Snowblower Push-Pull rear snowblower
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Charlesaf3
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What does it say about me that I think that sounds really cool?
Why the ban on pushers?
PILOON
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"Why the ban on pushers?"
Because PU pushers were piling the snow on the street causing the city additional costs as in needing to cart away that snow.
We are talking suburbs where properties are 100 ft wide lots (or less) meaning a driveway every 100 feet. Drag all that snow onto the street and by mid January there is no street left so the only solution is for every property to keep his snow heaped on his front lawn.
By mid Jan you can't see a car parked in a drive as the snow accumulations are generally higher than car roofs. Montreal is actually in a 'snow belt' area and it is not unusual to see 5-6 16-30inch dumpings every winter, not counting the usual 3-6inch events that might occur every 3 to 5 days.
I refer to suburbs, but downtown row houses is even a more serious problem as there are so many cars per building that folks even park on front lawns! (mon, dad and teens all own cars)
After a major storm things get kinda interesting as folks steal shoveled out curbside parking slots from each other.
Last winter after a major dumping the streets got to be so narrow that plows and ambulances could not get by!
Add some sleet and freezing rain to all that and we see streets clogged for up to a week at times!
Another interesting sight in Feb is up north(St Sauveur) where there are loads of condos on mountain sides, there the snow is piled do high that one can't even see the buildings from the street! Often the solution is to truck the white stuff away, very costly!
I know one snow contractor that actually has charged as much as $1200 to maintain some drives (and gets lots of repeats).
And believ it or not, 2 yrs back lots of them lost their shirts due to rising fuel costs coupled with massive dumpings.
Because PU pushers were piling the snow on the street causing the city additional costs as in needing to cart away that snow.
We are talking suburbs where properties are 100 ft wide lots (or less) meaning a driveway every 100 feet. Drag all that snow onto the street and by mid January there is no street left so the only solution is for every property to keep his snow heaped on his front lawn.
By mid Jan you can't see a car parked in a drive as the snow accumulations are generally higher than car roofs. Montreal is actually in a 'snow belt' area and it is not unusual to see 5-6 16-30inch dumpings every winter, not counting the usual 3-6inch events that might occur every 3 to 5 days.
I refer to suburbs, but downtown row houses is even a more serious problem as there are so many cars per building that folks even park on front lawns! (mon, dad and teens all own cars)
After a major storm things get kinda interesting as folks steal shoveled out curbside parking slots from each other.
Last winter after a major dumping the streets got to be so narrow that plows and ambulances could not get by!
Add some sleet and freezing rain to all that and we see streets clogged for up to a week at times!
Another interesting sight in Feb is up north(St Sauveur) where there are loads of condos on mountain sides, there the snow is piled do high that one can't even see the buildings from the street! Often the solution is to truck the white stuff away, very costly!
I know one snow contractor that actually has charged as much as $1200 to maintain some drives (and gets lots of repeats).
And believ it or not, 2 yrs back lots of them lost their shirts due to rising fuel costs coupled with massive dumpings.
I know this guy.
He does 2800 driveway in Montreal.
YouTube - New Holland with inversed blower
Here is one of the push pulls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkL75e3h3cA
He does 2800 driveway in Montreal.
YouTube - New Holland with inversed blower
Here is one of the push pulls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkL75e3h3cA
PILOON
Super Star Member
Not really, don't forget the weight of a 80/100 HP tractor and the rear 'pull blowers' is such that only blue ice will prevent penetration.
The simple tracks from the tractor or an early bird commuter that drove out are easily handled by these heavy rigs.
Those guys are not using CUTS!
And those blowers can handle 16-24 inches at one pass!--even the curbside slushy/icy accumulations.
He returns later because the city generally makes a second pass and re-plugs the drives.
Lyrch75
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I really like the looks of that badboy, but, I don't get enough snow to make it pay for itself before I die of old age.
Damned neat though
Damned neat though
