Good job on getting the snowblower attached and functional. Looks like you'll need to add a bunch of ballast weight in the truck bed to offset the weight of the snowblower on the front end of the truck. That should help with turning. One tip to snowblowing on gravel is to make sure the ground is good and frozen otherwise you will be peeling up your gravel and launching it through the snowblower.
Awesome job, I’ve been working for municipality for a number of winters and the only time our trucks don’t have good traction is when there empty so I’d encourage you to add some dirt in the back of the truck, oh and before I forget congratulations you two on the news of your first baby.
Right. You must at least place the same weight over the rear axle as the weight of the entire blower-extension. Then you will definitely no longer have traction problems and the steerability of the truck will definitely improve in use. Good job, you can be proud of it!
Just a suggestion, The way a snow plow blade works (which is what you have with a blower) is the hydraulic ram lifts an arm with a chain attached for floating ability, eliminating that float manifold. Also, put skid plates on the sides of the blower to prevent picking up a lot of gravel, which will also break the impeller's roller chain. Skids will slide over bumps instead of trying to shear them off breaking something. Go slow there is no spring mount. Team Ambition is doing Great, wish I was your neighbor.
That’s actually really smart to have used the power steering pump as a repurposed hydraulic pump for the floating ram and solenoids. I’m an engineer by day and I have to give credit where credit is due - that’s ingenious!
That's how plow trucks have been doing it since the 70's or before. You can change the pulley size to get more pressure and change pumps with larger reservoirs too.
You may have some icing issues with the radiator. There is a mesh fabric for snowmobiles that may shed the snow and keep it from icing if it becomes an issue.
There needs to be an awards ceremony for KZclip content creators. This would definitely take the "Most Inventive project done from an off grid channel" award.
Inventive - having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally. This has been done before, and it's been done better. There is nothing "inventive" about it other than they didn't have one themselves.
@Steven Saunders this project was started when they had over 3 feet of snow, the snow has been melting quickly as spring approaches. As they said in the video before they were going to be lucky to have any snow to test it with. What he's done is nothing short of amazing and definitely he thinks outside the box.
This is awesome to see this plan come together and work so well. If I might make a suggestion. Before next winter, put about 1 or 2 tons of gravel in the back. That will help offset some of the extra weight on the front axle and give you better traction on the rear. If you want to take it a step further, get yourself a sander unit to put in the bed. Then you can also sand the road after you blow the snow off of it. Usually in the spring ITD has a surplus equipment auction, down here in CDA.
Another suggestion is to lower the snowblower to a couple of inches off the ground when in use. It was much too high and it was only skimming the top surface, left too much snow under the wheels. Don't be afraid to get it down in the snow, it will handle it. Then if you have to back up, you shouldn't get stuck.
That has got to be one of the most “ambitious” off grid builds I have ever seen! Forget the off grid, who cares, that thing is a beast and I can’t believe you engineered the whole thing, Riley you’re a genius!
Riley this is absolutely brilliant! Beautiful welds too! What i think is amazing is that both of you are equally talented. You guys are a beautiful team together.
Riley! You are a machine! I was watching this and It just struck me how amazing this is. You took an idea and hit it out of the park. I have been watching this channel for a while now and I am constantly amazed at the content that you and Courtney create! Thank you for making my morning!
Wait why are you so calm? This made me miss how CC's used to say a thing just once, they talked calmly, measured and deliberately. Everybody else just goes AUUW AUWW OFOFFFFF AAAUWUW UHUH AAAH. Lots of screaming and hollering, while you're as calm as can be! You even edited down the volume when you got excited for it working! 😊 Subbed!
The way you guys make your ideas come to life is amazing. The amount of steps that you can look ahead to make sure you cover it all just blows my mind. Great job!
