RE: (ET) how many feet of lane can be blown on a charge

[Fred Walter <fred walter mks com>]

I'm trying to get an idea as to whether or not this would be useful for my
laneway, which is around 300' long by 10' wide.

For really deep, heavy snow, it sounds like one charge won't do it (if it
almost didn't do your 244' x 10' laneway).

But for less snow, one charge should do it.

How long does it take to do your laneway with:
 - wet snow
 - powder snow
 - normal snow

        Thanx,
        fred

-----Original Message-----
From: Elie, Larry (L.D.) [mailto:lelie ford com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:57 PM
To: 'Fred Walter'; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: RE: (ET) how many feet of lane can be blown on a charge


Two hours of normal snow, 1.5 hours of wet snow, 3 hours of powder on an 
E12
with 42" blower in 20 deg F weather.  Those are maximums.  I can go to my
father's house (<1/4 mile) in normal snow, blow his drive, and recharge for
the return trip.  Deep and wet snow (I had once) where the snow is deeper
than the blower; 40 minutes, LL.  My drive is 244' long, 10' wide, it 
barely
did it that time.  You can push snow with a blade a lot longer than you can
blow it.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Walter [mailto:fred walter mks com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 1:41 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Cc: Fred Walter
Subject: (ET) how many feet of lane can be blown on a charge


Here's a question for the people with
Elec-Traks with snow blowers:

How many feet of laneway can be blow on one charge?

I know that light snowfall, medium snowfall,
and heavy snowfall will take different amounts of charge.