Using a Badlands winch from Harbor Freight as a drive motor to rotate the chute on my Woodmaxx SB 48 snowblower. Took some major mods but it works great.
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@oby-16074 жыл бұрын
I always respect someone who modifies something to work on something else. Nice work with good narration.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20234 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Works great so far. Thanks for watching.
@sleepingwiththedog2 жыл бұрын
Another fella posted about Airens and how they treated you, shameful at best. I currently own 3, an Airens 36" 1985 and a Yardman 33" 1999 and a newer 60" like yours from Woodmax. But the older Airens I have is old and rudimentary solid piece of equipment and its reliable. Same with the Yardman after some wheel bushings and replacement chains tightened the drive up completely after some chain jumping a few winters ago. What are these leaders of corporations thinking selling junk and no customer service in addition, now thats despicable treatment to the purchasing public. Loyalty is a two-way street. Again, thank you for your videos.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20232 жыл бұрын
The president of Ariens even admitted to me the old machines were better but wouldn't help me. This Woodmaxx blower is awesome with zero problems so far. It's sad to see companies go downhill. Thanks for watching.
@robsdeviceunknown5 жыл бұрын
This is the type of stuff I LOVE doing. I'm a modder at heart. And you sir did a fantastic job. Great idea too.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks. A fast fun little project. Thanks for watching.
@derekhuber33924 жыл бұрын
Awesome project. I learned on an old South-Bend. That tool post setup brought back memories. Thanks for taking the time to post this.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20234 жыл бұрын
That lathe will be around for many more generations. From before we became a throw away society. Thanks for watching.
@sleepingwiththedog4 жыл бұрын
That is a fantastic way to use this winch, I was going to set up exact same winch but use winch cable I've seen in another video. Mounted way over on left side of top flat area with cable over to chute using a bar with idler and spring to keep tension. Forget that, I'm going to duplicate what you did, very nice and clean job. Using the aluminum spindle itself cuts out all the other minutiae. Your videos should be used in high school shop classes, your a natural teacher.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20234 жыл бұрын
It still works great with no problems so I am happy. Definitely a low cost gear reduction motor for limited use applications like this. Thanks for watching.
@olddawgdreaming57155 жыл бұрын
Great job and use of a pretty good little winch. Thanks for sharing with us.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
For $49.00 it makes a great drive motor for intermittent operation. I don't know how much I trust it as a winch after seeing that soft aluminum spool. Thanks for watching.
@davehogan47765 жыл бұрын
Another AWESOME video!!! I really enjoy watching your fabrication video's!! Ok even your garden and cooking video's also!Now I'm going to watch it for the 2nd time!!! Thanks Again!!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks. This was more of a hack job to to see how those winches work. Thanks for watching.
@williamknight58755 жыл бұрын
I have the same snow blower and very pleased with the quality. I turned the cutting edge upside down and installed a wheel on each side to keep the blower off the ground about an inch and a half. This works great for to keep my gravel driveway intact.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
I plan on fliping the cutting edge before I use it. The wheels sound like a good idea if there is a problem. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks for watching.
@sleepingwiththedog4 жыл бұрын
William, I have the SB60 and am struggling with that same problem of bulldozing gravel, I did buy much larger skids for the sides but havent had time to mount. Can you talk about how you used wheels on your SB48, would be interested to see how you mounted and adjust for conditions?
@clintprice21235 жыл бұрын
Great job, you have an amazing and resourceful mind.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks. it is always fun to find a low cost solution for power transmission. Thanks for watching.
@donvanco30785 жыл бұрын
That's an awesome modification - you're definitely a crafty guy.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It was the lowest cost gear motor that I could find and I always wanted to take one apart to see how it works. It is a little scary to think that soft aluminum spool has to handle 2500 pounds of pull. Thanks for watching.
@Momentaryghost2 жыл бұрын
I like old drills for this type of duty. They are fairly strong and extremely cheap.
@FromSteelToWood5 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I've been thinking of using a winch for the chute rotation. You are a genius! I certainly put your video in the "watch later" section because I am going to refer to this when I am ready to make the project! Thanks a lot for sharing this! Looking to see that in action!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
It looks like it should work well. Don't know how long the remote batteries will last in the cold but will soon fiind out. Thanks for watching.
@sleepingwiththedog4 жыл бұрын
I was wondering, can you still hard wire winch to spring loaded switch in addition to using remote, or is it one or the other?
@themadhillbillycustoms50135 жыл бұрын
That's a great idea. I can't wait to see you use it in the snow.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
The lowest cost gear motor that I could find to eliminate the hand crank. I always wanted to take one apart anyway. Thanks for watching.
