Re: (ET) Snow Blower Performance & reversed rototiller Tines

["John B Reinhard" <reinharj frontiernet net>]

I have a gas powered tiller that runs counter rotating tines.
It does an exceptional job on first pass unbroken soil (MUCH better than my
ElecTrak tiller !!!).
So, maybe if you reversed the motor direction as well as the tines, it 
would
have worked GREAT.

On a similar note, the ElecTrak Snowblower does a great job of blowing
topsoil about 15 to 20 feet.
As others have said: Snow throw depends on (temperature) wetness, slickness
of chute, and feed rate of snow into auger (which varies with density/depth
of snow and speed of tractor).


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john briese" <goodguyforsure hotmail com>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) Snow Blower Performance


> I vote for running backwards or auger reversed???
> I had the tines on my tiller swapped sides.  It ran the right direction
but
> the tines were digging with a blunt edge..... Boy did I feel stupid.  And
it
> sure worked terrific once switched.
> John Briese
>