Snow Equipment Owning/Operating DIY chute control

[Wyld Bill]

I just got done setting mine up last night. I decided against the spring setup. Hopefully yours works out for you. I went to my buddies house to see if he had any flat stock & he just happened to have th eexcat size flat stock, powercoated black with 3/8" holes already punched in it!!

The hardest part was trying to figure out the cable set up like how many wraps on the drum vs. how many wraps on the chute, etc. but it seems to work SLICK!! I just need to make sure I don't drive it too far one way or the other or the winch will rip the thing apart.

 

[Al 2]

I don't want to 'snow on your parade' but I have a set up much the same as yours with no spring and often the shute will freeze in place and the winch won't move it. I have a $40.00 winch and the cable is wound around the shute to pull in both directions. Maybe a $400.00 winch would work better? If you store the tractor in a heated building you might not have a problem.
Al

 

[Wyld Bill]

Ok how do I get a picture on here??

 

[Wyld Bill]

I don't want to 'snow on your parade' but I have a set up much the same as yours with no spring and often the shute will freeze in place and the winch won't move it. I have a $40.00 winch and the cable is wound around the shute to pull in both directions. Maybe a $400.00 winch would work better? If you store the tractor in a heated building you might not have a problem.
Al

This winch has quite a bit of grunt. It was a normally $90 winch at Napa on sale for $70 plus my company discount. I know I went too far with it once & it started to bend the flat stock I have it mounted on. So it should do it. Well, see. :wink:

 

[mpham]

Same here. Mine has 2000 lbs. of pulling force. That should be enough to rip it right off if I'm not careful.

 

[doxford jim]

Same here. Mine has 2000 lbs. of pulling force. That should be enough to rip it right off if I'm not careful.

You should not have any problems. I have the parts to convert my snowblower chute too, but life has gotten in the way this year - unfortunately.

I live in a high snowfall area of central British Columbia, where temperatures are known to go down to -40C. With the hand crank on my snowblower, so far I have had no problems turning the chute - though there will always be a fist time right !

I look forward to having the ATV winch installed on my snowblower as it will certainly make life easier - more so when I finally manage to build me a cab to keep out the elements

Cheers

Jim

 

[Wyld Bill]

I just bought a 10AMP auto cycling overload relay today. It is the correct size to fit right in the spot that my in-line fuse it right now. So I'm going ot put that in line & hopefully if I go too far or something jams up it will trip on the overload then come back on in a few seconds.

 

[rgs03833]

I went cheep, used a car window motor. May have $20 in it.

chute rotater on a B2789U - YouTube

Hi, Your modification not only save money but logical too. I think this iss the besst since it doesn't ruin the Metal Chute like the Cable does. Good Job Mr.!:thumbsup:

 

[Jay4200]

Nice setups. Using a winch is a good idea. I'm sure that a window motor wouldn't do it on my blower - my chute moves in slots, and occasionally it seems to jam up (while moving it by hand - don't notice when the hydraulics are running) and there is a fairly large amount of force required to get the chute to rotate.

I have a dual hydraulic set-up. My tractor didn't have remotes though, so I kludged a dual-remote setup that is attached to the blower - it plugs into my backhoe PB outlets.

JayC

 

[rgs03833]

Nice setups. Using a winch is a good idea. I'm sure that a window motor wouldn't do it on my blower - my chute moves in slots, and occasionally it seems to jam up (while moving it by hand - don't notice when the hydraulics are running) and there is a fairly large amount of force required to get the chute to rotate.

I have a dual hydraulic set-up. My tractor didn't have remotes though, so I kludged a dual-remote setup that is attached to the blower - it plugs into my backhoe PB outlets.

JayC

Hmmmm. Yah Jay, your Blower is big so a Winch would be good, but then again, it might rub the Metal to hard with the Winch Wire. Another thing I thought of is how about using a Winch with a Belt? Since the Belt made of Rubber, it won't harm your Chute.

With all the equipments you guys have, i'm sure you guys have old worn Belts laying around that can be used in this simple concept