"Boater" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
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We've not had any snow which covered the ground, yet. Lots of wind
yesterday, buy only about four flakes of snow.

BTW, have you tried adding chains and weight to the Gator for snow
removal?


Traction isn't a problem with the Gator. It has four wheel drive, a high
and low gear range, plus you can lock the rear differential. With the
wide, soft tires, it actually has much better traction in snow and on ice
than the bigger tractor.

The limitation is the size, particularly the height of the plow. When
the snow gets over 12 inches, it starts to pile up and over the plow
instead of being pushed to the left or right, depending on how you set
it's angle.

Eisboch


You need a full size dump truck with chains and a vee-plow...


Last night I downloaded the newest version of Google Earth. It's pretty
cool. It even has a Flight Simulator mode that I was fooling around with
for hours.

Turns out I was a bit off on my earlier estimate of the length of our
driveway(s) that I plow.
Google Earth has a "ruler" function where you can fairly accurately measure
distances in miles, meters, yards, feet, inches, etc. I used the "path"
mode (sums a bunch of cumulative measurements) and measured the total length
of the driveways. They total 815 feet long by an average of 15 feet wide.
That's a lot of snow to move with a Gator.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:

"Boater" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
...


We've not had any snow which covered the ground, yet. Lots of wind
yesterday, buy only about four flakes of snow.

BTW, have you tried adding chains and weight to the Gator for snow
removal?


Traction isn't a problem with the Gator. It has four wheel drive, a
high and low gear range, plus you can lock the rear differential.
With the wide, soft tires, it actually has much better traction in
snow and on ice than the bigger tractor.

The limitation is the size, particularly the height of the plow.
When the snow gets over 12 inches, it starts to pile up and over the
plow instead of being pushed to the left or right, depending on how
you set it's angle.

Eisboch


You need a full size dump truck with chains and a vee-plow...


Last night I downloaded the newest version of Google Earth. It's
pretty cool. It even has a Flight Simulator mode that I was fooling
around with for hours.

Turns out I was a bit off on my earlier estimate of the length of our
driveway(s) that I plow.
Google Earth has a "ruler" function where you can fairly accurately
measure distances in miles, meters, yards, feet, inches, etc. I used
the "path" mode (sums a bunch of cumulative measurements) and measured
the total length of the driveways. They total 815 feet long by an
average of 15 feet wide. That's a lot of snow to move with a Gator.

Eisboch



Obviously, you have too much driveway.

Tear some up and plant a cash crop.

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Boater" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:

"John H" wrote in message
...


We've not had any snow which covered the ground, yet. Lots of wind
yesterday, buy only about four flakes of snow.

BTW, have you tried adding chains and weight to the Gator for snow
removal?


Traction isn't a problem with the Gator. It has four wheel drive, a
high and low gear range, plus you can lock the rear differential. With
the wide, soft tires, it actually has much better traction in snow and
on ice than the bigger tractor.

The limitation is the size, particularly the height of the plow. When
the snow gets over 12 inches, it starts to pile up and over the plow
instead of being pushed to the left or right, depending on how you set
it's angle.

Eisboch


You need a full size dump truck with chains and a vee-plow...


Last night I downloaded the newest version of Google Earth. It's pretty
cool. It even has a Flight Simulator mode that I was fooling around with
for hours.

Turns out I was a bit off on my earlier estimate of the length of our
driveway(s) that I plow.
Google Earth has a "ruler" function where you can fairly accurately
measure distances in miles, meters, yards, feet, inches, etc. I used the
"path" mode (sums a bunch of cumulative measurements) and measured the
total length of the driveways. They total 815 feet long by an average of
15 feet wide. That's a lot of snow to move with a Gator.

Eisboch

If you don't want to buy a heavy duty plowing vehicle, build a small 12' x
20' garage right at the foot of your driveway to store one of your vehicles
for the winter.

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 08:45:56 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .


We've not had any snow which covered the ground, yet. Lots of wind
yesterday, buy only about four flakes of snow.

BTW, have you tried adding chains and weight to the Gator for snow
removal?


Traction isn't a problem with the Gator. It has four wheel drive, a high
and low gear range, plus you can lock the rear differential. With the
wide, soft tires, it actually has much better traction in snow and on ice
than the bigger tractor.

The limitation is the size, particularly the height of the plow. When the
snow gets over 12 inches, it starts to pile up and over the plow instead of
being pushed to the left or right, depending on how you set it's angle.

Eisboch

Well, that would mean you just have to hit it more often while it's
snowing. Getting it at 4" or so. Might mean getting up three or four times
in the middle of the night.