@steveschock5232 жыл бұрын
Very nice installation. I duplicated this on a 74 inch schulte blower with a manual crank. On initial operation in My first go around I broke the Allen screw that was half way through the shaft. I decided to stiffen this at the drive point so I used a type w weld hub - - 1 1/4 fit loosely over the spool shaft. I drilled the w hub Allen hole through the hub so the drive bolt / shear bolt went all the way through the w weld hub the spool and the turning shaft and set in the Allen screw threads 5/16 coarse. A much better setup for the high torque event when the chute reached the limit of travel which is were I ran into trouble on my first go around and install. Your installation had no end of travel so I needed to deal with that with a stiffer drive which is described above and to stop the chute while protecting the motor and gearing. I found a resettable circuit breaker after testing with fuses and blowing 8 or 10.in my case 15 amps was marginal and 20 amp was a-little high. I installed. 20 amp resettable circuit breaker and found a 15 amp manually resettable fuse. Under ideal conditions I have about 1-2 seconds after the chute stops before the 15 amp fuse trips. In a better situation I would reverse the breaker and the manually resettable fuse - 15 amps on the auto reset circuit breaker and 20amps on the manually reset fuse. I am curious what happens when everything is full of snow and frozen up😀 Thanks for a great descriptive video and A great idea that definitely will work for me
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20232 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you could use the next size up winch motor for that big a blower. This has worked great so far and I keep the ball bearings that the chute rotates on and the ring well greased so it has never frozen. If your blow freezes up and fills with snow try a woodmaxx blower. Thanks for watching.
@reynaldovalle17735 жыл бұрын
Beautiful job well done love the idea
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It is a nice little gear motor. Thanks for watching.
@Growveguk5 жыл бұрын
It's like watching me from the future 😉 Fantastic video.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Why wait. Thanks for watching.
@fwflyer785 жыл бұрын
Awesome job sir!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@MIKES00295 жыл бұрын
Wow, awesome job!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@matthewclemente4204 жыл бұрын
nice set up. very heavy duty! thanks
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20234 жыл бұрын
It works good. Thanks for watching.
@craigpierre27652 жыл бұрын
LOL where the heck were you when I was setting my winch up??? I had to figure out all those tricks all by myself..hehe. Good job..and makes replacement of the winch easier if it goes bad…next is the linear actuator for the chute!!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20232 жыл бұрын
The motor still works great and does a good job. I find you only have to set the shot angle once according to the type of snow. Thanks for watching.
@michaelfitzpatrick11745 жыл бұрын
Definite talent. Very nice tidy mod.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@casycasy51994 жыл бұрын
wonderful job
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20234 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It has worked good so far. Thanks for watching.
@Paisteboy5 жыл бұрын
Great job!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@oddopops13275 жыл бұрын
GREAT JOB! 😎
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@Sellarmusic5 жыл бұрын
Once again very nice idea and execution. I really enjoy your channel because of your diverse skill set and your attention to detail. If I want to know how to do something right, I check out your channel to see if you've done a video on it. Thanks for sharing your work.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I try to keep things simple and reliable. This is a great low cost gear motor. Thanks for watching.
@murraymadness467411 ай бұрын
I've used these to power a 30 gallon bucket cement mixer as well as raise and lower a trailer ramp using one connected to scissor jack. They do get hot, but the biggest issue for me is how LOUD they are. Like REALLY LOUD. I use them to pull cars onto my trailer, and I hate how much noise they make. I also have a 12,000 lb winch which is very heavy and expensive,so I think it might get stolen if left on my trailer stored outside, but they are too powerful, if something catches pulling up a car, they will just rip it right off. The small ones will stall instead. The big one is very quiet. It has the gears on the other side of the drum, so not as easy to use it for other purposes. I was thinking of using one for my really big 1/3 yard cement mixer and maybe wrap a cable around the drum and have it unwrap it. Not seen anyone try that approach. Can always rewrap it if the mix isn't done before the cable runs out. A boat anchor which just has a few turns on the drum.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly202311 ай бұрын
Actually I cannot even hear it back there when using the machine. A heavy winter hat, diesel engine cranked up for pto speed , and whine of the hydrostatic transmission drown it out. No problems with it operating at below zero temps caked with ice. Seems like a good motor for something like this. I just bought their 5k winch for my side by side and that is quite loud but was cheap and works. I think all winches in this price range have no thought put into noise control because they are just intermittent use rated. Thanks for watching.
