The reason for this is the current drive system is an a145 v belt that runs from the center of the machine to the front under the machine to a 7” pulley. That pulley is on a .750 23” long shaft in needle bearings. The other end of the shaft which drives a #50 roller chain to the snow blower...
I’d like to convert our belt driven garden tractor snowblower to hydraulic drive, the tractor has a 16hp 34cid engine and a 42” wide snowblower.
Pump rpm would need to be 3600 rpm and hydraulic motor rpm should be +/-3000.
Local sources are telling me I need a 16-18gpm pump and a 20gm motor and...