You should consider either buying or fabricating a sander for the dump body for the winter. Another fun project for you to do and us to watch and learn. You two are amazing and congratulations on your pregnancy 🎉
THAT will be so much fun after a heavy powder snowfall!! possibly add a skid plate with small steel wheels on the back of the snowblower frame so if you are backing up over a hump / unlevel section the sharp angles wont dig in ? In any case you are an awesome Enginner coming up with these things and then DOING them yourselves!
Great job, some others have pointed out some tips to improve your project. Add 8,000lbs in the back and winches front and rear. The weight should keep from getting stuck. The winches if you do. The front winch could be used to lift it rather then the hyd cyl. And give you float. Great job over all.
Excellent job guy’s, love ur content & genius. The skid steer with snow blower in the back would make a good counterweight, for extra traction and have a backup redundancy machine on board for some smaller areas, or in case of a breakdown, you could still finish a job &/or get home for parts, etc.
skid plate with up curved tips at each side would work, easier to fabricate. and you can make some counterweight to put in the back of the truck at the tailgate, which should give you better traction,
You guys are great! This is the best video yet, the music really added a ton of depth! Great editing overall. I love your positivity and willingness to acknowledge your mistakes and keep moving forward. A great outlook these days. Good Luck getting the Army truck unstuck!
I marvel at your engineering and building ability. This was truly so wonderful to watch. It'll be a lot of fun to see this in heavy snow. One question I'm wondering about is how you adjust the throttle on the Sunfire engine while you are driving?
Great build! I love this channel! You both are so genuine, fearless and your ability to fabricate anything is amazing. Your creations are never backyard either. Welding is impeccable. You could have built the entire blower if you wanted to. I'll be disappointed if you buy the sander to go in the back next winter 🙈lol. Have a great week!
Your building skills are off the chart. I love watching you two. You guys are like a well oiled machine. Also congrats on the great news you guys shared. Based on your building skills both of you are going to be great parents. Peace
That snowblower is awesome! Nice to see all your hard work and ingenuity paid off! That should really be handy for those massive snow storms! Thanks for the video!
This is my favorite episode for this blower. The controls and mounting are the fun part! Plus Courtney is changing her demeanor! She is getting more of a mommy vibe already.
You guys are the first video I watch every Sunday morning. Most of the time I don’t have a clue what you’re doing (I’m a senior citizen and totally un-mechanical) but it sure is fun to watch your genius at work!😊
What an achievement. Very few would have even thought about building this snow blower, even fewer would have the ability to engineer such a project. You two are truly amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Congratulations on the coming next generation little engineer.
Next is a super supremely strong winch to winch out the stuck truck? That was such a cool video!!! But can the next one be longer than 1 minute?? This one flew by...Amazing! Looking forward to seeing it clear the snow from your new road...What an incredible achievement. Seriously, Riley needs a skin tight lycra suit with a cape and a mask. He's a super hero.
Congrats on getting the snow blower working! That's a REALLY impressive feat of engineering and fabrication! Not sure I'd have been willing to stand so close to that massive snow blower during the initial test run. Maybe your next "tool" should be a longer zoom lens for Courtney's camera? 😆
I can assure how satisfying is to get functional things made by our own hands. This could explain why your channel is growing fast all around the world. You know, even we who didn't do anything but watching you, can also get some serotonin shots, it means, you guys are addictive, all FIVE of you! 😁 Greetings from Poland
You guys are amazing. This is a genius idea. There's nothing that you can't do. I'm so impressed. Congratulations on the coming birth of your baby Courtney. I pray that all goes well. God bless you both, and stay safe. 🤩🤗
I have been checking every day for the update on the snow blower project. I was elated when I saw this video uploaded today. This is one of my favorite videos that you have produced. Keep up the great work and can't wait for the next one.
Have you named this Frankenstein blower yet? Truly impressed with your tenacity and engineering skills. Congratulations. Wishing you both another blessed week, gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings. Peace
Riley: I have to give you major Kudos, I have watched your engineer & fab projects in the past, but this snow blower is your best. From mounting an car engine to the snow blower, the mounting frame & hydraulics, your engineering, fabbing and welding skills are top notch!
