[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: (ET) Plows suck for snow (dead blower)

Tire chains are a godsend. Having the extra 30 BB600's on the back helps as well, and to be honest having a 150 pound kid sitting on said battery box also helps.
Going to be a long couple of days. On the positive side the tractor's batteries do last longer with the dozer blade than running the snowblower :-) 

C

On 1/25/26 13:22, Dean Stuckmann wrote:

Hi,
You should be able to source the chain at a hardware or farm supply store.

I added about 50 pounds of weight to the top of my blade which really 
helped for scraping down to the ground. That being said, using the blade 
is gonna be a real battle with a foot of wet snow. Tire Chains may help as 
well.

Good luck!

Take care,
Dean


On Jan 25, 2026, at 12:00 PM, Chris Zach via Elec-trak <Elec-trak cosmos phy 
tufts edu> wrote:

So we have a foot plus of super wet super heavy snow. Had the blower 
hooked up, it started to do a great job then snap and the motor was spinning.

Broken chain. Great.

Question 1: Anywhere I can get a new chain or can chains be fixed?

Fortunately I had the dozer blade on the driveway, so I got that mounted 
up and....

Boy the dozer blade is mediocre at best for moving snow. Can't do it 
uphill, and it doesn't scrape down to the pavement like the blower. 
Wondering if I should just hook the dead blower back up and use it as a 
scraper.

Any thoughts on how best to move snow with the dozer blade? I've got the 
bottom of the driveway down to a thin later of snow. E20, 36 volt lift, 
lift is double looped, lift gets a *LOT* of use.

Always the worst time to have things happen.

Chris


_______________________________________________
Elec-trak mailing list
Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak