Re: (ET) Snowthrower Yahoo!

[Christopher Zach <czach computer org>]

Klein Robert W NPRI wrote:
> Well,  I hooked everything up last night and threw the switch.  Let me tell you 
> a C-185 with a snowthrower is HEAVY!  Holy Cow!  What a monster!

Yep. Worse than that, it's all on the nose of the Elec-Trak, especially 
when you've got the thing lifted with the lift. Then it's a point weight 
ahead of the nose.

Wait till you power it up and see what it does to your battery pack :-)

> And I definitely need rear wheel weights to make it heavier and to help 
> with rear tire traction.

I strongly recommend putting some serious weight as far back on the 
tractor as possible to balance it out. With all that weight on the nose 
you put a lot of stress on the front wheels and steering will skip to 
say the least.

I weigh down the back with the weight box filled with old Hawker 
batteries. I can fit 12 batteries back there, which is about 250lbs. 
Since you're moving around a moment arm (the rear wheels) the further 
back behind the wheels you can put the weight, the better.

Chris