Well I bought the MTD blower today - looks good. I'm guessing I'll need about a 3:1 reduction to use the ET snowblower motor (I'm open to opinions on that). I think I'll sacrifice the ET blower to provide the mount and motor. I hate to part out a vintage accessory, but these seem ubiquitous and hard to sell.
(Hmmm, maybe I can turn the rest of the blower into a large drum sander!)
Well anyway, thanks for all the help so far from everyone. I'll try to document the process.
-SteveS
Perhaps something like this?
http://www.econogics.com/ev/hondablw.jpgA Honda snowblower auger unit converted to 36-volt electric drive and
mated to an Elec-Trak.
This was built by Keith Stieg in Minnesota. I think this goes back 10
years or so, but I seem to recall references to it more recently (2012?)
Keith used to be on this list. Keith?
Darryl
On 11/9/2015 5:19 PM,
stevesgroups verizon net wrote:
> Has anyone converted a gas-lawn tractor 2-stage blower accessory to use
> on the ET? The GE single-stage just doesn't work well in northern VA,
> with (generally) wetter snows; I also have a gravel drive and gravel
> tends to the caught up in the blades.
>
> It seems like converting ought to work. One thing I don't know is what
> RPM the gearbox of a two-stage is designed for and how well that matches
> up to the GE snowblower motor (which I have).
>
> -steve
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