RE: (ET) Tractor stuck

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

The idea is to have the back wheels on DRY PAVEMENT (or nearly so).  The 
ET has little clearance at any time; I think one would get stuck at about 
4 or 5 inches of snow.  With a blade, there should only be about 1/4" to 
1/2" of snow at the tire, even if you are plowing 14" of the stuff, and 
you don't have to get stuck.  Is it easy to keep the back wheels out of 
snow?  NO!  But it is important.  Chains are required on hills; yet I have 
plowed 16" WITHOUT them once on flat ground and cement under the wheels.  
Ditto the snow blower; you want to keep the wheels out of the heavy snow.  
Actually, I had rusted holes on the blower and leaked out enough to get 
stuck once just on what leaked through.  My worst case is when I plow 
after someone has driven on top and packed it to ice; I usually don't have 
the traction to break the ice, so the back tires are riding on a bit of 
ice.  Oh, and then there's the problem of a front tire dropping in a 
pothole; time for the jack.

Larry Elie

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Zach [mailto:czach computer org]
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 6:09 PM
To: GE e-mail Elec-trak
Subject: (ET) Tractor stuck


Well, we had a nice 7-8 inches of snow (wet, heavy stuff) so I decided to
try the E20 in the snow. See how it drives before I get a plow or blower.

It went about 10 feet then got bogged down. Rear wheels are in compressed
snow/ice.

Popped on the weight box with about 100lbs of batteries. No dice.

Stood on the weight box and tried to move it in LL (240lbs+100lbs) no dice.

Do these things move in snow? How?

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Eyk" <danieleyk yahoo com>
To: "GE e-mail Elec-trak" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 4:28 PM
Subject: (ET) NO SNOW


> Hi all you ET guys that are fignting the snow. I
> realize that this isn't the time of year for mowing,
> but I ran across this ad for a battery powered mower
> in a AARP Newspaper we just received. If I don't pass
> it on now, I will probably lose track of it. The
> website for it is: <www.neutonmowers.com>. I really
> don't know much about it other than the website, but
> it looked like something someone might be interested
> in. Well, try to stay warm and don't get buried too
> deep. It is about 50 deg. and dry out here in
> Portland/Vancouver area. Keep TRAKIN. Dan Eyk
>
> =====
> Daniel Eyk
> Vancouver, Wa.
>
> Electric S-10 project
> E-15 project
>
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