@donz69015 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to see it in action.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
You are pushing it. Our leaves have not fallen yet. 😁Thanks for watching.
@paulgargan61345 жыл бұрын
Great job of engineering.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It seems to be a nice gear motor for the price. Thanks for watching.
@mikewilson50585 жыл бұрын
Well done man!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@martintubby24025 жыл бұрын
Very neat!!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Workes great. Thanks for watching.
@m3rdpwr5 жыл бұрын
Nicely done!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
It didn't take me very long to void the warranty on that winch. Thanks for watching.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
It is a great way to retain the ability to go back to the manual turner if needed and only costs $49.00 for the winch with a coupon.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
They had 2 different winches in the same box. I got the one with the heavier gauge wires. Not sure about the other one with thinner wires.
@anthonyferreira51803 жыл бұрын
Well done.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20233 жыл бұрын
It still works great. Thanks for watching.
@brosselot15 жыл бұрын
Looks great.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@jimpritz41695 жыл бұрын
Great project and I wish you the best of luck with the new snowblower. Your experience with Ariens was despicable. After seeing how they treated you I would never go near any of their products. Thank you for showing the terrible way they treat their customers.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
If only I could find someone to buy the Ariens. Nobody wants the new ones. I think this one was designed to handle the snow we get and will work great. 2 ft of snow will tell. Thanks for watching.
@willtricks94325 жыл бұрын
Nice job mate. Cheers
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@dukesnyder36075 жыл бұрын
Nice shop!!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@bassbuggy1015 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome!!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@krisley51785 жыл бұрын
Well done my Brutha. Epic beard as well. One tip....when you're tapping a hole you don't need to back off the tap to break the chip. Taps are engineered much better today. Just crank that baby right on thru.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
I have many old dull taps from the 60s I still use and do it by habit. I have had taps ruin my day more then once. Thanks for watching.
@dangoras91525 жыл бұрын
Nice mod looks cool
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@davidconaway28305 жыл бұрын
Awesome modification! I hope you get plenty of snow to blow this year to test your new blower.....ah...modified blower/thrower.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
We usually have a couple good lake effect storms a year so it is just a matter of when. I did this so I didn't need to snake the handle through the shield I am making for the tractor. Mostly I wanted to see how the winch would work as a gearmotor for other projects. Thanks for watching.
@chevyphil39695 жыл бұрын
there a great wench for the money. I mounted one to the front of my 1990 4 wheeler mainly for lifting and lowering a snow plough. I had a supper wrench mounted previously but after 20 years it broke. and it fine on a smaller 4 wheeler battery no problems in the two years of use, now I have a k 1500 Chevy with a western and heat lol
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
I have had one of these on my log arch for a couple of years.looking at how it is made worries me about picking up 1500 pound logs with it now. Thanks for watching.
@MrGeroth5 жыл бұрын
Sir you are one awesome machinist or millwright or both. Great job.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
I am learning as I go. Thanks for watching.
@larrykluckoutdoors82275 жыл бұрын
Dam, you are a handle man..looking good
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@KiotiCS5 жыл бұрын
Great job it looks like you are all set now ! sorry about the comment on the other video i did not see this one and youtube did not let me know you posted this one !! but keep up the great work i hope this all works out for you better than that walk behind did ! but i think it will ! have a great weekend ! Kioti Curt :-)
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
I think this should work good. May have to 3d print some larger buttons for the remote because they are tough to press with heavy gloves on but that should be all. Just need some snow now to try it out. Thanks for watching.
@dannydunnagan32675 жыл бұрын
good job you,r a good tool guy.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@anonymousgeorge43215 жыл бұрын
Slick.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@JordensCadet7 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20237 ай бұрын
It still works good. Thanks for watching.
@MrRickoscar4 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20234 жыл бұрын
It's been working great so far. Thanks for watching.
@nashguy2075 жыл бұрын
Good Job that's a great modification that didn't cost you an arm and a leg. LOL I bet they would of wanted 2 to 3 times the cost of the winch for there accessory that would do the same thing.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
They wanted $200.00 for their turner plus you had to mount the control box on the tractor. This was $49.00 and a afternoon of fun. Thanks for watching.
@boondocker79645 жыл бұрын
Engine lathe, Bridgeport, you have a lot of toys!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
That lathe is older then me and one of the most important tools in a shop. Thanks for watching.
@ermannodangelo10625 жыл бұрын
Well done, looks awesome. What did you line the chute on your snowblower with.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks. The snowblower comes with the lining in place and I think it it is polyethylene or UHMW. Thanks for watching
@buns525575 ай бұрын
Genius idea for a low rpm motor, I been looking for a 12 v low rpm motor they are very expensive I think this might work to drive solar tracker have you ever try to check rpm to see how fast it’s turning .
