Re: (ET) Snow again

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

Been puttin off some paint and resurface work on these lectracks and with
your success story with that slush,  will wind up with POR on the whole
blower and  on the other tractor's plow blade too this summer. Thanks.  
BTW,  snowblowing success with these single stage blowers depends heavily
on ground speed matched to the type of snow you get and keeping the rotor
speed up enough not to slow the outgoing load enough to allow a clog. 
both 'too much'  and 'not enough' snow load will clog it.  'Not enough' 
puts a chill wind up the chute and wet snow will freeze in there before
it gets out.  As with any tool, experience will make it work better.  Am
happy with mine (although haven't used her this yr) except I gotta wax
the chute a couple times a yr.  I expect the better surface and  POR
finish to not need the waxing.     

Happy etrackin (is there any other kind?)

Dave
Weymouth MA



On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:20:43 -0500 Christopher Zach
<cz alembic crystel com> writes:
> More snow here at Boo Manor, about 4-5 inches of heavy wet stuff. 
> Once 
> again the Elec-trak did a fine job; I noticed that it was pulling 
> over 
> 240 amps going up hill in L with the blower loaded with soupy snow. 
> The 
> thing is a tank.
> 
> Also didn't clog the spout at all. Only way I could was to shift to 
> LL 
> and blow too slowly. Once going up the hill it stopped, but I kept 
> going 
> and it spit everything out the chute by itself. The one time I did 
> clog 
> it there the snow slid right out of the chute by itself.
> 
> Moral: POR in the chute really does it.
> 
> Chris
> 
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