck in a minute anyways.
Did you see the video a guy screwed two rubber pads on impeller (2 of 4 blades) and throughs snow 26 feet. I haven’t done these but will try it on an old water pump. Thank for sharing.
Great video thanks for making it. I picked up a snowblower that looks exactly like yours, but I can't find a model number on it for parts. Do you happen to remember what that number might be? Thanks
I bought my blower used - like you did here - and thanks, btw, for replying with your manual link (below)! However, instead of a lift arm, mine has an electric lift and for the life of me, I cannot figure out - with electric lift OR a manual handle - why can't I get my blower to lift off the ground? There's an obvious 'scissor' type mechanism to this, but I can't figure out how the mechanics of it works and how to get leverage for lifting. It's obvious some parts are missing. I have the blower running fine - even with the control cable - I just can't lift it up! Was wondering if you could detail how yours works and possibly explain what I'm needing to do. Enjoying our indian summer this next week, but then my clock runs out! lol. Any assistance is appreciated!
Mike - look at around 13:33 of the video (th-cam.com/video/Yt4uWSXOYFs/w-d-xo.html). There is a closeup of the mechanism that lifts the thrower. It is nothing complicated - just leverage. It has that bent rod that goes into the bracket that is indirectly attached to the long arm that lifts the thrower.
hey, could you take some measurements for me? How high does the blower mount points need to be from the ground? i am looking to convert a 42 inch blower to a PTO drive and install on a larger garden tractor, but I am unsure how how to mount it. :) Thank you.
Do you happen to have the link to the manual for that snow thrower that you found online? With all the issues as of late regarding Sears Canada....I just cant seem to locate anything I am looking for!
+Matthew Brenengen - Sounds like my Story 2 years ago! I gave up after I can't figure out 1 Part. That part is missing and I can't order it and I can't " rigged " it either, LOL.
+Romeo Holland - Get a rope and " wing " around. Tie it together and CUT IT in half. From that, use the measuring tape and find out. Add " 2 Inches " to that so it can be " outside " measurements. Go to Tractor Supply, they have a lot of selections / sizes. Home Depot / Lowes only carry certain stuff.
Today I just got a crazy deal on a Craftsman DYS4500 with bagger, blower, cab, weights and chains. Of course all the blower parts were in a box and I knew this was going to be fun trying to figure out and now that it's evening, I came to my office and did a simple search and walla! As I listened to your opening statement, I knew immediately that you made this video JUST FOR ME! lol. All those parts you were trying to figure out all looked familiar as I was acquainting myself with my task ahead! Thanks! I'll report back when finished.
Good instructional video. Many years ago i purchased a new Ariens EZR 1742 zero turn mower. At the time the Ariens dealer had available this exact same snow blower. All the same components you installed on the Craftsman mower were came with the snow blower that I purchased. The only difference was the Ariens has an electric clutch, thus being the cable to engage the snow blower was not needed. I've used mine for almost 20 years. Wear factors in my snow blower were final drive belt, the short shaft that is between the 2 pulleys would wear. and skid bars. All these parts are inexpensive. Agri-Fab is the manufacture and parts are easily available. Thanks for the video.
I have the same snow blower, with a Craftsman tractor. I noticed your skid plates are half rusted away - when mine got to that point, I flipped the left and right plates, which puts the non-rusted half of the skid forward, and you can almost double the life of the skids. Meanwhile, I moved to a new place with a gravel/dirt driveway, so I flipped my skids upside down and shifted them forward a couple bolt holes, giving me enough clearance to mount a couple of large roller blade wheels to keep the blower a couple inches above the ground, keeping my driveway intact and rocks off my lawn. :)
I am proud of you... excellent thought process. I filled my rear tires with winter washer fluid on sale, this added approx 60 lbs/tire, then my chains were able to bite well
Ty Matt,for making this very helpful video. I just bought a used but never installed blower assembly off CL for 500.00 all parts included. Your video will make it a breeze with installation. I have a craftsman tractor and craftsman blower. Wish me luck. Ty again.
Good luck! Make sure you have chains as it won't move without them (ask me how I know).
I love my craftsman snowblower attachment i had to do some slight modifications to it one was replace the steel lift arms to chains to get the snowblower to lift higher ( you can drill new holes in the arms to) and second was add more groove in the shoot so it has more then 180 dagrees of turning
I am buying a used snowblower attachment for my mower later this week. Comes with everything not sure if it works with my tractor but I am sure your video will help when I go to mount it. Thanks for this video!
Nice video man. For a guy who doesnt really know small engine terminology, you figured it out! You must have an engineering background. Nice job!
Thanks so much - I have the manual but am much more a visual learner - tackling this tomorrow.
Attempting to install a blower this weekend. Thank you for your video.
You can do it Dale! I am sorry that I didn't video how the main belt is installed. It is pretty straight forward. Let me know if you have any questions.
Dale Brown after figuring it out, it gets easier every year 👍🏼.
Your video helped me fab the brackets to install a used unit on my tractor. thanks.
