What a spectacular invention! I love this simple, but genius way of creating a conveyor! I’m about to embark on lowering my crawl space and will be using your idea. Thank you!
Very nice! Making something like this soon but for moving firewood. Planning on using the original belt from the treadmill but cutting length ways to double its length.
It’s works better than it should. The “counter rotating tension idler” just after head pulley is part of the magic. I’ve made a couple other replies after older comments on its construction details. Thanks.
Hi. It’s a 16 foot ladder. I had a piece of aluminum flashing cut to the width and length of the ladder and then attached. This flashing is what the belt slides on as it moves up. Next I put the tread mill tension idler at the bottom. This treadmill component and frame section was an inch wider than my ladder so it was perfect to place over, shim with 1/2 plywood strips, then “sandwich” to the ladder using long treaded rod run through two ladder rungs. At the top I did the same thing with the treadmill drive end. I added a third roller from another treadmill idle as a “counter rotating drive tensioner “ After that I bought some used fertilizer belt and cut to length and did a splice. I took some scrap plastic panels and fashioned a sort of funnel at the intake. I used this conveyor to successfully remove 12 inches deep of basement dirt/ old crumbled concrete. I then reversed polarity of the dc drive motor to deliver new gravel back in to basement in preparation for new concrete. This conveyor was the star of the project and worked flawlessly. I’d love to supply further pictures and information.
@@1947visegrip Funny you used a fertilizer belt. My friends family owns a fertilizer plant and they just gave me 35ft of the same belt. I'm using C purling for the sides and 6inch rollers to turn it. I've got 37yards of dirt to remove from my garage floor so this thing is really gonna save my ass! Hope mines not too heavy to move around, but I wanna sell it when I'm done.
Hi. It’s a dry fertilizer belt. The top drive roller has a few wraps of tape on the middle of the roller to make the roller “slightly thicker “ in the middle. Giving it a slight”crown” to help belt stay centeerd. Also the return side idler roller is spring loaded so it does not slip no matter how much I threw on it. It worked fantastic. Dirt , gravel ,concrete , coal no matter what it went up and out a basement window.
That's tight, and was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
This is sweet! I need the same thing to move dirt from under my house. And I happen to have a used working treadmill too. Thanks for Sharing.
Necessity is the mother of all invention. Very innovative and MacGyver of you.
What a spectacular invention! I love this simple, but genius way of creating a conveyor!
I’m about to embark on lowering my crawl space and will be using your idea. Thank you!
Very nice! Making something like this soon but for moving firewood. Planning on using the original belt from the treadmill but cutting length ways to double its length.
This would be great to move firewood from a truck up steps into a house. Great idea!
can you post more details on the build? how much weight can it handle? what rollers did you use for the belt? etc.. great work thanks for posting
hell buddy that’s a damn good idea
Please post more info on how to make this! I’m gonna make one, this is fantastic.
It’s works better than it should. The “counter rotating tension idler” just after head pulley is part of the magic. I’ve made a couple other replies after older comments on its construction details. Thanks.
Damn very genius idea 💪💪
Hi,
Thks a lot for sharing.
Did you try with the base treadmill electric motor? Or did this not have enough torque?
Good job man!!
Where did u get the belt?
great idea
That is fucking bad ass brilliant! i guess you can just buy the conveyor belts and use a ladder and tread mill parts. damn dude!
Do you have footage of the system w/o the belt installed?
Really want/need to build one. However, not sure how you actually built it. Can you provide details?
Hi. It’s a 16 foot ladder. I had a piece of aluminum flashing cut to the width and length of the ladder and then attached. This flashing is what the belt slides on as it moves up. Next I put the tread mill tension idler at the bottom. This treadmill component and frame section was an inch wider than my ladder so it was perfect to place over, shim with 1/2 plywood strips, then “sandwich” to the ladder using long treaded rod run through two ladder rungs. At the top I did the same thing with the treadmill drive end. I added a third roller from another treadmill idle as a “counter rotating drive tensioner “
After that I bought some used fertilizer belt and cut to length and did a splice. I took some scrap plastic panels and fashioned a sort of funnel at the intake. I used this conveyor to successfully remove 12 inches deep of basement dirt/ old crumbled concrete. I then reversed polarity of the dc drive motor to deliver new gravel back in to basement in preparation for new concrete. This conveyor was the star of the project and worked flawlessly. I’d love to supply further pictures and information.
@@1947visegrip I would love more pictures of the assembly. Cost of materials
@@1947visegrip Funny you used a fertilizer belt. My friends family owns a fertilizer plant and they just gave me 35ft of the same belt. I'm using C purling for the sides and 6inch rollers to turn it. I've got 37yards of dirt to remove from my garage floor so this thing is really gonna save my ass! Hope mines not too heavy to move around, but I wanna sell it when I'm done.
@1947visegrip where did you get that belt?!
What calorie burn setting do I use if I need to move river rock.
How hard was it to figure out the wiring?
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Nice design
Awesome and I’ve been kicking the same ladder-treadmill idea around for awhile now. Is that belt a rubber floor mat?
Hi. It’s a dry fertilizer belt. The top drive roller has a few wraps of tape on the middle of the roller to make the roller “slightly thicker “ in the middle. Giving it a slight”crown” to help belt stay centeerd.
Also the return side idler roller is spring loaded so it does not slip no matter how much I threw on it.
It worked fantastic. Dirt , gravel ,concrete , coal no matter what it went up and out a basement window.
Genius
Could I use a fiberglass ladder
That thing hauls some serious ass!
Where did u get the belt from sir?
Hi the belt came from agricultural dry fertilizer equipment. It’s about 13 inches wide and 1/8 inch thick and has little pocket ribs all over it.
source for the belt? @@1947visegrip
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Is it possible with threadmill Google showes this. So a ladder 🪜 hum interesting 🤔