Re: (ET) C-185 loader and plow TODAY!

["Max Hall" <maxo iname com>]

David,

My machine gets clogged, too, especially as the snow gets wetter and 
wetter.
So far I have greatly extended the non-clogging interval with two 
practices:
- rubbing paraffin wax on the chute's interior before a run
- using a higher gear as I go 'n' throw (higher volume seems to result in
greater chute velocity which improves throwing distance as well as
"coughing" clear the chute)

PS. Here it comes! Up here west of Boston, we're getting 4" to 12" 
overnight
tonight. (It's already begun.) Here comes an opportunity for more field
testing. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

-Max Hall
-Think globally, act when convenient. No, wait... Think globally, act
locally. That's it.
-Plywood Guy, Scooters, and what-all: http://www.maxmatic.com


----- Original Message -----
From: David Roden (Akron OH USA) <roden ald net>
To: <elec-trak cosmos5 phy tufts edu>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) C-185 loader and plow TODAY!


> From:           "Walter " <dwfh starlinx com>
>
> > I have had
> > the plow for years but never tried it and was curious.
>
> Last winter was the first that I had the ET.  I had never moved snow with
> anything but a shovel.  At the first big snow, I went out to the garage
> and wrestled the snow thrower onto the tractor.  I drove it 5 feet out of
> the garage and the thrower clogged.
>
> while (TRUE) {
>      Stopped; Cleared the chute; Went another 5 feet;
>      Stopped; Cleared the chute; Went another 5 feet;
>     }
>
> Returned to garage;
> Removed snow thrower;
> Put the blade on;
> Cleared driveway;
> exit(OK);
>
> /* <g> */
>
> Someday I'll try sandblasting and repainting the rusty snow thrower.  For
> now, the blade works ~great~.  And next to the flimsy gas tractor and
> blade that the guy round the corner uses, the ET and its 4-foot blade
> looks like something the road crews would be at home with.
>
>
> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
> 1991 Solectria Force 144vac
> 1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc
> 1979 General Engines ElectroPed 24vdc
> 1974 Honda Civic EV 96vdc
> 1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc
>