*nod* I ended up with 260lbs on the back of the tractor (10 Hawker
Genesis 26ah batteries in a box) and chains on wheels turned out.
Didn't really need any more weight, was able to use the blower to go
straight through packed snow drifts.
If only we had more snow.... That said I'm almost ready to take it off
the tractor. First week in April for sure. Then it's time to repaint
the inside with POR15 for slickness, paint the outside with my nice
Elec-Trak yellow paint, then put it up for the summer.
Side note: The paint I put on the E20 has held up over the winter with
no problem. And the match is so tight I can't tell the difference
between where it ends and the old paint beings. Looks *really* nice.
Chris
Fixinguys aol com wrote:
Howdy, folks,
This winter I put some John Deere standard wheel weights on mine and
they worked well (wheels turned out), although they do stick out and
plow snow a little, especially in a turn. But who can turn much with
the blower down anyway, eh? They're expensive unless you can find
them at a yard sale or something. They are not enough by themselves,
though, despite putting around 120 pounds over the wheels. I still
had chains and 200 pound of chicken feed on my wooden rear shelf.
This even worked for pulling my un-manned Honda Civic out of the ditch!
As a side note to the biodiesel question from recently: I'm sorry I
haven't gotten back to you guys with a recipe yet- had a rough go
with a death in the family here, but I promise I'll get it on here
very soon.
Steve
E-15
p.s. For those of you in the Minneapolis area, the Minnesota
Alternative Energy Fair is May 1st and 2nd- Last year Keith Stieg and
I had our tractors and Keith's multitude of attachments on display
there (he has even more now; might even call it a plethora!). It was
a lot of fun seeing the looks on the faces of people who had never
heard of such a thing and wanted to buy one. Did there jaws drop
when they found out they were antiques!! We were even on tv.
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