which snow blower is better?

[Egon]

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Can you imagine what would happen Egon if they received that much
high moisture ocean air generated snow over here as they do in Scotland
where the photos were taken?? It would be total chaos.

The photos are not from Scotland but about equal distance the other way in Montana.

 

[Egon]

Don't forget about Lakes Michigan and Huron. Georgian Bay is pretty much lake sized too. Buffalo New York is one of the most notable municipalities for being buried in snow.

What, no snow west of the Great Lakes or Newfoundland??

 

[Jack Yuan]

Hello Mr. Yuan,


The amount of snow and the type of snow depends on many factors due to our geography and the Jet streams behavior.

The Great Lakes is a huge driver of our weather patterns in winter which will depend on the water temperature which can create huge heavy snow snow storms that can stop everything for days on end due to low visibility
high winds due to the Jet Stream if the Great Lakes are still warm enough to evaporate where this moisture is picked up and carried eastward. If one or more of the Great Lakes are frozen over which does not happen very often we have very small snow volumes.

Lake Eire and Lake Ontario are huge weather generators the year round unless they are frozen over.
With Lake Erie Being an average of forty feet deep(12 Meters on average) it will freeze first if the
weather is cold enough.

The same thing can occur in the Eastern Coastal areas due to the Gulf Stream and the Northern Canadian Maritime's creating a huge potential for warm ocean fed snow storms being created by winds from the west or due to high south wind storms bringing moisture coming from the Mid Atlantic or Carribean ocean areas.

Hi Leonz,

Thank you for your analysis.

Thanks Google, I can study the snow situation in USA.
National Snow Analyses - NOHRSC - The ultimate source for snow information

 

[PILOON]

Folks, it's summertime, time to do some fishing.

LOL, you got it!

 

[PILOON]

OK, I have a 20 hp CUT with rear blower.
A lot depends on snow conditions, If the snow is somewhat wet (like snowball or snowman wet) a cut will compact the snow as you drive over it and then the blower wont work as the 'inverted ruts' against you plus your wheels will slide off of the ridges.
You need a lot of weight to cut down thru those ridges. In drier snows no problem.

Those 'pull blowers' were designed for suburbs where they back up to the garage door, drop and drive out to the next driveway.
Like those contractors do 30 driveways an hour! Also they use 75 hp(or more) tractors. Time is money for them so cost is minimal with the volume. Each tractor probably covers 200 driveways all of which must be cleared B4 7:00 AM.

 

[tcartwri]

Those 'pull blowers' were designed for suburbs where they back up to the garage door, drop and drive out to the next driveway.
Like those contractors do 30 driveways an hour! Also they use 75 hp(or more) tractors. Time is money for them so cost is minimal with the volume. Each tractor probably covers 200 driveways all of which must be cleared B4 7:00 AM.

Yup, that's pretty much all they use here now.

 

[Egon]

OK, I have a 20 hp CUT with rear blower.
A lot depends on snow conditions, If the snow is somewhat wet (like snowball or snowman wet) a cut will compact the snow as you drive over it and then the blower wont work as the 'inverted ruts' against you plus your wheels will slide off of the ridges.
You need a lot of weight to cut down thru those ridges. In drier snows no problem.




Those 'pull blowers' were designed for suburbs where they back up to the garage door, drop and drive out to the next driveway.
Like those contractors do 30 driveways an hour! Also they use 75 hp(or more) tractors. Time is money for them so cost is minimal with the volume. Each tractor probably covers 200 driveways all of which must be cleared B4 7:00 AM.

Ahh - haa, some relevant information. Thank you.

 

[Jack Yuan]

OK, I have a 20 hp CUT with rear blower.
A lot depends on snow conditions, If the snow is somewhat wet (like snowball or snowman wet) a cut will compact the snow as you drive over it and then the blower wont work as the 'inverted ruts' against you plus your wheels will slide off of the ridges.
You need a lot of weight to cut down thru those ridges. In drier snows no problem.

Those 'pull blowers' were designed for suburbs where they back up to the garage door, drop and drive out to the next driveway.
Like those contractors do 30 driveways an hour! Also they use 75 hp(or more) tractors. Time is money for them so cost is minimal with the volume. Each tractor probably covers 200 driveways all of which must be cleared B4 7:00 AM.

Thank you for your opinion.

 

[leonz]

I think Buffalo was the recipient of the of the golden snow globe this year after a few dry years.

 

[leonz]

The photos are not from Scotland but about equal distance the other way in Montana.

What Part of Montana Egon? The Bitterroots?