Cordless Drill Powers Snowblower Chute

Cordless Drill Powers Snowblower Chute FARM SHOP Miscellaneous “It was an easy project to do and only cost about $20 ” says Larry Wood who powers the chute on his front-mount snowblower using an old 12-volt cordless drill He used the idea on his Deere 455 lawn tractor equipped with a cab The conversion lets him rotate the blower’s chute in either direction by pushing a button on the dash He started with an old 12-volt drill with a bad battery “I removed the trigger switch from the drill and mounted it on the dash then wired it into the tractor’s 12-volt system I ran a 2-wire cord to the front of the tractor and added a 2-wire plug for use when removing the blower ” He then mounted the drill vertically in a bracket on back of the blower “I used a 16-in length of 2-in angle iron with a hole in one end for a swivel and a slotted hole in the other end for a lock bolt that allows the belt to be tightened Using hose clamps I fastened the drill to the angle iron and then inserted a 1/2-in bolt through a 2-in V-belt pulley The bolt fits into the drill chuck and holds the pulley “The last step was to remove the snowblower’s old hand crank system and then install a belt that goes around the chute and back to the pulley ”    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Larry Wood 2081 Newmans Cardington Rd E Waldo Ohio 43356 ph 740-726-2656; Lawpressman@aol com

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