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 ай бұрын
So far it's still running great. High torque low speed dc motors are very expensive. Thanks for watching.
@GrampiesWorkshop5 жыл бұрын
Nice job done there!!! I have a winch motor to turn my chute but it goes some slow. The winch gearbox seems to be the same, so I don't know why that would be!! Your's works sweet though!!!
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It only took a couple turns of the handle to turn it 180 degrees. Must be the gear ratio is a little lower on this unit then yours. It turns faster then I thought it would. Just need some snow now. Thanks for watching.
@rudym24395 жыл бұрын
super genial l invention c est une bonne idée
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@PatrickWagz5 жыл бұрын
Looks great. *hopefully* that will have enough power to rotate the chute?! (kidding, haha) Will you have a dedicated battery somewhere on the snowblower to power this? Or will you run the batt. cables up to the tractor battery? sorry if I missed it.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
I am hooking it to the kubota battery. I just received the winch connector I ordered and will show it in the next video. Takes less then 5 amps to turn it and most of that seems to be used to release the brake. Thanks for watching.
@duramaxmak5 жыл бұрын
Super genius like Whiley Coyote
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
I do run off a lot of cliffs. Thanks for watching.
@johnfithian-franks82765 жыл бұрын
that is a great mod I am surprised that the gears did not strip out and I still find it difficult to believed that it could work as a winch with the amount of torque needed to pull steel rope
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
I have that same thought after seeing how it works. Should last a long time in this application. Thanks for watching.
@ForgeandFairway3 жыл бұрын
How did you get the little plastic knob off? I can't for the life of me figure out how, short off a cutoff wheel.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20233 жыл бұрын
Should screw right off. Wonder if they locktite it now. Thanks for watching.
@28704joe Жыл бұрын
Great video ! After watching the disassembly of the winch I did not see a "brake system" in the spool. I have one just like it and proceeded to tear it down further into the planetary gears and found nothing there other than extremely thick grease. With the planets removed the motor sun pinion rotated freely with pliers save for what seemed like some kind of very weak magnetic detent force about every 22 degrees ( my guess is that force is some motor magnet thing and not a brake thing). Anyhoo I found no "Brake System" in that winch save for very thick grease. The gear ratio for that unit is 153:1 . Aside from thick grease in the planetary gears I wonder what prevents that motor from unspooling under load? I would not have dug into my unit had it not seen for your video. Thank you. Mystified in North Carolina.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 Жыл бұрын
You are right. There is no real brake on these low cost units. Short the motor leads and with the gear ratio it will hold a partial load. That's why they are not for lifting. Thanks for watching,
@28704joe Жыл бұрын
@@unemployedredneckhillbilly2023 Thank you for confirmation. My application is a tilt front end on a 50's car. What could possibly go wrong. :) Great Video!
@murraymadness467411 ай бұрын
@@28704joe The gear ratio prevents it from moving, but not absoluately. They are way too noisy for a tilt front end, I used a convertible top drive for my cars tilt front end, they are quiet and more compact and well suited to the hood.
@28704joe10 ай бұрын
I gave up on driving the tilt and went went with a frontend that slides out 8" on a slotted plate shifting the center of gravity on the hood assembly making it easy to rotate. ( Thats the plan). The convertible top drives I happened on were hydraulic and I wanted to keep out of that if possible. What top drive did you settle on? @@murraymadness4674
@jimpritz41695 жыл бұрын
I may be wrong but I was under the impression that at least part of the problem with the Ariens SB was your gravel driveway. Have you ever tried it out on the road where there is pavement? If performance improves on pavement you might be able to use that as a selling point to someone that has a paved driveway.
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
It worked ok on the flat road in front of my house without much snow. It still climbs up with any kind of dense snow. The autoturn kicks it around bad in my gravel. The worst part was on the sidehill where water dripped on the drivetrain made it slip and burned up the drive disc within the first hour. It is only for sale to someone with a flat blacktop driveway asis. I have also thought of parting it out on ebay if no one wants it after watching the videos. Thanks for watching.
@user-pc4mc8ro5u5 жыл бұрын
شكرا انا متابع لك واشاهد ماتقوم به من اعمال رائعه وجميله مثل النجاره والزراعه
@unemployedredneckhillbilly20235 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.
@oddopops13275 жыл бұрын
😊
@greghomestead83665 жыл бұрын
Now that is some good American ingenuity!!! Have a Jesus filled day Greg in Michigan