Snowblower chute rotator

[kennyd]

I found the post of my hydraulic chute rotator. I built it 15 years ago and I have never had any trouble in the slightest. As with any design prototype 2,3,4 would be tank grade and bullet proof. I think a 2" x 8" stroke on 8" chute gives me 240 degrees of rotation in around 1.5 seconds. Based on the small number of comments last year I thought I was off on a wrong tangent.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/customization/166281-hydraulic-linear-rotator-snowblower.html
Craig Clayton

Guess I wasted my time...:confused2:

 

[204saskman]

Well i went to my local dealer today and ordered the half moon rotator part. I cant even build it for that price. It was only $59 bucks so im not gonna waste any more time trying to build one lol. As much as i get the joy in building my own stuff, i cant even buy the metal for that price to build the part. But ill have it tommorow and ill get it all rigged up tommorow nite and see how it works out. Ill post some pictures when its all done.

 

[JoeL4330]

does the part have a no.? available online?

 

[204saskman]

ill get you the part number today, i went to the dealer and had them order it up for me so i dont really know the number off the top of my head. Ill get you the number once i get the part.

 

[204saskman]

Still waiting, ill have the part monday now, It didnt get shipped till thrusday so its 2 day bus ride to get here, no biggie ill have the part number and pictures then for you guys.

 

[JHill]

I built my own rotator this spring. I bought a hydraulic motor and a couple hoses and fittings on the internet, and built the framework with scraps I had. It uses the hydraulic connections for the bucket, and I connected the motor to the existing hand-crank mechanism, minus the shaft. It cost me $200, and wasn't that big a deal to do; it has worked great so far.

 

[204saskman]

Well i kinda got delayed and side tracked. Dang work gets in the way everytime. Well i got the rotator arm installed and everything installed today. i used a 11" stroke 1" bore cylinder i got for 25 bucks. So i mocked up everything and test fitted it all up and it worked good. So i totaled it all up and im into it for about 100 bucks. But i think its worth it. I had the steel for the mount so it was free(bought a pile of good scrap for 40 bucks at a auction with lots of good stuff. Ill have to get some pictures up tommorow once i find my camera.

 

[204saskman]

Here are some pics.

 

[JoeL4330]

did you happen to get part nos. and description?

 

[herringchoker]

Good job on that Saskman.:thumbsup:

Here's my version I put together close to 20 years ago using a surplus cylinder and steel and cables I had lying around. The only parts I had to buy were the 2 pulleys and the hoses.

It has always worked great. On my previous tractor, I could rotate it well over 210*, but I had to reduce the rotation for the B7800 or the chute would hit the cab when the blower was raised. I did that by changing the pulley spacing.

The cable is a little sloppy now since I bent the cross bar the pulleys are mounted on by trying to rotate the chute when it was frozen up. (Snow had melted, water ran down to base of chute and froze chute to blower body.)