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Re: (ET) Snow topped the blower, now what?
If you are stalling the auger, you may want to check the tension on the
drive belt from the motor to the auger drive line.
When dealing with drifts, I take the 'eating the elephant' approach -
one bite at a time.
A few things that have worked for me.
Don't take a full lane into the auger - it will share across.
In LL, work your way into the face of the drift a few inches and stop to
allow the blower to clear. Then move in a few more inches and stop.
Repeat as necessary.
If you get in far enough to block the chute, stop, lift the blower to
break the drift, back out a bit. Clean up the snow rubble that results.
Go into the drift with the blower unit raised, then back out and go back
in again with the blower lowered.
Darryl
Christopher Zach wrote:
Well, this is interesting; blowing 2+ feet of snow this morning is
causing a problem: The snow is above the level of the chute.
How does one handle this sort of thing? I'm starting to realize that you
need a place for the snow to *go* as well. The 4 foot walls on the edge
are literally collapsing onto the tractor.
At this point I have a good 4 lanes cleared on the level portion, but I
can't get up the hill due to the drifts. Oddly enough when I go for it I
literally *stall* the auger. The whole auger.
Still snowing. So do people have snow blowing techniques? Or should I
hook up the tiller and take this stuff in reverse?
Chris
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