[ing3018]

If it's an actual 23hp, blowing snow the engine power will not be the limiting factor for long. Putting that much torque through a single b section belt will however. The belt drive is pretty much maxed out with stock hp, so much so that belt life is severely curtailed as is.

I've been running a 23hp Vanguard in my 4223 for 7 years and still on the same belts for both the snow caster and mowing deck. I overdrive both the deck and caster with modified drives. I feel my other tractor with an 18hp Onan actually puts out more potentially belt-breaking torque. This is more a from-the-seat observation from operating them over the years.

 

[ing3018]

This is good to know! Thanks for posting. What do you mean by overdriving? Smaller pulleys and speed it up a bit........Curt

Exactly. I have a drive pulley from a 38" deck on my RM48 and then the higher speed sprocket on the SB48.

 

[ing3018]

This is the sheet that Brian at Salem Power sent me when I was working on the clutch on my 23hp Vanguard. There's a thick spacer on mine as shown on the linked diagram.


C48626 } CLUTCH KIT