Outstanding! Just make sure to keep the dogs inside when you are using it. Small and large kids too. The snow blowers we had in the Air Force took no prisoners. Cheers Terry
Riley, I am totally impressed with your ability as a mechanic/Welder/engineer. I call that a craftsman with common sense. Your welds actually look like a welder welded them. Your fabricated parts were actually cut small enough so you had a corner to corner fit up Allowing room to put a full penetration weld. This is something I rarely see when watching fabrication on KZclip. Your engineering of the hydraulics and hoses looked flawless. If you didn’t have any boo-boos, you did not show. Way to go, Riley!!! Courtney, you look beautiful as always, and I admire your patience with reckless Riley! I did not see many places were you were going to have to caulk on this project! Lol, Congratulations on your upcoming family addition!😂
Another great accomplishment, you guys are AWESOME. It is definitely an enjoyable time watching your videos, great job filming and editing, thanks a lot!
The front of that thing looks like something out of a horror movie!!!! Loved watching the two of you put together odd bits of this and that to make another functioning tool for your Idaho mountain home-site! I can envision folks hiring Riley and "The Beast Blower" to clear their roads for them! I can see Riley making some treads and bogie setup for the truck at some point for better snow performance.
You folks are fantastic planners, engineers and fabricators. Your smiles are a signal that your efforts have paid great dividends. Blessings to both of you.
wow !!! you amaze me, good job. it works. I've been waiting a whole week for this . Your build videos are so entertaining. thanks for all your effort and hard work.
Excellent work! Absolutely amazing what Riley can do. I'm wondering if a counter weight on rear of truck will offset the blower weight resulting in more rear tire traction?
As a Snowbloweroperator in austria: you should blow the snow to the right side (drinkerside) so that you can see what you are doing, and mount adjustable wheels on each side of the blower to adjust the height of the blade/the whole blower. the rest looks pretty good
This was an awesome project and I am so looking forward to you putting it to good use in the future. I look forward to future projects but I am not sure how you top that for ingenuity.
I am in awe of your video production work. You make it look effortless but I know better. Cool project (as always) thanks for sharing your life with us!
Pretty awesome snow thrower! When you get the rpm dialed down it'll be good, those augers are spinning way too fast. Can't wait to see it in action in some deep stuff.
Those kits from AuxBeam are so nice. I used the 8 switch kit on my Kubota and the 6 switch for my quad. It makes the wiring job so much quicker, simpler and cleaner. Well done with the fab work!
Sweet build! If you have problems with a ram you might try a winch. Also you should weld chain hooks onto it and all of your attachments. I can't tell you how useful mine have been.
A really well done project...Completely self contained is a great feature. Here's a couple of possibilities I've come up with (yeah right, just what you need - more projects) : 1) How about a removable counter weight for the back of the truck to improve traction and balance? 2) I know you'd have no problem fabricating a quick-attach plate/mount so that you could also use the blower with your tracked loader (or perhaps a tractor?)
The snowblower is awesome. PLEASE do one more thing to it. an EMERGENCY kill switch you can activate from the cab and outside. This would be a huge safety feature. You are a great fabricator.
Try one of the old school cruise controls set ups. They read drive shaft speeds and have an electric motor that modulates the throttle. You might be able to set this up to read pto speed...set the cruise control and it will regulate the engine speed based on pto rpm. Just a thought. Well done guys... this thing is AWESOME!
He likely could use the factory transmission sensor assuming it is a hall effect? and reads teeth on a wheel. He could put a sprocket or gear on the belt drive somewhere for the sensor to work.
That machine is insane! I hope it works well and you can move some serious snow with it. Also, thanks for always saying oh my gosh. Very refreshing for this devout Christian.
