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

["Mike Wallace" <metman glasgow-ky com>]

Well down here in KY, we got a whooping 1/2" last night and only 3 1/2" of 
the 10" we were supposed to get last weekend.

But here's my question Chris, just where in the hell are you gonna go if you 
do get the drive cleaned out?

Mike in KY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Zach" <cz alembic crystel com>
To: "et" <Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 9:12 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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