Re: (ET) Snow topped the blower, now what?

[Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com>]

bill wrote:
> stop complaining!
> Up in Maine here, we have no snow

I'm near the bay so we're getting dumped hard. It is over 3 feet at this 
point. I'm giving up for now, got the level part of the driveway done.

I need to upload some pics...

Chris


> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Zach" 
> <cz alembic crystel com>
> To: "et" <Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:12 AM
> Subject: (ET) Snow topped the blower, now what?
>
>
> > 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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