Can you put a nut driver on the nut on a winch handle on a feeder to move it up and down? A coworker asked me if I knew how to retrofit a a feeder with a hang em high type mechanism. Her husband is trying to avoid a ladder since his recent back surgery.

If the drill was powerful enough i would think its possible. I think to be successful you want want to install a double pully system to eleviate tension/pressure on the wenching mechanism.

If i remember my physics correctly you reduce you effort by the number of pullys in place. Such as 2 pullys reduce effort by half, 4 pullys would reduce effort by quarter.

like this

A cordless 1/2 impact would work.

Something like this? I think my dad has something similar for his winches.


Drill Drive Socket Adapter

I have used them to raise the drop down basketball goals in high school gyms. A small drill won't do it.

He has a bad back? SO...once we overthink how to get the feeder down....what's he gonna do with those 50lb bags of corn?

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He has a bad back? SO...once we overthink how to get the feeder down....what's he gonna do with those 50lb bags of corn?

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Exactly what I was thinking. Although he can then technically scoop out 5-10lbs at a time, but the increase workload by repitition will probably pose the same amount of stress as just loading one half or full bag.