"450X_FTW" (mistermic)
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"450X_FTW" (mistermic)
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AND IT IS AWESOME.
I wear my snowboard goggles when snowblowing as it is just way easier on the eyes with snow going everywhere. But it’s late at night when I can finally get to snowblowing so it’s difficult to see, plus I worry about cars getting to close to me when I’m near the end of the driveway.
7" 18W amber light bar - $20
6000 mAh rechargeable battery pack - $30
Made a wire harness with some spares I had in the garage
End result
Results from last night where I finally got to use it. Looks like a flamethrower with the amber lights
Quadradeuce
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 09:00 |
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Did your snow blower not come with a factory light? I’ve never seen one that big without one.
Ash78, voting early and often
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 09:01 |
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Now all you need is a trailer hitch cargo carrier, a brush guard, and a YETI sticker on that thing.
Snow throw is a go, bro!
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 09:03 |
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When are you putting the lift kit on bro? Haha...seriously though that’s a good idea that I may copy
KatzManDu
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 09:06 |
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That’s bloody brilliant. When I lived in a place where I had a similar snowblower (six forward gears and two reverse) this would have been a welcome addition. Well done!
Logansteno: Bought a VW?
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 09:08 |
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So is it a snowblower or a snowBROer?
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 09:37 |
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Haven’t tested my “bike light” yet, haven’t had a reason to! Ridiculous winter
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 10:12 |
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Wow, that damn thing’s pretty bright...$20 isn’t too bad either. Any chance they are available online in white? Would love some as fog lights on my car (I miss them in bad weather from my old car...)
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450X_FTW
> Quadradeuce
02/10/2016 at 10:32 |
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It did not, 22 year old snow blower, it was rare for them to have lights back then
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450X_FTW
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
02/10/2016 at 10:37 |
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Here’s the light that I bought. They have other sizes and pretty sure they have clear ones too http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00…
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450X_FTW
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
02/10/2016 at 10:38 |
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Yep last night we had about 8 inches in my driveway when I got home from work. Glad I was able to finally use it
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450X_FTW
> Logansteno: Bought a VW?
02/10/2016 at 10:38 |
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No Tapout stickers on it, and there never will be.
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450X_FTW
> KatzManDu
02/10/2016 at 10:40 |
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That’s what this is 6F and 2R. My parents friends lived in northern Michigan where they needed a snowblower like this. Then they retired to Florida and gave it to me as a house warming gift
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450X_FTW
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
02/10/2016 at 10:40 |
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I’ve looked into it. difficult to up to a lift on with the tracks. I think the next upgrade will be an LS swap
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Quadradeuce
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 10:54 |
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Wow, kudos for keeping a 20+ years old snowblower working. For whatever reason, any old snowblower I’ve owned ended up being more work to keep running than it’s worth.
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450X_FTW
> Quadradeuce
02/10/2016 at 10:57 |
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It’s nearing the end of it’s life. It used to be able to plow through this stuff in 2nd or 3rd gear, Now I can only use 1st gear otherwise the motor bogs down. My friend did a motor swap on his from 3hp to an 8hp motor and said that all snowblower motors for 2 stage throwers are very very similar and swapping is quite easy. So it’s that or an LS swap, I’m up in the air
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 11:14 |
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Yeah thankfully mine was only about 12 bucks so if it doesn’t work out it wasn’t a huge investment ya kno? I’m a little worried about the attachment, I don’t know if I’ll be able to get my auger handle all the way flat with it on the way it is, I may have to fabricate a cross bar like you have.
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450X_FTW
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
02/10/2016 at 11:26 |
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Angle iron works great. With the angle iron you can adjust the light angle to where the handlebars start to curve. Lets you point the light up or down
ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 11:31 |
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Tracks! DOPEST DOPE!
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450X_FTW
> ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper
02/10/2016 at 11:36 |
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This thing does NOT get stuck. I can just put the chute up, put it in 6th gear to get them really spinning, push down on the back to get the chute up higher and it climbs over just about everything
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ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 11:39 |
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HAHA awesome. All you need is this:
uofime-2
> 450X_FTW
02/10/2016 at 12:24 |
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you need portal axles!
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KatzManDu
> 450X_FTW
02/11/2016 at 04:24 |
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I was in Indianapolis. Some winters we needed it, sometimes we didn’t. It always was welcome when I had it. Electric start, too, made it fantastic.
JustAnotherG6
> 450X_FTW
02/11/2016 at 12:28 |
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LS is so overdone... how about an EcoBoost?
Seriously though, I have been debating buying a wrecked bike and putting the engine on my snowblower for years. Something about having a snowblower running up to 8 or 10k RPMs rustles the jimmies.
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450X_FTW
> JustAnotherG6
02/11/2016 at 12:44 |
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That’s too much work when I could just buy Briggs and Stratton brand new for less than $200 and bolt it up
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JustAnotherG6
> 450X_FTW
02/11/2016 at 12:47 |
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yeah... but could you imagine how far the snow would go at those speeds?