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Gene Kearns wrote:
On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 06:56:03 -0800 (PST), penned
the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Jan 1, 9:30 am, Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

wrote in message
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On Jan 1, 8:56 am, Boater wrote:
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...- Hide
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Eisboch, don't you love it when idiots tell you what "you need"?
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Well, funny thing is, he's right. Late last night the landscaping
company that normally plows our driveway showed up. By then there was a
bunch of new snow and drifts due to wind covering everything, even
though I had plowed earlier. He was driving a small dump truck with
dual rear wheels and did in about 10 minutes what it takes me an hour or
so to do with the Gator.
The only reason I do it is because we never know when Mrs.E.'s elderly
and handicapped parents who live a few miles from us are going to call
with an emergency. I try to keep the driveway somewhat passable, even
during the middle of the storm for that reason.
A goal for 2009 is to convince them it's time for assisted living or a
nursing home. It's a tough sell, but the time has come. My mother
moved into an assisted living facility last May and she loves it. All
kinds of activities, new friends, great meals and privacy when she wants
to be alone. It was a tough sell for her as well. She lived in the old
Farmhouse that we own (until tomorrow) for seven years. Now she wishes
she had moved into the assisted living place earlier.
Eisboch
Once I got my driver's license in Connecticut at 16, I earned my
spending money in the winter by plowing driveways and shoveling sidewalks.

I used my dad's 4WD jeep. Chains on all tires, concrete blocks in the
back, and a hydraulically controlled plow. The dump trucks do a good job
because the box can be filled with sand, and the added weight gives the
chains and tires more bite.

Those were the days of relatively lightweight four cylinder jeeps. They
were pretty good on beach sand, too...light enough not to sink too
deeply in the sand.

You remember the long Fountain Street hill? I can down there one snowy
day in the jeep/plow and about halfway down, the road surface turned
entirely to ice. I slid about 500' and only stopped because I dropped
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So let's see. First you want a HEAVY vehicle to give the tires more
"bite", then you praise the merits of a LIGHT Jeep......
Which is it?

Both. In that era the jeeps were built light. In the tractor pulling
early 70's we found out that a jeep with added weight would out pull a
full size pickup. So, if you already have a jeep and add weight,
you'll do fine. Whatever you have with 4WD will pull more with more
weight.

I remember when jeep came with the options of a front passenger seat,
a snow plow, a turning plow, a mower, irrigation pump... etc. and that
is the *short* list.

Your you sissies, they had the Tuxedo Park.....

Poor stupid Loogie...

In snow, the heavy dump trucks with chains on the tires and sand in the
box break up the snow and ice to get a grip on the pavement.

In sand, the old light jeeps with 4WD don't sink in to the point where
the 4WD is pretty much useless. Towing ability was not an issue with
the relatively light boats my dad towed to beach launch sites.

Stupidity - it couldn't be a Georgia thing, could it?

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