RE: (ET) snow blower

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

There is a school of thought that says don't.  Why?  Because if the blower 
dead stops with snow in it, you have to get all that snow moving again.  
If you've ever stalled a blower in thick snow or slush you know what I 
mean; you're better off stopping it empty.  I clean mine out with a 20" 
tire-iron.  It would be safer with a brake, but I'm not sure the brake won 
over at GE when these decisions were made.  BTW, in the day when the GE 
was made, there weren't any other tractors on the market that even did a 
mower blade brake.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Rock [mailto:joseph_rock qwest net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:36 AM
To: 'Neil Dennis'; 'Elec-trak'
Subject: RE: (ET) snow blower


  I've got an E15 that came with the snowblower (and snow blade, chains,
rear weight box, and mowing deck) as well.  That snowblower though with the
long coast to stop time is pretty dangerous with my kids running about 
(I've
got three so far - currently 10, 6 and almost 2), so I may test it but it
won't be used often (probably mainly use the MagnaTrak for clearing the
snow - ok, it's not electric).  I cleaned up and greased the directional
shoot so that all works fine now.  I may end up taking the E15 with
snowblower to a friend's place so he can use it during the winter.

  Just as a thought, would it help to switch in a resistive load across the
snowblower motor when the snowblower was turned off?  That would take just 
a
reasonably sized double-pole-single-throw relay and a serious resistor.

thoughts?
- - joe

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:owner-elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu]On Behalf Of Neil Dennis
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 6:48 AM
To: Elec-trak
Subject: (ET) snow blower


I've been thinking about putting a "fan" in the snow chute using a mower
motor or similar.  Years ago someone made a gas model that had a fan
that ran parallel to the main auger rather than perpendicular, worked
great, think that would be the way to go.

Problem is, since I'm "retarded" I can use the big tractor and blade to
clear driveway so just store the ET for the winter.

wombat