Nice video Matthew, you did a awesome job, watched the whole video think you convinced me to keep my rider for cutting grass
You did a good job ,mad props to making something work.Get yourself a bucket of bolts from local salvage yard and keepem and use .Very good.
A very well made video on this snowblower. I was thinking of buying a used one but looking at this it better come with all that hardware. Thank you!
Man you did a great job making this vid. I watched the whole thing and I don’t even have a Craftsman mower or a snow thrower. Lol
GeorgeBonez High praise!
SUper vid Thank you as I have bought the same unit just I have a John deere 14.5 with no mounting brackets. So I will be looking for those brackets and watching your vid again when mounting ty.
Thanks - check out the one I posted a couple of weeks ago. I mounted the snow thrower on a machine it wasn't made for. It might be helpful for you.
I often thought about that every year when I put my lawn tractor away for the winter, but after thinking about it, I decided it's much nicer sitting inside my nice warm 4 wheel drive truck with a plow to do the work, instead of freezing my nuts off out on a lawn tractor. It's also alot of fuckin around with taking the mower deck off and putting the blower on every fall, then taking the blower off and putting the deck back on every spring, so I just dropped that idea. The plow goes on the truck in a minute anyways.
Did you see the video a guy screwed two rubber pads on impeller (2 of 4 blades) and throughs snow 26 feet. I haven’t done these but will try it on an old water pump. Thank for sharing.
Good video. I have had good luck with Kevlar belts on these machines.
Great video thanks for making it. I picked up a snowblower that looks exactly like yours, but I can't find a model number on it for parts. Do you happen to remember what that number might be? Thanks
I bought my blower used - like you did here - and thanks, btw, for replying with your manual link (below)! However, instead of a lift arm, mine has an electric lift and for the life of me, I cannot figure out - with electric lift OR a manual handle - why can't I get my blower to lift off the ground? There's an obvious 'scissor' type mechanism to this, but I can't figure out how the mechanics of it works and how to get leverage for lifting. It's obvious some parts are missing. I have the blower running fine - even with the control cable - I just can't lift it up! Was wondering if you could detail how yours works and possibly explain what I'm needing to do. Enjoying our indian summer this next week, but then my clock runs out! lol. Any assistance is appreciated!
Mike - look at around 13:33 of the video (th-cam.com/video/Yt4uWSXOYFs/w-d-xo.html). There is a closeup of the mechanism that lifts the thrower. It is nothing complicated - just leverage. It has that bent rod that goes into the bracket that is indirectly attached to the long arm that lifts the thrower.
How did you order the parts or find the manual i am having problems locating the manual for the parts
Google "Craftsman 917 manual"
I did make it for you, Mike! It is about time you watched it. Good luck.
What a pain compared to my 1965 Bolens. 2 pins, driveshaft, and the lift rod. On in 5 minutes
I needed to see how it's actually mounted
Try this video - it may be better: th-cam.com/video/IJrx2QM7wx4/w-d-xo.html
@@mbrenengenthank you
Where did you find the instructions? I have a lt 1000 and have a snowblower I picked up for 100.00
Google
Where can I get those brackets got mine used not brackets included to mount to front of mower
Where did you get the front brackets that you mounted to the front of tracter
NIce video, very informative.
hey, could you take some measurements for me? How high does the blower mount points need to be from the ground? i am looking to convert a 42 inch blower to a PTO drive and install on a larger garden tractor, but I am unsure how how to mount it. :) Thank you.
Sorry. It is at my cabin and I am not.
Which craftsman snow blower model was do you use ?
Sorry. I am not sure of the model, and I am no where near it for a few weeks.
Do you happen to have the link to the manual for that snow thrower that you found online? With all the issues as of late regarding Sears Canada....I just cant seem to locate anything I am looking for!
liam clark Try Googling: “486.2484 Owner's Manual”
@@mbrenengen Your video and the links you provided have helped me sort out my snowblower installation. Hats off to you!
Great Video. Do you have to remove all the hardware in the spring when its time to mow again or can you leave most of it on there ??
I don't know (yet). I am going to leave much of it there, I suspect.
Do you have a link for the owner's manual you found online?
www.manualslib.com/manual/32851/Craftsman-40-2-Stage-Snow-Thrower-Tractor-Attachment-486-2484.html?page=3#manual
KUDOS TO YOU YOUNG MAN..
+Matthew Brenengen - Sounds like my Story 2 years ago! I gave up after I can't figure out 1 Part. That part is missing and I can't order it and I can't " rigged " it either, LOL.
How did you get that belt on the last pully?
I don't remember but it was not too hard. If you get it started, then turn them and it will go on.
Thanks, I’ve tried that but the belt is just too tight. At least I know now that’s there’s no big mystery to it. It just needs more muscle. Lol
Great video btw
What size belt is the main belt my belt broke and I don’t know what size
+Romeo Holland - Get a rope and " wing " around. Tie it together and CUT IT in half. From that, use the measuring tape and find out. Add " 2 Inches " to that so it can be " outside " measurements. Go to Tractor Supply, they have a lot of selections / sizes. Home Depot / Lowes only carry certain stuff.
I don't think you could have made it more confusing if you tried ?
Really? What is it that you found confusing?
You talk to much