Chute Rotator for Snowblower

tripe

tripe

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Hi guys, Here are some pix of the homemade chute rotator I made for my 3pt snowblower. The winch is a cheapy I bought on Ebay for $60.00 shipped. The only welding was the mounting plate and a 5/16 cable clip tacked to the snout to grip the cable. I ran power back from the battery and installed a 30 amp inline fuse. The fuse is very important for times when I'm not paying attention and try to turn the chute too far in one direction. As soon as the winch starts to stall, the fuse will blow killing the power. Hasn't failed me yet! It takes about 5 seconds to rotate the chute from hard left to hard right.
Attaching the winch like this allows me to keep the manual handle in place. If the winch dies for some reason, I simply put the winch in "freewheel" and use the handle instead. Hope the pix come out as this is my first post and I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing! lol.. Thanks guys..Hope this helps someone. :tiphat:
 

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Looking good tripe. If I had a blower, that would be one of the first things I'd do too. Pictures came out great. We like pictures........

Welcome to Net Tractor Talk
 
TRIPE....What a great idea. I have been toying withtrying to get a chute rotater installed on an "Agrotrend" manual rotate blower i have and thought about this many times. Thanks for the idea and the pics :wow: Gonna' add this to my summer rainy day projects.
 
hi. how do you run the cable on the winch so that it works? does it look to get tangled? thank you. i bought a new winch but just wasnt sure how to do the cable on the winch.
 
To elaborate on @bmaverick post, what he pictured is a Hawse fairlead. That type is normally used when using synthetic rope on a winch.
For steel cable, use a roller fairlead (which is also normally cheaper).
 
bczoom said:
To elaborate on @bmaverick post, what he pictured is a Hawse fairlead. That type is normally used when using synthetic rope on a winch.
For steel cable, use a roller fairlead (which is also normally cheaper).
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Nice. I couldn't find the roller one H-F typically sold. I have it with my 2500# mounted on the tractor, just not in this image.

H-F 2500 winch on Yanmar.JPG
 
bczoom said:
To elaborate on @bmaverick post, what he pictured is a Hawse fairlead. That type is normally used when using synthetic rope on a winch.
For steel cable, use a roller fairlead (which is also normally cheaper).
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yeah i have a couple roller fairleads. Just wondering if just wrapping the cable so many turns and keeping the cable tight. Will it work or just slip. never got around to putting it on yet but i will this week.
 
For this application, I'd keep the cable relatively short. If you only need 10' of cable, I'd put in a short cable, enough to cover the drum one time when it's fully retracted. A 50' cable wound around the drum several times would be more problematic.
Also, winches work better with less cable around the drum.
 
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