Awesome project! A couple of thoughts 1) protect the radiator, it looks vulnerable. 2) extra weight on the back of the truck. -- that will help with traction and balance. 3) provisions for when the hydraulics break -- attachment points for wheels to support the front of the blower. -- physical lock for the up position. -- redundant/parallel hydraulic lift system.
I would try to work in the ignition and starter controls for the blower motor into the switch panel so that you can just turn in the blower system and then momentary pros a start button to start her up from the cab. Would be much cleaner and better working than using the key solenoid. Looks great!
The cruise control for constant RM under changing load is an awesome idea. Most PTO equipment is designed for 540 RPM input. You might check your gear and belt reduction calcs as it looked like you were REALLY spinning that blower. BUT I think it could take a bit more than 540 RPM input. But not like 2X or 3X as much. You could also attach a tach on the final drive so you can monitor it as you go.
Fantastic job on this project. I think you can add OBD2 via Bluetooth to monitor the snowblower motor in the cab to ensure doesn’t over rev or over heat. Truck might be too loud to detect problems immediately. Love how you can think it and execute a large scale working prototype.
You two are so awesome and creative. Love the clean language, rare these days. You must have had great examples in your life, that brought you up right.
Good job on getting the snowblower attached and functional. Looks like you'll need to add a bunch of ballast weight in the truck bed to offset the weight of the snowblower on the front end of the truck. That should help with turning. One tip to snowblowing on gravel is to make sure the ground is good and frozen otherwise you will be peeling up your gravel and launching it through the snowblower.
Good idea on placing ballast on the rear..
Awesome job, I’ve been working for municipality for a number of winters and the only time our trucks don’t have good traction is when there empty so I’d encourage you to add some dirt in the back of the truck, oh and before I forget congratulations you two on the news of your first baby.
Right. You must at least place the same weight over the rear axle as the weight of the entire blower-extension.
Then you will definitely no longer have traction problems and the steerability of the truck will definitely improve in use.
Good job, you can be proud of it!
Use snow. It unloads it's self.
Awesome welds there Riley, really enjoyed the video. we like to make similar content!
Just a suggestion, The way a snow plow blade works (which is what you have with a blower) is the hydraulic ram lifts an arm with a chain attached for floating ability, eliminating that float manifold. Also, put skid plates on the sides of the blower to prevent picking up a lot of gravel, which will also break the impeller's roller chain. Skids will slide over bumps instead of trying to shear them off breaking something. Go slow there is no spring mount. Team Ambition is doing Great, wish I was your neighbor.
I just mentioned the same mount system. And adding weight.
That’s actually really smart to have used the power steering pump as a repurposed hydraulic pump for the floating ram and solenoids. I’m an engineer by day and I have to give credit where credit is due - that’s ingenious!
Guess you're not familiar with hydraulic systems.
That's how plow trucks have been doing it since the 70's or before. You can change the pulley size to get more pressure and change pumps with larger reservoirs too.
I mean power steering is literally a hydraulic circuit so it makes sense lol
I use my powering steering pump to run my detach instead of a PTO wet kit
When he said it I was thinking - that's a great idea! No messing with the truck. I really like that.
You may have some icing issues with the radiator. There is a mesh fabric for snowmobiles that may shed the snow and keep it from icing if it becomes an issue.
Definitely be a good idea to blow to the right when possible.
Consider a flow control valve (slowdown) for the “down” function of the blower so you can fine tune how slow/fast it drops (if you haven’t already).
Don’t they make an orifice to control the maximum speed for dump boxes and tilt trailers?
There needs to be an awards ceremony for KZclip content creators. This would definitely take the "Most Inventive project done from an off grid channel" award.
Inventive - having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally. This has been done before, and it's been done better. There is nothing "inventive" about it other than they didn't have one themselves.
For real so bad ass
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Agree! So much of KZclip is propelling forward various skills and trades. Great project: from dream, design, manufacturing, repurposing and testing.
