Snowblower electric chute rotator motor resource.

[Scaper]

I have located two companies that sell auto electric window crank motors. They have three diff. types, square drive, round drive and gear drive output shafts. The company names are A1 Cardone and Dorman. I can pick a new motor up for between $65 to $95. Both are heavier then stock units from a junk yard. I'm thinking about using this setup with my Farm King 50" unit. I also saw a members setup with a winch and he did a very nice job for the cable drive we have. Hope this can help someone. Scaper

 

[PILOON]

My suggestion is the electric winch using the cable wrapped around the chute.
Lots of torque,(rated at 2000 lbs) enough to crack frozen chute loose and even comes with a reversing switch, and generally available in the $50. is range.

I have been using this for a fair while and excellent service.
I did away with the hand held reversing switch and replaced with a toggle for a neater and handier installation.

 

[Peteco]

I would be interested in what motor to use on my bx 2750 snowblower. also
there is a post by JWATT51 that is very nice looking on his blower

 

[jwatt51]

I got my motor on ebay under 12 volt dc motors.It's a 50rpm reversible gear motor and I paid $59 for it.Last time I checked they still had a few listed. It's kind of slow,but does the job and hasn't froze up at all and I've blown about 2 ft. of snow already with a couple of storms we had here already.

 

[Peteco]

Hello JWATT

how did you hook the motor up to the chute rotator rod ?
maybe you could post a photo of that connection

thank you

 

[jwatt51]

Here's some close-up pictures and hope they help.

 

[Peteco]

Thanks for the photo

that is what i needed to see to make mine work right

now its just waiting for everything to show up


thank you again

 

[jwatt51]

just let me know if you run into any problems

 

[doxford jim]

My suggestion is the electric winch using the cable wrapped around the chute.
Lots of torque,(rated at 2000 lbs) enough to crack frozen chute loose and even comes with a reversing switch, and generally available in the $50. is range.

I have been using this for a fair while and excellent service.
I did away with the hand held reversing switch and replaced with a toggle for a neater and handier installation.

Hi Piloon,

Where abouts in Canada or Quebec can you get an electric winch big enough to do the job, for $50 !!!!!!! Sounds like you got one heck of a deal.

Care to share your contacts

Thanks :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Jim

 

[chopped]

Most likely this is the winch
2000 Lb. Capacity Remote Control Utility Winch
I bought onr for 49.99 about a year ago on sale. Not sure what the cost would be for you in canada on it but its not too strong a winch but surely enough for this application..

 

[PILOON]

Hi Piloon,

Where abouts in Canada or Quebec can you get an electric winch big enough to do the job, for $50 !!!!!!! Sounds like you got one heck of a deal.

Care to share your contacts

Thanks :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Jim

Canadian Tire (like Harbor Freight in US) and probably Princess Auto often have sales on them. (I did see once at $39.00 in sales flier at CTC this fall)
LOL, I even got lucky at a yard sale for $5.00 but it needed a set of brushes.
Full retail is generally about $79.ish and still a good deal IMHO.

 

[doxford jim]

Canadian Tire (like Harbor Freight in US) and probably Princess Auto often have sales on them. (I did see once at $39.00 in sales flier at CTC this fall)
LOL, I even got lucky at a yard sale for $5.00 but it needed a set of brushes.
Full retail is generally about $79.ish and still a good deal IMHO.

Piloon,


Yes, you are right. I have just seen a complete electric winch on sale for $48.99.

For that price it would be a real cheap rotating mechanism. My idea is to connect it directly to the hand cable shaft and since it is a dual directional motor, would rotate the chute either way using the already existing wire cable. Looks like I am gonna be doing some shopping in the next few days for an electric winch to convert my old snow plow chute hand crank mechanism .

Thanks for the tip and idea - sure beats messing with the hydraulics - they can get expensive quickly.

Chopped

Your cheap winch is identical to the one I have just seen on sale for $48.99 - and yes, for what I had in mind, should be more than adequate.


Cheers

Jim

 

[DonnieP]

I just bought one at ctc and installed it last week. Works like a charm. I had to remove the existing crank as I had installed a cab and it would hit it when blower raised all the way. I removed the cable from the winch, (it's held in with allen screw) and used a part of that cable to rotate the chute.

I welded a mounting platform for the winch on the top of the post for the top link. I wrapped the cable several times around the winch drum and did not anchor it to the drum(used it like a windlass). I took one end of the cable around the chute and anchored it with a clamp to where the original cable was connected. I cut the cable so the other end could wrap around the chute the other direction and used a spring of an old bed spring to keep a tension on the cable. The cable wraps on the drum well but it is rubbing on the end bells of the drum, I believe I will put a simple fairlead on it to prevent this - keeping my eye out for something I can use for this. I'll take a picture tomorrow when it gets bright out.

Certified 1500lb Dual Line Electric Winch | Canadian Tire

 

[DonnieP]

Pictures of winch on snow blower.

 

[doxford jim]

Pictures of winch on snow blower.

Hi DonnieP,

Thanks for the pictures - they are exactly what I had in mind. Sure gonna be nice to be able to rotate with out having to lift the blower to do it !!

Cheers

Jim

 

[PILOON]

Had you mounted the winch with the drum vertical, as I did, you would not need fairleads.
Actually a nice and easy mod, is it not.
Nice going!

 

[DonnieP]

Piloon, You're probably right about mounting it vertical. Maybe when the warm weather comes I'll look at that as an option - don't have a warm, dry place to work on it. Yes, it's an easy mod. I had a piece of 1/4" plate about four inches square, drilled two hole in it for bolting the winch down and then put a couple of strong tack welds down to hold it in place. I didn't weld it in solid, in case it didn't work.

Donnie

 

[chopped]

Now for a deflector one.lol I wonder if it could be rigged with a realy solid string to pull it downward, and then another el cheapo winch to pull on it for ''up'' A single cable hook to it and the spring would constantly be pulling it downward..????

 

[JoelD]

I just bought one at ctc and installed it last week. Works like a charm. I had to remove the existing crank as I had installed a cab and it would hit it when blower raised all the way. I removed the cable from the winch, (it's held in with allen screw) and used a part of that cable to rotate the chute.

I welded a mounting platform for the winch on the top of the post for the top link. I wrapped the cable several times around the winch drum and did not anchor it to the drum(used it like a windlass). I took one end of the cable around the chute and anchored it with a clamp to where the original cable was connected. I cut the cable so the other end could wrap around the chute the other direction and used a spring of an old bed spring to keep a tension on the cable. The cable wraps on the drum well but it is rubbing on the end bells of the drum, I believe I will put a simple fairlead on it to prevent this - keeping my eye out for something I can use for this. I'll take a picture tomorrow when it gets bright out.

Certified 1500lb Dual Line Electric Winch | Canadian Tire

DonnieP, your set up is brilliant, I'll be copying exactly for my three point blower. I plan on using a linear actuator for chute tilt, although in theory winch would work perfectly well. Thank you for posting, I printed your pictures, they are supper helpful.

Joel

 

[jeremyfxdwg]

I was able to use a crown vic window motor on my 2750. The gear on it fits right in a 3/4" 6pt socket and the shaft diameter on the 2750 also just fits in a 3/4" socket. I cut the drive part off the socket and I had an easy drive shaft hookup without modifying any factory parts.