Front Mounted snowblower update

[ducksjunk]

A long winter. had to use the blower on 3pt. so it didn't allow much time to work on it but it is finally done. works like a charm. runs at about 700 R.P.M. which works a lot better than it di at 540. Doesn't take nearly as much power on front pto.
Here's some pics.
Richard.

 

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Belt drive from electric front PTO. with hydraulic lift.

 

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Another pic

 

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The front pto. Made this from a front wheel drive car hub abd axle stub , and clutch from 91 plymouth A/C compressor. Works perfectly.

 

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Power rotor for the chute. '93 pontiac wiper motor. Nice easy speed and flawless operation.

 

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Another shot.
BTW. Something i learned along the way. Used a slightly lighter cable for turning, and put 2 or 3 extra wraps than would ever need on the post. This way it never comes to the end of the cable which is what causes the fray and breakage. Should outlive me this way.

 

[ducksjunk]

Last one. The lift control.

 

[LMTC]

I am just flat out impressed! You can come convert one of our tractors for a front snowblower any time. Nice job.

The ONLY way it could have been more impressive is if you had used duct tape somewhere....every good project utilizes duct tape.

 

[arthr31]

wow, that's amazing work!! You might want to patent this ! -Arthr

 

[ducksjunk]

I did use some duct tape. Over my wife's lips when she voiced her opinion about my sanity , re this project.
P.S. The skin has nearly grown back where I took the tape off. LOL!!
Richard.

 

[gbirky]

Richard,
I have been wanting to do something just like this. I have a YM1110D that I'd like to use to mow our 3/4 acre lot. I wanted to put the mower deck up front for maneuverability. Do you have any photos of the clutch assembly and hardware out of the tractor? I'd really like to have more information on how you did this. There are alot of details, like whether you used the compressor shaft, and how you attached it to the crank pulley...

I did alot of customization to mount a YMM45 belly deck under my YM1301D, but I had all of the main pieces already and just had to fabricate the mounting brackets. You can see that work at my web site. I'd like to do my YM1110D from scratch with commonly available parts like an A/C clutch.

 

[ducksjunk]

Greg;
I wasn't planning to take the front PTO off, so pics might be a problem, but if yu need them I can.
I used a chev FWD hub. cut it down, and drilled it to bolt onto the crank pulley. then I took the matching axle shaft, cut the CV joint hub off it, turned it up in the lathe and drilled it to the sixe of the A/C shaft. Put the A /C shaft into the splined axle and welded them together. Since A/C compressors have the bearings near the middle, I turned the frot housing to take a bearing that fit the shaft. Then bolted the front housing to a plate and mounted it on the tractor frane cross bracket.
the battery has to be raised to accomodate this arrangement, as it would if you purchased a factory front PTO kit . All the rest is up to what you want to drive. No reason it should ever interfere with your FEL.
You've done a nice job of your clutch, but IMHO, the tensioner is too complex.
When I build, I always adhere to the KISS method.
My front PTO can stay on the tractor forever without ever interfering with anything I want to add.
Let me know if you want more info. My Front PTO is a ringer for the Yanmar Kit.
The fun is in making it happen.
All the best.
Richard.

 

[gbirky]

Richard,
Thanks for the explanation. I would never ask you to remove it just to take pics for me. I'm still a little fuzzy on the "Since A/C compressors have the bearings near the middle, I turned the frot housing to take a bearing that fit the shaft." part, but I think I got the basic idea.

I agree, the tensioner ended up a little more complex than I wanted, but the deck instructions were very clear that a significant amount of tensioner movement was required, and I didn't have much room to work. The tensioner moves about 1.5" when the deck is raised and lowered.

Greg

 

[larso1]

GBURKY, check this out. This is what I think you're talking about and what I want to do too.

http://www.tractorshed.com/cgi-bin/photoads/classifieds.cgi?search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=99321&query=retrieval

Bill in CO

 

[ducksjunk]

I used the front part of the compressor housing to mount to the plate (bracket). Since it has no bearing, I had to put one in it to carry the shaft. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Richard.

 

[project_X]

ducksjunk,
I know this is an old thread, but if possible, could you post some more pictures of the belt routing (i assume that the blower is now belt driven). I'm looking at doing something similar with a blower for the front of my 1602D.


Cheers,
Rob