@Steven Saunders this project was started when they had over 3 feet of snow, the snow has been melting quickly as spring approaches. As they said in the video before they were going to be lucky to have any snow to test it with. What he's done is nothing short of amazing and definitely he thinks outside the box.
This is awesome to see this plan come together and work so well. If I might make a suggestion. Before next winter, put about 1 or 2 tons of gravel in the back. That will help offset some of the extra weight on the front axle and give you better traction on the rear. If you want to take it a step further, get yourself a sander unit to put in the bed. Then you can also sand the road after you blow the snow off of it. Usually in the spring ITD has a surplus equipment auction, down here in CDA.
Another suggestion is to lower the snowblower to a couple of inches off the ground when in use. It was much too high and it was only skimming the top surface, left too much snow under the wheels. Don't be afraid to get it down in the snow, it will handle it. Then if you have to back up, you shouldn't get stuck.
I agree, the truck will go better in snoeblowing and you wont go stuck then you are backing with the lifted snowblower.
That has got to be one of the most “ambitious” off grid builds I have ever seen! Forget the off grid, who cares, that thing is a beast and I can’t believe you engineered the whole thing, Riley you’re a genius!
So awesome!! Engineer, electrical, mechanical, and fabricator all rolled into Riley. So enjoyable to see the smiles on your faces each week!
The snow blower is mind blowing! Well done! And look at all that storage now So neat seeing everything coming together
Riley this is absolutely brilliant! Beautiful welds too! What i think is amazing is that both of you are equally talented. You guys are a beautiful team together.
You made the massive amount of work attaching this to the truck look really easy. That is impressive.
👍👍👍
What cad! Application are you using to make parts?? 😊
@Ambition Strikes 1:38 i think u need another snow blower here too 🙈
but we need full episode just for plasma cutter please 🙏🙏🙏🫶
@Ambition Strikes keep it up!!!
Thanks Dexter! There's a reason this video took an extra week! Ha. All the little things are so time consuming.
Riley! You are a machine! I was watching this and It just struck me how amazing this is. You took an idea and hit it out of the park. I have been watching this channel for a while now and I am constantly amazed at the content that you and Courtney create! Thank you for making my morning!
Wait why are you so calm?
This made me miss how CC's used to say a thing just once, they talked calmly, measured and deliberately.
Everybody else just goes AUUW AUWW OFOFFFFF AAAUWUW UHUH AAAH.
Lots of screaming and hollering, while you're as calm as can be! You even edited down the volume when you got excited for it working! 😊
Subbed!
The way you guys make your ideas come to life is amazing. The amount of steps that you can look ahead to make sure you cover it all just blows my mind. Great job!
You should consider either buying or fabricating a sander for the dump body for the winter. Another fun project for you to do and us to watch and learn. You two are amazing and congratulations on your pregnancy 🎉
You guys are doing a great job editing these videos. Getting better all the time.
THAT will be so much fun after a heavy powder snowfall!! possibly add a skid plate with small steel wheels on the back of the snowblower frame so if you are backing up over a hump / unlevel section the sharp angles wont dig in ? In any case you are an awesome Enginner coming up with these things and then DOING them yourselves!
Great job, some others have pointed out some tips to improve your project. Add 8,000lbs in the back and winches front and rear. The weight should keep from getting stuck. The winches if you do. The front winch could be used to lift it rather then the hyd cyl. And give you float. Great job over all.
Excellent job guy’s, love ur content & genius. The skid steer with snow blower in the back would make a good counterweight, for extra traction and have a backup redundancy machine on board for some smaller areas, or in case of a breakdown, you could still finish a job &/or get home for parts, etc.
skid plate with up curved tips at each side would work, easier to fabricate. and you can make some counterweight to put in the back of the truck at the tailgate, which should give you better traction,
I’m totally amazed in your ability to create and put this together. I also noticed that you do an absolutely amazing welding job.
