Snow blower chute rotate

[Marslander51]

Small electric motor with an adaptor for rotation and a linear actuator for chute up/down.

That looks like a great solution. What kind of geared motor is that?

 

[airbiscuit]

 

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[mikester]

Sorry this is cross posted as a reply on another thread, wasn’t sure if anyone would see it there.

My 3pt new holland blower has a hand crank that is effectively a winch that pulls a cable wrapped around the chute in order to rotate it . I’m thinking about replacing it with a small 12v atv winch with a remote control.

Has anyone tried this?

I've done it, it works. It's slow.

I'm not a fan of the steel cable chute turners so one of my pet projects is to replace it with either chain or worm gear drive

On my current setup my hand crank is replaced with a hydraulic motor. I have to be careful not to overrun the cables which I tend to accidentally do once a season.

 

[chim]

That looks like a great solution. What kind of geared motor is that?

It was for a car seat. It worked OK while I owned it, but it would sometimes need a little help when slush froze the metal-to-metal joint. Once broken free it was fine, but I'd use something with a little more torque if I started over.