Re: (ET) Snowblower wanted with shipping :-)

["steves" <ssawtelle fcc net>]

Mine did great in the snow we had in our area. A few tips:

- Get to the snow before anyone has driven over it. If it gets packed at
all, the blower rides up over it.

- Get to it before it gets slushy. At that point it will clog the chute. If
you clog the chute don't leave it like that overnight - beacuse then it
turns into ice..... Uh, not that it happened to ME,  I've heard that it
happens - yeah thats the ticket.

- Chains are a must. - I think the 2-link ones would be far superior to
4-link - I had 4-link last year and am moving to 2-link this year.

- I have a gravel drive so I set mine up high - even then it gets down
pretty far. I would think at a low setting on hard surface, it would be
pretty effective at removing just about everything.

- Rear weights are recommended.

- I've seen your hill and I seem to rememeber it's a might steep. It may be
a bit tough blowing up the hill - it works ok on my drive, but gravel may 
be
different.

- SteveS
E20
E12S

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Zach" <czach computer org>
To: <maxmatic comcast net>
Cc: <>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) Snowblower wanted with shipping :-)


> *nod* Understood. Last winter we got slugged with snow, and I couldn't
> help but think that a blower would be nice on 3 feet of the stuff. How
> far down does it get? To the driveway? Leaves ice? Can it handle hills?
>
> Thanks!
> Chris
>
>
> maxmatic comcast net wrote:
>
> > These things are bulky, sure, but a pallet jack is more than 
> > sufficient.
I move mine around with an appliance hand-truck.
> >
> > Shipping is a nuisance. Matt Magda and I spent a lot of time trying to
get a blower on a pallet just a couple hundred miles... and it seems it
can't be done for less than a few hundred dollars. That's worth it if you
are knee deep in snow, perhaps, but it's hard to make doubling the initial
cost worthwhile!
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > and YES, it's SNOWING in BOSTON (only a little; it's like a PG preview)
> > -Max
> >
> > --
> > http://www.maxmatic.com/
> >
> >>Ok, winter is coming, and this time I would like a snow-blower. Anyone
> >>have one within a 2 hour drive of Baltimore MD?
> >>
> >>Alternately, if I was to ship one, how difficult would it be?
> >>Expensive/complex/etc? What do these things weigh, and can they be run
> >>around with a pallet jack?
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>Chris
> >>
> >>
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