Re: (ET) ET) Best site for showing ET pictures & inviting comment

[Mike Finck <M Finck setterlin com>]

I have moved quite a bit of dirt grading and backfilling around a new 
garage, hauling excess and grading that down by the creek.  Power is not 
an issue.  Traction is (a limited slip dif would be great).  Another 
problem I overcame is the (safety) design built into the blade to tip when 
it strikes an immovable object.  Unfortunately the springs are so weak 
that just about anything "tips" the blade.  I threw safety to the wind and 
rigidly affixed the blade so it will not tip.  I should add that I did 
allow for a catastrophic occurrence with a shear pin, say 9 miles an hour 
and hit a raised man hole cover or something.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Roden [mailto:etpost drmm net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:28 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) ET) Best site for showing ET pictures & inviting comment

On 21 Feb 2012 at 16:07, Chris Zach wrote:

> How is the Elec-trak in terms of pushing earth? 

I used mine to backfill a trench several years ago.  It worked OK.  

That was where I discovered how easy it was to burn the reversing relay 
contacts, however.  My E15 no longer has a reversing relay, thank goodness.

> Worth getting a blade?

I guess that depends on how much earth you want to move, and whether you 
want to use it for snow.  I use mine for snow, and like it, so it's 
definitely worth having.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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