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Re: (ET) Snow topped the blower, now what?
Darryl McMahon wrote:
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.
It's a chain. This is a 42 inch Elec-trak blower. Very powerful.
When dealing with drifts, I take the 'eating the elephant' approach -
one bite at a time.
I'll give this a go once the snow stops. We're at 3 feet now and it's
still coming down. I have the bottom of the driveway carved out, so
that's good. I think I'm screwed with the concept of trying to climb the
20 degree incline.
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.
I'll go out to my shed and get some lube for the pedal. It's sticking
which makes going from F to R very hard on the contactors.
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.
Another to-do, need to lube the lift roller.
I'll work on this tomorrow. I might also connect up the third string of
BB600's; might give me more than 300a to work with.
Chris