Snowblower Gets New Life With Snow Blade
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“I built it about a year ago and can’t imagine how I would get along without it,” says Don Campbell, Gaylord, Mich., about the snowblower he fitted with a 51-in. wide snow blade. “The blower had been sitting around unused for several years, and the auger was rusted solid. Instead of spending several hundred dollars on new parts, I used a torch to cut off the blower and replaced it with the blade.”
The 2000 Deere snowblower is powered by an 8 hp Tecumseh engine with only 10 hrs. on it. He cut off the auger and impeller, then made a circular cut all the way around the back side of the housing where the impeller had been. He used 16-ga. sheet metal to weld together a new box frame fitted with 2 blade pivot points. One pivot point is welded on the front of the snowblower and the other on the back of the blade. The blade pivots on a pair of 1/2-in. dia. pins, one at the top and one at the bottom. “By pulling out another center-mounted pin with a steel ring on top, I can rotate the blade left, right or straight ahead,” says Campbell.
He used 16-ga. sheet metal to build the blade and reinforced it by welding a length of 2-in. flat bar on back. He also welded on a cutting edge made from 2-in. wide by 1/4-in. thick flat metal.
He replaced the snowblower’s original 8-in. wheels with 12-in. wide by 18-in. tall wheels off a Steiner lawn tractor, using 1/4-in. plate steel to build wheel adapters. “I had a couple of 4-bolt tires and wheel rims sitting in the shop that bolted right up after I put some spacers in between to clear the frame,” says Campbell.
“I’m real happy with how this little walk-behind plow turned out. It takes up very little space in my garage,” he says. “I used it a lot last winter to move snow away from the edges of our driveway and sidewalks. If we get less than 5 in. of snow I just do the entire driveway with it. It’ll push right through 6 in. of light snow.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Don Campbell, P.O. Box 132, 433 N. Ohio Ave., Gaylord, Mich. 49734 (ph 989 732-3946; doncampbellmodels@yahoo.com).
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Snowblower Gets New Life With Snow Blade MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous “I built it about a year ago and can’t imagine how I would get along without it ” says Don Campbell Gaylord Mich about the snowblower he fitted with a 51-in wide snow blade “The blower had been sitting around unused for several years and the auger was rusted solid Instead of spending several hundred dollars on new parts I used a torch to cut off the blower and replaced it with the blade ” The 2000 Deere snowblower is powered by an 8 hp Tecumseh engine with only 10 hrs on it He cut off the auger and impeller then made a circular cut all the way around the back side of the housing where the impeller had been He used 16-ga sheet metal to weld together a new box frame fitted with 2 blade pivot points One pivot point is welded on the front of the snowblower and the other on the back of the blade The blade pivots on a pair of 1/2-in dia pins one at the top and one at the bottom “By pulling out another center-mounted pin with a steel ring on top I can rotate the blade left right or straight ahead ” says Campbell He used 16-ga sheet metal to build the blade and reinforced it by welding a length of 2-in flat bar on back He also welded on a cutting edge made from 2-in wide by 1/4-in thick flat metal He replaced the snowblower’s original 8-in wheels with 12-in wide by 18-in tall wheels off a Steiner lawn tractor using 1/4-in plate steel to build wheel adapters “I had a couple of 4-bolt tires and wheel rims sitting in the shop that bolted right up after I put some spacers in between to clear the frame ” says Campbell “I’m real happy with how this little walk-behind plow turned out It takes up very little space in my garage ” he says “I used it a lot last winter to move snow away from the edges of our driveway and sidewalks If we get less than 5 in of snow I just do the entire driveway with it It’ll push right through 6 in of light snow ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Don Campbell P O Box 132 433 N Ohio Ave Gaylord Mich 49734 ph 989 732-3946; doncampbellmodels@yahoo com
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