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Have a good one.
Don White wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message ... On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:32:19 -0400, "Don White" wrote: "Eisboch" wrote in message ... "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. Damn Don, you think out of the box. --Vic Thank you..thank you very much! When I lived outside the city , on the fringe of the snowbelt area, I would keep my car at the bottom of my driveway about 80 feet below the house. A lot easier on me during the heavy snowfalls when 3 foot drifts were common. I also had a pair of snowshoes for 'breaking a trail' around the house. I don't think it was a compliment, dummy. |
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