Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

hey guys just had a request today a guy want to make his tiller (gravely 12hp} into a snowblower and in the spring back to a tiller {rotoculteur} is this posable me i never heard of it ...One more thing a weed-eater gti-15t is there a shop manual i can get over the internet thks Mark

As NASA tends to prove, many things are possible, its a matter of how much time and money you are willing to throw at the problem.

There are units that are convertable from one type of machine to another however they have been designed that way from the start. If the person you are taling about has a rototiller that they want to convert  that hasn't been designed for conversion then I suspect the process will be time consuming and expensive.

There is a review on this site here:

http://www.abbysguide.com/ope/reviews/39-0-1.html

that talks about this sort of functionality.

Try searching on garden tractor or two wheel tractor.

thks nibbler but i dont think the old boy has that machine that abbys talk about {sounds like a nice toy}. The guy going to bring me his model # and more spec's of his machine this week .The best and cheepest thing i though of is removing the motor and reinstall it on a snow blower body might have to change the pulley on the blower and mounting bolts but with some work the guy would only have to take off 4 mounting bolts to have his snowblower/tiller any more thought will be welcome thks mark

I must admit that I have thought of doing that sort of thing as well. The main problems tend to be:

1. The machine without the engine is close to the cost of the complete machine.
2. Availability of motorless machines
3. Does the owner want  to do the swap twice a year?

Let us know how it turns out, sounds like an interesting possibility.

i did more thinging today{by the way the old boy didnt show up today} {respecting age he is about 70+ and im about 42 } for the snowblower body is no proplen in my neck of the woods they burnt out the motors before the body has a bit of rust on it ..I got a few bodys in my yard all they need is a motor so lets say 100.00 to transfer the motor to machine from machine i thought of a handle attach to the head of the motor useing the head bolts to hold it down { piece of 1/4 in thick by 1 1/2 wide by lenth you need? __/----\__ bad pic but you get the idea ... that will help you lift the motor... if the throttle is on the handle bars or a panel just convert remove the cable and just have your throttle on your carb.. so all it is now is 4 bolts and a couple of straps .. and for the owner it was his idea I or we are just trying to perfect it. Unless he wants to get a machine like abbys talk about in he's reveiws mind you its a beuitful machine but with a nice machine like that there's a nice price tag thks again nibbler and as always if anyboby has more ideas your more then welcome to help me [us] thks again Mark

Gravely has  many attachments including snowthrowers and tillers its aquick change unit and very well built.Lots of used parts and attachments on ebay depending on what model Gravely. My model LI has a snow thrower,bushhog 30'', 40'' lawn mower,and a snow/landscape blade. Gravely  1950-1990+ made high quality equipment that will give more modern equipment a work out.

thks Whitetail for the info i will check tomorrow on e-bay for the attachments