Dyer retired
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I am going to rig my BX 2750 snowblower with a hydraulic chute rotator. I can see from other threads that hydraulic motors are preferred by the majority over electric, so I want to go with hydraulic. I am not interested in buying the Kubota kits, because I can't imagine paying those kinds of prices for something people seem to be able to do much cheaper. I have looked at enough threads that I know pretty well how I'm going to mount the motor and have seen all the problems that people have had with twisting the rotator coiled steel that engages the chute grooves, hooking the motor to the chute rotator shaft, etc.
I know that this is going to be embarrassingly basic, but I know absolutely nothing about hydraulic motors. I think that I'll need the smallest of available motors out there to turn this thing, because you can turn it with two fingers using the manual control (absent ice, dirt buildup, etc,) so I would think that it shouldn't take much. I see motors on E-Bay that are listed as new (surplus or something) from $29.00 to $499.00. I think the $29.00 rig would cover me, but what do I need to know about these motors. I assume that since they have two inlet ports (most that I've seen) the motor will rotate in either clockwise or counter clockwise directions?
If the above is correct, can I just hook the hoses to the control lever that would normally control the bucket movement, since my snowblower doesn't do anything but lift/lower and there are two ports empty, which would allow me to turn the chute left by pulling the control stick left, etc.
Is there a particular hydraulic motor brand that I should be looking or, or staying away from, etc.
Any thoughts, suggestions, recommendations will be greatly appreciated? Also, keep in mind that I'm in Maine, so I only have another few weeks (9 months of winter, with 3 months of bad skiing) left before winter returns, so I need to get working on this.
Weather update for Belgrade, Maine: 37 degrees and warming into the 40's by mid afternoon here. We just may make it to summer after all!
Thanks in advance. Dyer, retired
I know that this is going to be embarrassingly basic, but I know absolutely nothing about hydraulic motors. I think that I'll need the smallest of available motors out there to turn this thing, because you can turn it with two fingers using the manual control (absent ice, dirt buildup, etc,) so I would think that it shouldn't take much. I see motors on E-Bay that are listed as new (surplus or something) from $29.00 to $499.00. I think the $29.00 rig would cover me, but what do I need to know about these motors. I assume that since they have two inlet ports (most that I've seen) the motor will rotate in either clockwise or counter clockwise directions?
If the above is correct, can I just hook the hoses to the control lever that would normally control the bucket movement, since my snowblower doesn't do anything but lift/lower and there are two ports empty, which would allow me to turn the chute left by pulling the control stick left, etc.
Is there a particular hydraulic motor brand that I should be looking or, or staying away from, etc.
Any thoughts, suggestions, recommendations will be greatly appreciated? Also, keep in mind that I'm in Maine, so I only have another few weeks (9 months of winter, with 3 months of bad skiing) left before winter returns, so I need to get working on this.
Weather update for Belgrade, Maine: 37 degrees and warming into the 40's by mid afternoon here. We just may make it to summer after all!
Thanks in advance. Dyer, retired