Winch mounted single stage blower

[TravelinJavelin 620]

well I'm still thinking and as much as I would love t do a hydraulic set up is going to be to expensive for right now and leaning towards a winch mount set up so if I went that route I would have no need for a lift flag right? as long as the winch is front mounted correct? still looking for more pics and idea's on this too

[decksetter 50]

Where would you mount the winch? I'm not sure how this would work, as there isn't anything solid enough up front to mount a winch to that will be high enough to actually lift it.

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[SCOOBY 312-h 14]

if you found a way to mount a small winch to the atachamatic i wouldnt see why that wouldnt work, or take the mower mule drive and mount the winch to the front of that?

[TT-(Moderator) 1,129]

if you found a way to mount a small winch to the atachamatic i wouldnt see why that wouldnt work, or take the mower mule drive and mount the winch to the front of that?

 

But then where you attach the thrower?

 

 

Perhaps a rear-mounted winch with some pulleys and a bellcrank / Z bar under the tractor frame to turn the winch pull into a push and raise the thrower using a modified lift tube?

[Wishin4a416 2,189]

There was just a recent thread where a fellow made a raised  mount on the frame and added a winch to lift implements. But i forget the name of the thread and where it was.

I search around for it later.

[TT-(Moderator) 1,129]

Was it Lars?

[Wishin4a416 2,189]

Was it Lars?

Thats the one I was referring to.

Thanks TT

[TravelinJavelin 620]

yeah I saw that but I just don't want to alter the battery placement that's all my thought was to tackweld a ring on the blower, build a tower winch mount with some pins to deattach if you had to get under the hood, I admit there would be some measuring involved for clearances to lift the blower, but anyways just a thought the other system is a killer set up just wish there was a way to keep the battery under hood

[Ed Kennell 36,030]

Does your blower mount to the Tach-a-matic or to the outside of the frame.  I have both and am planning to build a winch post to lift the frame mounted blower.  It would attach to the Tach-a-matic and come up between  the blower side plate frame bars. It could easily be lowered to open the hood or removed completely by releasing the Tach-a-matic.  If you do install a winch, put a strong spring in the pull line , because  the winch  overrun will break something . HF has a 2500lb remote control winch on sale now for $50. I have this arrangement on my 4 wheeler to lift a plow, and It has worked well for several years.

[can whlvr 991]

sorry no pics of this but I put a winch in the middle of my 308,it has a pull start and no battery so I mounted it in the middle for the lifting the plow,I made a homemade jonny bucket and needed the winch to lift it,it worked good but if I were to do it again id take a lot of the cable off and only use what I needed about 3-4 feet tops,the extra cable would bind up the pull line and id have to un tangle it

[pfrederi 17,192]

With a helper spring the manual lift isn't that bad...is it worth all this other fooling around???

[TravelinJavelin 620]

well my shoulders are worn from pulling hoses over 100' to houses working for fuel companies over the years and just would like something on the effortless side, if I had a small driveway I could get away with it but mine is about 100' long maybe a little longer by 50' squared between the house and garage area

[Joefrommi65 18]

My buddy frome work had the same problems with his shoulder he added an extension to his lift handle and he said it made a world of difference. Just a thought.

[shorts 182]

could you mount a winch to the mid attachmatic and use it to pull forward on the flag to lift the plow?  use as little cable as possible and a pulley at the flag, 2/1 reduction, to help slow the winch down