You guys are great! This is the best video yet, the music really added a ton of depth! Great editing overall. I love your positivity and willingness to acknowledge your mistakes and keep moving forward. A great outlook these days. Good Luck getting the Army truck unstuck!
I marvel at your engineering and building ability. This was truly so wonderful to watch. It'll be a lot of fun to see this in heavy snow. One question I'm wondering about is how you adjust the throttle on the Sunfire engine while you are driving?
That was soooo fun to watch! Riley is an engineering and fabricator master! Loved every minute! 👍
Good job! I bet you've never wanted it to snow so bad like you do right now.
My weekend is not complete without a video from you two!
Great build! I love this channel! You both are so genuine, fearless and your ability to fabricate anything is amazing. Your creations are never backyard either. Welding is impeccable. You could have built the entire blower if you wanted to. I'll be disappointed if you buy the sander to go in the back next winter 🙈lol. Have a great week!
There's no doubt in my mind that this snow blower project of yours will work. Keep grinding guys!
Your building skills are off the chart. I love watching you two. You guys are like a well oiled machine. Also congrats on the great news you guys shared. Based on your building skills both of you are going to be great parents. Peace
I'm totally impressed by this project. This is so cool! You're a DIY inspiration Casey.
That snowblower is awesome! Nice to see all your hard work and ingenuity paid off! That should really be handy for those massive snow storms! Thanks for the video!
The crazy part for me is this is all off grid! All the cutting, welding with solar and batteries. Awesome.
I've been waiting for this lol. I've come to be HIGHLY impressed with y'all's manufacturing skills!
It not only works well, but it looks good, and like it was meant to be. Great job you two, thanks for sharing.
This is my favorite episode for this blower. The controls and mounting are the fun part! Plus Courtney is changing her demeanor! She is getting more of a mommy vibe already.
You guys are the first video I watch every Sunday morning. Most of the time I don’t have a clue what you’re doing (I’m a senior citizen and totally un-mechanical) but it sure is fun to watch your genius at work!😊
What an achievement. Very few would have even thought about building this snow blower, even fewer would have the ability to engineer such a project. You two are truly amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. Congratulations on the coming next generation little engineer.
That is sick! Great job guys! Can't wait to see it dig into some fresh deep snow, and do its job! 🌨
When creativity and engineering come together in Riley's head it makes great KZclip entertainment, keep up the great work 👍
I just love watching your videos, you make life look so much fun. What a perfect couple doing exactly what they want to do.
The snow blower is mind blowing! Well done! And look at all that storage now 😍
So neat seeing everything coming together
The best part of your videos is your attitude. Very positive. Mature. Sensible. Keep making stuff! Excellent work!
Next is a super supremely strong winch to winch out the stuck truck? That was such a cool video!!! But can the next one be longer than 1 minute?? This one flew by...Amazing! Looking forward to seeing it clear the snow from your new road...What an incredible achievement. Seriously, Riley needs a skin tight lycra suit with a cape and a mask. He's a super hero.
HUGE admiration for the skills involved in visualizing, designing, and building something like this!
You guys are such a great team!
Congrats on getting the snow blower working! That's a REALLY impressive feat of engineering and fabrication! Not sure I'd have been willing to stand so close to that massive snow blower during the initial test run. Maybe your next "tool" should be a longer zoom lens for Courtney's camera? 😆
Looks great. I can't wait to see it working in 4 feet of snow.
Awesome job! Riley is one handy fabricator! Can’t wait to see it on a fresh heavy snowfall.
I can assure how satisfying is to get functional things made by our own hands.
This could explain why your channel is growing fast all around the world. You know, even we who didn't do anything but watching you, can also get some serotonin shots, it means, you guys are addictive, all FIVE of you! 😁
Greetings from Poland
You guys are amazing. This is a genius idea. There's nothing that you can't do. I'm so impressed. Congratulations on the coming birth of your baby Courtney. I pray that all goes well. God bless you both, and stay safe. 🤩🤗
I have been checking every day for the update on the snow blower project. I was elated when I saw this video uploaded today. This is one of my favorite videos that you have produced. Keep up the great work and can't wait for the next one.
