Re: (ET) SEARS riding mower and Electric Ox garden tractor

[Ken Olum <kdo cosmos phy tufts edu>]

Wow!  Your Electric Ox looks nothing like mine.  When was it made?  I'm
guessing yours is earlier.  Is it ZTR?  Mine has rear wheel drive and a
conventional steering wheel.  How does it work for plowing?  I'd think
the force of the snow on the blade would push the tractor back onto the
rear wheels, and you would lose traction.  Front wheel drive would be
great for snowblowing, because the heavy snowblower would put a lot of
weight on the front.  But I think I have the only Electric Ox snowblower
ever made.

>From my experience, one of the things that took down Electric Tractor
Corp. was continually changing the design.  But this is a stronger
example of that than anything I've encountered.

Incidentally, I had a machine shop make blade tips for my Ox, and it's
possible that these are the same.  I have a lot.  So if someone buys
Jim's Ox I'd be happy to sell some of my blade tips.

                                        Ken