SPINJIM 1,981 #1 Posted January 17, 2016 I found an old Snow Thrower (from 1970) to mount on my C-120, but it had the flag without the piece for attaching a Lift Assist Spring. I know those newer flags are expensive, so I decided to modify the old flag. Made a trip to my local Ace Hardware store, and bought a couple of eye-bolts. Drilled a hole in the flag, and attached a forged steel (1200 lb. high strength) eye-bolt. Ran the other standard eye-bolt to the spring (bought from Glen Pettit, Forum vendor), assembled as pictured. It worked great, maybe better than the factory design because the angle is better. Definitely less expensive. 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,349 #2 Posted January 17, 2016 Nice bit of ingenuity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtdog524 61 #3 Posted January 17, 2016 Nice Job on that spring assist. Never ceases to amaze me what people can come up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
can whlvr 993 #4 Posted January 17, 2016 nice little conversion,thats why these machines are so great,a guy can go to the hardware store and come up a solution to repair or upgrade 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeyMrP 83 #5 Posted January 13, 2017 On 1/16/2016 at 11:15 PM, SPINJIM said: I found an old Snow Thrower (from 1970) to mount on my C-120, but it had the flag without the piece for attaching a Lift Assist Spring. I know those newer flags are expensive, so I decided to modify the old flag. Made a trip to my local Ace Hardware store, and bought a couple of eye-bolts. Drilled a hole in the flag, and attached a forged steel (1200 lb. high strength) eye-bolt. Ran the other standard eye-bolt to the spring (bought from Glen Pettit, Forum vendor), assembled as pictured. It worked great, maybe better than the factory design because the angle is better. Definitely less expensive. Hi there. This looks like a rather easy to do mod. How much help does this give? I just got a 310-8 with the single stage blower, and that sucker is heavy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyJam 542 #6 Posted January 14, 2017 Awesome job! Where did you get that spring from? Dimensions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPINJIM 1,981 #7 Posted January 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, JimmyJam said: Awesome job! Where did you get that spring from? Dimensions? From Glen Pettit, a vendor on this site. Fast delivery, and good people to deal with. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyJam 542 #8 Posted January 14, 2017 OOoops, You said you got the spring from Glenn Pettit. Sorry! Didn't read the entire post. I saw that his springs were coated RED. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