Have you named this Frankenstein blower yet? Truly impressed with your tenacity and engineering skills. Congratulations. Wishing you both another blessed week, gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings. Peace
Outstanding! I mean what else can I say and apart from anything else its good to see you both enjoying yourselves. My favorite team on You Tube!
You guys are so unbelieveably awesome! and... we have more snow coming!
Riley: I have to give you major Kudos, I have watched your engineer & fab projects in the past, but this snow blower is your best. From mounting an car engine to the snow blower, the mounting frame & hydraulics, your engineering, fabbing and welding skills are top notch!
Outstanding! Just make sure to keep the dogs inside when you are using it. Small and large kids too. The snow blowers we had in the Air Force took no prisoners.
Cheers
Terry
Riley, I am totally impressed with your ability as a mechanic/Welder/engineer. I call that a craftsman with common sense. Your welds actually look like a welder welded them. Your fabricated parts were actually cut small enough so you had a corner to corner fit up Allowing room to put a full penetration weld.
This is something I rarely see when watching fabrication on KZclip. Your engineering of the hydraulics and hoses looked flawless. If you didn’t have any boo-boos, you did not show.
Way to go, Riley!!!
Courtney, you look beautiful as always, and I admire your patience with reckless Riley!
I did not see many places were you were going to have to caulk on this project! Lol, Congratulations on your upcoming family addition!😂
Another great job. Well done, can't wait to see it in action on new snow.
Another great accomplishment, you guys are AWESOME.
It is definitely an enjoyable time watching your videos, great job filming and editing, thanks a lot!
The front of that thing looks like something out of a horror movie!!!! Loved watching the two of you put together odd bits of this and that to make another functioning tool for your Idaho mountain home-site! I can envision folks hiring Riley and "The Beast Blower" to clear their roads for them! I can see Riley making some treads and bogie setup for the truck at some point for better snow performance.
You folks are fantastic planners, engineers and fabricators. Your smiles are a signal that your efforts have paid great dividends. Blessings to both of you.
There was nothing "reckless" about this idea and build by Riley. So many examples of top level skills!
Riley, what a great fun project. Years of experience, creativity, and education is really paying off. Cal Poly and you guys rock!rocks
wow !!! you amaze me, good job. it works. I've been waiting a whole week for this . Your build videos are so entertaining. thanks for all your effort and hard work.
Awesome build. And you guys know every inch of it when it comes time to work on it. So resourceful.
Excellent work! Absolutely amazing what Riley can do. I'm wondering if a counter weight on rear of truck will offset the blower weight resulting in more rear tire traction?
I've done that filter box fan combo before, very simple, and just spring for nice filters (3m filtrete), fantastic for many uses.
As a Snowbloweroperator in austria: you should blow the snow to the right side (drinkerside) so that you can see what you are doing, and mount adjustable wheels on each side of the blower to adjust the height of the blade/the whole blower. the rest looks pretty good
This was an awesome project and I am so looking forward to you putting it to good use in the future. I look forward to future projects but I am not sure how you top that for ingenuity.
I am in awe of your video production work. You make it look effortless but I know better. Cool project (as always) thanks for sharing your life with us!
Although mechanics and snow are never going to be an issue for me, I so admire Riley's ease with any hurdle. Fatherhood should be a breeze.🤣💖
There are engineers, there are mechanical engineers, there are technicians. Riley is ALL of them combined. 👍🏻👍🏻
Dang Skippy seems like it's working marvelous very good job excellent hopefully you'll get a lot of use out of it
Pretty awesome snow thrower! When you get the rpm dialed down it'll be good, those augers are spinning way too fast. Can't wait to see it in action in some deep stuff.
