Need a Snow Blower Chute

[supertaster]

Sorry for the repost.... I put this in another section but realized it may be in the wrong place.:ashamed:

Need to replace my chute
I have just recently acquired a Dettson 6 ft snow blower and it had a "rough" homemade chute placed on top. I'm looking to source out a new chute or get information on a blueprint to make one....
The O.D. is 10" on the top of the fan housing where the chute would mount.
It is currently a manual rotation. there isn't a cable system installed, it was just set on top with a pin holding it's position. I was given a manual cable setup with the unit. It's blue (Lucknow) in colour, but shouldn't be an issue to customize.

Questions for me would be, if I was to build one, is there an "ideal" length for a chute, and if so, at what distance would I start to taper or curve the chute to get a good arc while still maintaining the snow speed out of the blower itself?

I currently have the unit stripped down looking at bearings, grease points, bolts, etc.... got a new idle sprocket yesterday, keystock for the fan shaft, and will be doing some welding to strengthen weak or rusted brace points.

I'm sure there are lots of great opinions here. I'm new to the forum.
It will be attached to a Massey 35 Diesel.

Thanks in advance.

 

[RodNH]

Here's a photo of my old Dettson 6ft snowblower after I painted it. Perhaps you can get an idea of the original shute configuration. I added the side wings years ago so they are not original. I had previously removed the original hand bracket that allowed you to rotate the shute and reposition the deflector from the tractor seat. I can take some closeup photos of the shute area if that would benefit you.

 

[supertaster]

very nice.... yes any pictures are extremely helpful.... so far I'm working on tearing down the auger, and driveline to investigate wear and tear.... have found out that the grease points are to be replaced, new idler gear pulley, and welding some new braces etc.
I'm toying with variable versions of a chute, either manual or electric/hydraulic, but may just go simple to start, and actually see that this is suited to my purposes for next season....
thanks again.....:thumbsup:

 

[RodNH]

Mine has no idler gear pulley so it's probably a different model, even though it's the same manufacturer. Mine is about 35 years old. In any event, here's a close up of my chute with some basic dimensions:

 

[supertaster]

this is great, thanks for the update. we did a bunch of welding and grinding today. It seems like the previous owner may have used it as a ram or something.... a lot of things were twisted or had cracked welds. In the end it's going to be a great first investment, and I get to bring something that's a little rough, back to life.