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

I just bought a Honda HS1132TAS, a tracked US model.  While I think the chute crank works fine, I want to see if I can retrofit the power chute that is on the Canadian HS928 TCD.  Does anyone have access to the parts diagram or numbers to the Canadian HS928 TCD?  Any Canadian OPE dealers willing to ship parts to the US?   Thanks in advance.

Like a kid waiting for Santa to bring Christmas presents, I can't wait for some serious snow fall to try out my new snowblower.

Well it looks like there's a coil coming off special for the lamp (lamp coil) and its rated capacity is 12v/15w-not enough to run a drill.  I'm guessing I could dig up a broken 18v dewalt and just use a battery that's easy to pull off and charge whenever I need to change it.   I'd like to rig up a gear drive on the current chute, so I could just turn the handle in case the drill failed.  That's one of the worst things about the Ariens I have with the remote chute:  You can't turn it when it breaks (happened twice).

Maybe not a gear.  maybe a couple wheels with thin cables attached.  Then I could just wind/unwind them with the drill forward and back.  I can't find honda parts for the 1132tcd.

nhmatt wrote:

It is a good idea to make a power chute that has full manual override when the electric fails.  I'm thinking of putting a gear on the chute crank shaft.  The gear on the motor can totally disgengage from the crank shaft gear by sliding forward by one inch.  That way, you can still crank when the motor fails or the battery is depleted.

There isn't a 1132TCD, only 724TCD and 928TCD.  For some reason, Honda decided not  to make a TCD version for their largest model.  Not sure why they omitted this from their big dog model.

Its probably too close to the price/capacity of their flagship 36 hybrid.  I found one of those used on New Jersy, but the guy wanted new price AND for me to pay the recapture tax on the deduction he made when he bought it.  Sorry Charlie.

Theis isn't looking like a project I'll get done this Winter.  

nhmatt wrote:

How old was this 36 hybrid when he was selling it? If it was fairly new and not used much, I can see it fetching near new price, but paying for taxes, that's asking too much.

The 36 is too big, at that size, I would go with a tractor and a blower.