John Deere 300 Snowblower Paddle Mod - Works much better!

[@jasonveldhuis9471]

Need to get your rpm’s up on a single stage blower. The rubbers help but if you don’t have the power, it’ll bog down. My old man was a head mechanic at a JD shop locally and an Arctic Cat Cat master certified mechanic in the 70s and 80s. My first snowblower was a 75 JD with a single stage blower attached. Keep your rpms up, modify your governor if necessary,belt tight. In a pinch, rub cheap grape jelly on the belt and give it a couple minutes of run time. She’ll grab like a beast!

[@Zippofanatic77outdoors]

Line the chute with crazy carpet and watch it fly double that

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

#49 snow thrower on my JD140H3, I would say throws better than yours, but hard to say if they are not throwing snow at the same time in the same place. But mine does not have the paddles. I did have them on at one point, but didn’t see any difference. Clean up your chute and auger and put about three coats of Tremclad clear gloss paint on there. Then one coat about twice a year. Works great for me. Slippery surface. I would put a rpm tester on the engine to see if your getting around the 3600 mark at full throttle. No load on it. Adding paddles to a thrower does help. Does not really throw farther, a little maybe, but the main thing is it does not bog the thrower or engine down. Engine maintains its rpm, which keeps the throwing distance good. I have added the extra paddles to my LGT 165 Ford thrower and Massey Ferguson 12 thrower.

[@tonyrollin402]

Good morning I was wondering if you could do I video on hooking the snow thrower attachment to your John Deere 300 I have one but do not look know how to hook the snow thrower attachment to it please help??!

[@mtwseneca]

If you want to make a huge improvement in handling wet snow (like we have often in Nov-Dec. here downstream of Lake Erie)- add another "Paddle" between each stock paddle. I was low on steel stock, so I just made tabs to take 4 layers of semi mud flaps bolted on, I also extended the stock paddles with steel welded on. I was on yt and noticed the later Simplicitys had 4 paddles instead of 2. Hmm. My old Broadmoor is a beast now, what I think happens is the chute is kept flowing steadier by having 4 slugs of snow going through instead of 2. Mike

[@speeddemon9902]

I can see that making a big difference n deep/wet snow, I may give it a shot! Sweet dune buggy you have btw ;)

[@mtwseneca]

@@speeddemon9902 Thank you!

[@mtwseneca]

@@speeddemon9902 Hey, was that you on one of those bikes (Ninja vs GSXR)? I went up to Cayuga once years ago with my 350 VW bug& turned low 12s. Now, my oldest son has the dune buggy and the next son has the beetle (someday to get a motor and re-done) Mike

[@speeddemon9902]

@@mtwseneca That's a quick bug! I was not in the video, I was there running a Z1000 and turned an 10.98

[@mtwseneca]

@@speeddemon9902 Thanks, and here is a vid I did on the auger mod- kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaHcgnSmd86iZ7s

[@extrabolts331]

You sure your belt is tight enough? Still doesn't throw far/high as mine

[@speeddemon9902]

It is touching the housing, maybe it's a bit too flexible? The snow in the vid was also very wet.

[@PainterD54]

up anything to keep that gap between the impeller and the housing is going to amkeit work much better. Thick conveyor belting works great or bailer belting also works.

[@speeddemon9902]

Ya I was looking for baler belt in my area but I couldn't find small quantities for sale unfortunately!

[@johnnysewardjr3319]

Upgrade the height of your chute, and it will throw the snow farther

[@speeddemon9902]

Yes I've been looking around for the tall chutes that some come with, but no luck yet.