There are times when discretion is the better part of valor. This sounds
like it may be one of them. Call a snow guy and be done with it. I'd hate
to see you hurt yourself or something around the drive.
--
** Good Day! **

John H

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
news

Well, although John is probably right, being the do-it-yourself nut
that I am, I would be remiss is suggesting this little gem:
http://www.jimsrepairjimstractors.co...ow-thrower.htm

Besides, play with that thing would be a hell of a lot of fun....


That's an idea. In fact the Gator shown is the same one I have, although
I've "customized" mine a bit.
Funny thing is ... I used to have a big ass snowblower attachment for the
tractor. It ran off the front PTO. The problem with it was that it was a
rip roaring pain to put it on. You had to remove the front loader
attachment (which is no small feat in itself) before you could attempt to
hookup the snow blower. I've become accomplished in quickly changing the
various 3 point hitch rear attachments for the tractor, but the front end
loader is a pain to do.

The first year I had the tractor I spent a November afternoon hooking it up.
Three or four hours later and with 8 skinned knuckles it was ready to go.
Never snowed enough that winter to use it.

Second year, same ritual. Little bit of snow, but hardly worth firing up
the tractor for.
Took it off in the spring and it sat covered with a tarp for the next three
years. Finally sold it last spring, figuring it would never be used. Al
Gore had me convinced.

Naw, what I should get is a plow put on the truck. Nice and warm, coffee
cup holders, music. If you gotta plow, you may as well do it in comfort.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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The first year I had the tractor I spent a November afternoon hooking it
up. Three or four hours later and with 8 skinned knuckles it was ready to
go. Never snowed enough that winter to use it.

Second year, same ritual. Little bit of snow, but hardly worth firing up
the tractor for.
Took it off in the spring and it sat covered with a tarp for the next
three years. Finally sold it last spring, figuring it would never be
used. Al Gore had me convinced.

Naw, what I should get is a plow put on the truck. Nice and warm, coffee
cup holders, music. If you gotta plow, you may as well do it in comfort.

Eisboch


I just remembered the main reason I never used the snowblower attachment for
the tractor.
It may have snowed, but we were in warm, sunny, Jupiter Florida those years.

Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
news

Well, although John is probably right, being the do-it-yourself nut
that I am, I would be remiss is suggesting this little gem:
http://www.jimsrepairjimstractors.co...ow-thrower.htm

Besides, play with that thing would be a hell of a lot of fun....


That's an idea. In fact the Gator shown is the same one I have, although
I've "customized" mine a bit.
Funny thing is ... I used to have a big ass snowblower attachment for the
tractor. It ran off the front PTO. The problem with it was that it was a
rip roaring pain to put it on. You had to remove the front loader
attachment (which is no small feat in itself) before you could attempt to
hookup the snow blower. I've become accomplished in quickly changing the
various 3 point hitch rear attachments for the tractor, but the front end
loader is a pain to do.

The first year I had the tractor I spent a November afternoon hooking it
up. Three or four hours later and with 8 skinned knuckles it was ready to
go. Never snowed enough that winter to use it.

Second year, same ritual. Little bit of snow, but hardly worth firing up
the tractor for.
Took it off in the spring and it sat covered with a tarp for the next
three years. Finally sold it last spring, figuring it would never be
used. Al Gore had me convinced.

Naw, what I should get is a plow put on the truck. Nice and warm, coffee
cup holders, music. If you gotta plow, you may as well do it in comfort.

Eisboch

You might lineup enough plowing contracts in your area to pay for the plow
attachment.

On Dec 31 2008, 11:45*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
Happy New Year youse all.

Let's hope '09 brings some refreshing and positive changes.

And a ban on snow.

Eisboch

Backacha, dude!

Eisboch wrote:
Happy New Year youse all.

Let's hope '09 brings some refreshing and positive changes.

And a ban on snow.

Eisboch

Right on.
Positive change would be good.
There is a snow ban here. Haven't seen a snowflake in years.
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:45:13 -0500, Eisboch penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Happy New Year youse all.

Let's hope '09 brings some refreshing and positive changes.

And a ban on snow.

Eisboch

I'll second the anticipation of "refreshing and positive changes."


And snow? We'll, we haven't had any of that, but I'm really tired of
it being 70 degrees one day and 16 degrees the next.



The problem with living in MA is that during the summer and fall I have to
admit it's a nice place to be, especially living near the coast. You tend
to forget how miserable the winters are until they arrive again. Getting a
little longer in the tooth doesn't help either.

Eisboch