toro, was Re: (ET) corded blowers

["Christopher Meier" <mr23 mn rr com>]

I have a Toro corded, it's going on 8 or 9 years now; and I've used it for
more than 10",
before I acquired my first Elec-trak.  Light enough to use on steps like an
upright vacuum
on carpeted stairs.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darryl McMahon" <darryl econogics com>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) corded blowers


> Hi Neil,
>
> the radiator fan motors are typically rated at 200-300 watts, not
especially
> torquy, so I expect they won't have the oomph I'm looking for.  I was
considering a
> surplus furnace fan motor 2/3 hp as a corded version, but again, I doubt
it has the
> power to get the job done.
>
> Something like a 240-volt AC air compressor motor would probably have the
torque
> and power to do the job, though the cording would probably become
cumbersome.  My
> mom does have a welder plug in the garage (from my days there), so access
would not
> be a problem.
>
> I have seen a Toro unit advertised as being able to handle up to 10 
> inches
of snow.
> That would be a big advance over the Sunbeams I had some experience with
in the
> past, where 3 inches was pretty much the limit to effective operation.
>
> Having weaned my mother off gas mowers, she has become a real advocate of
corded
> electric mowers, and that has saved me a lot of maintenance trips.  I'd
like to
> accomplish the same with an electric snowblower.  It doesn't have to
handle
> blizzards (the neighbours with their 10 hp gas blower can deal with that 
> a
couple
> of times a season), but does have to deal with the mound of snow left at
the end of
> the driveway by the roadplow.
>
> Corded has the attraction that I would not have to rely on her 
> remembering
to
> charge batteries.
>
> Hmmmm, maybe an E10 with a 36-inch blower...ah well, it's nice to dream.
Or a JD
> E90 with some kind of custom front-end - like two of those Toro corded
units side-
> by-side with a 36-volt DC motor driving them.  Sorry, gotta get back to
reality.
>
> Darryl McMahon
>
> Date sent:      Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:15:17 -0500
> From:           wombat <wombat dssinternet net>
> To:             elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Subject:        (ET) corded blowers
>
> > Afternoon, Daryl:  I've used a couple of the "powershovels",  they are
> > small (16") single stage jobbers, work well for light snow - also used
to
> > use them to dig down to the mailbox when we got snow (not like now) as
it
> > was easy to climb to the top of the pile and cut downword.
> >
> > Just a thoughtr, how about something like the motors cars use for
> > radiator fans ?  Too small, maybe ?
> >
> > wombat
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Elec-trak mailing list
> > Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> > https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak
> >
> >
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Elec-trak mailing list
> Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak