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Catt


Location: Minnesota
Joined: Oct 16, 2009
Points: 196

Homemade Snowblower
Original Message   Nov 18, 2010 8:47 pm

Wow! I'm not sure what to say about this snowblower. I've certainly never seen anything like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT38qOGMvn4

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aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Homemade Snowblower
Reply #1   Nov 18, 2010 9:54 pm
Doesn't look too efficient. The snow has to travel too far along the 6 foot auger to make it to the impeller. The bucket is too shallow and shaped like a plow. Those belts are a wee bit small for the application
jrtrebor


Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Points: 539

Re: Homemade Snowblower
Reply #2   Nov 18, 2010 10:49 pm
WOW, your right what to say.  He put a lot of work into it.  But I think that it has a few
rather large design flaws.  There is no way you can be moving snow that far down an auger to the impeller
and be moving forward at any kind of speed. the same.  There will also be a real uneven load on the augers. 
One heavy wet snow and I'm afraid those augers would be wrapping themselves around the center shaft.
I've seen large truck mounted blowers that  have the impeller at one end. 
But its fed by an angled plow type setup that just rather shoves the snow into the impeller.
He sure gets credit for being inventive though.
 Couldn't see, but I wonder how he is going to move
that thing forward.
I love it.
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bus708


Location: Maryland
Joined: Jul 24, 2010
Points: 321

Re: Homemade Snowblower
Reply #3   Nov 19, 2010 12:32 am
Catt  Who built that blower?

Looks like he  put a lot of work in it. I hate to bust his  bubble, but I cant see  how it will work. The auger is so BIG. all the snow will travel to the right. There is no smooth path for the snow to feed the impeller.  Your auger support braces are  in the way . The impeller itself  is in line with your auger. So how is the augergoing to feed the impeller?   You also have a lot of very loose  chains and sprockets.
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Catt


Location: Minnesota
Joined: Oct 16, 2009
Points: 196

Re: Homemade Snowblower
Reply #4   Nov 19, 2010 2:25 am
bus708 wrote:
Looks like you put a lot of work in it. I hate to bust your bubble, but I cant see  how it will work. The auger is so BIG. all the snow will travel to the right. There is no smooth path for the snow to feed the impeller.  Your auger support braces are  in the way . The impeller itself  is in line with your auger. So how is the impeller going to work???  You also have a lot of very loose and wlbbly chains and sprockets.

I'm not sure who you're referring to.  I sure wouldn't take credit for the design or building it.  I would like to see it in person, but from a distance because it might start flying apart.
Catt


Location: Minnesota
Joined: Oct 16, 2009
Points: 196

Re: Homemade Snowblower
Reply #5   Nov 19, 2010 2:36 am

I found a test run on youtube of this thing before he added the auger.  Can't wait to see his next video test run.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TheSCryderman#p/a/u/1/n0XpsODzwFc

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FrankMA


Location: Merrimack Valley/Northeastern Mass
Joined: Jul 1, 2010
Points: 587

Re: Homemade Snowblower
Reply #6   Nov 19, 2010 5:29 am
Must have a lot of time on their hands. I too would be concerned about parts flying off and causing injury. A+ for creativity though!

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edgenet


If you enjoy doing it, It's not work

Location: Toronto
Joined: Nov 27, 2010
Points: 84

Re: Homemade Snowblower
Reply #7   Nov 27, 2010 2:12 pm
Seems there are a lot of people with a lot of time on their hands, Looks very  scary. Very very red neck

If you are getting paid for what you are doing No matter how much you Enjoy it,   It's a Job
borat


Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: Homemade Snowblower
Reply #8   Nov 27, 2010 3:34 pm
Now, if someone would make something similar but smaller, say 20 to 30" wide, powered by a five to ten horsepower engine, riding on two wheels, with an adjustable chute and deflector controlled by levers on a handlebar.....  

Wait a minute......   They do.  
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