Powered Snowblower Spout
Dan Woodworth uses a 3-pt. mounted snowblower to clear his long driveway in snowy northern Michigan. The snowblower originally came equipped with a hand-operated crank to change the direction of the blower spout. But after he put a cab on his tractor he could no longer use the crank. So he replaced it with a small 12-volt DC winch, which he can control from the cab.
He bolted the winch on top of the blower and ran a cable from the winch around the spout. A 7/16-in. bolt with a 1/2-in. pipe on it is used to guide the cable. A 12-volt switch in the cab is used to control the winch.
"It works slick. I can flip the switch forward or reverse to move the spout in the desired direction. It took only a few hours to rig up. I spent about $150 on parts, most of which I bought new at a local farm supply store," says Woodworth.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dan Woodworth, 3247 Tobias Rd., Elmira, Mich. 49730 (ph 231 584-2922).
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Powered Snowblower Spout SNOWBLOWERS Snowblowers 29-1-10 Dan Woodworth uses a 3-pt. mounted snowblower to clear his long driveway in snowy northern Michigan. The snowblower originally came equipped with a hand-operated crank to change the direction of the blower spout. But after he put a cab on his tractor he could no longer use the crank. So he replaced it with a small 12-volt DC winch, which he can control from the cab.
He bolted the winch on top of the blower and ran a cable from the winch around the spout. A 7/16-in. bolt with a 1/2-in. pipe on it is used to guide the cable. A 12-volt switch in the cab is used to control the winch.
"It works slick. I can flip the switch forward or reverse to move the spout in the desired direction. It took only a few hours to rig up. I spent about $150 on parts, most of which I bought new at a local farm supply store," says Woodworth.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dan Woodworth, 3247 Tobias Rd., Elmira, Mich. 49730 (ph 231 584-2922).
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