Awesome! You may want a 3rd hydraulic cylinder for the spout deflector.
Congratulations Riley. Love your problem-solving skills. A truly engineering phenomenon.
What a crazy project but I love it! Of course, now that you have it working you know you won't get any more snow the rest of the winter! 🤣
Those kits from AuxBeam are so nice. I used the 8 switch kit on my Kubota and the 6 switch for my quad. It makes the wiring job so much quicker, simpler and cleaner. Well done with the fab work!
Sweet build! If you have problems with a ram you might try a winch. Also you should weld chain hooks onto it and all of your attachments. I can't tell you how useful mine have been.
Great job! Two things I would add are temp and oil pressure gauges that you can see from the cab so you can monitor the blower motor.
A really well done project...Completely self contained is a great feature.
Here's a couple of possibilities I've come up with (yeah right, just what you need - more projects) :
1) How about a removable counter weight for the back of the truck to improve traction and balance?
2) I know you'd have no problem fabricating a quick-attach plate/mount so that you could also use the blower with your tracked loader (or perhaps a tractor?)
The snowblower is awesome. PLEASE do one more thing to it. an EMERGENCY kill switch you can activate from the cab and outside. This would be a huge safety feature. You are a great fabricator.
🇬🇧 That’s a fantastic bit of work, congratulations to you both, bet you won’t get any more snow now. You two deserve a pat on the back.
Try one of the old school cruise controls set ups. They read drive shaft speeds and have an electric motor that modulates the throttle. You might be able to set this up to read pto speed...set the cruise control and it will regulate the engine speed based on pto rpm.
Just a thought.
Well done guys... this thing is AWESOME!
He likely could use the factory transmission sensor assuming it is a hall effect? and reads teeth on a wheel. He could put a sprocket or gear on the belt drive somewhere for the sensor to work.
That machine is insane! I hope it works well and you can move some serious snow with it. Also, thanks for always saying oh my gosh. Very refreshing for this devout Christian.
When it comes to making things, you guys are great!! I like your ambition. Super cool.
Awesome project! A couple of thoughts 1) protect the radiator, it looks vulnerable. 2) extra weight on the back of the truck. -- that will help with traction and balance. 3) provisions for when the hydraulics break -- attachment points for wheels to support the front of the blower. -- physical lock for the up position. -- redundant/parallel hydraulic lift system.
Great job to get it running. Cannot wait to see how it holds up this winter and what comes next. Keep it up
Can't wait to see it blow super deep fresh snow. Awesome stuff
Riley, I have come to expect really professional design and fabrication skills from you. WOW!!
Love the organization of your work space. Nicely done.
I would try to work in the ignition and starter controls for the blower motor into the switch panel so that you can just turn in the blower system and then momentary pros a start button to start her up from the cab. Would be much cleaner and better working than using the key solenoid. Looks great!
That's going to be a beast! Loving your engineering and fabrication skills. Helps to have the right tools too....
That is awesome! Well done. Can’t wait to see that go through a fresh snowfall.
Nice job guys, such a cool project! Those are some wicked tire chains!
The look on Courtney's face was a PRICELESS moment. Congratulations
This is an awesome achievement!! Congrats guys!
The cruise control for constant RM under changing load is an awesome idea. Most PTO equipment is designed for 540 RPM input. You might check your gear and belt reduction calcs as it looked like you were REALLY spinning that blower. BUT I think it could take a bit more than 540 RPM input. But not like 2X or 3X as much. You could also attach a tach on the final drive so you can monitor it as you go.
Fantastic job on this project. I think you can add OBD2 via Bluetooth to monitor the snowblower motor in the cab to ensure doesn’t over rev or over heat. Truck might be too loud to detect problems immediately. Love how you can think it and execute a large scale working prototype.
Wow! I have no words. Congrats to the three of you...Safe travels.
You two are so awesome and creative. Love the clean language, rare these days. You must have had great examples in your life, that brought you up right.