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TheMoMan
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posted September 17, 2010 04:27
____ LittleFish, there is a man that built a self powered SnowBlower using a Chevy Truck Motor 454cu/7.5L. He uses the power steering pump for the hydraulic controls.
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____ Or you could buy one of these.
http://www.snowblower1.com/
http://www.snowblower1.com/index_files/Page646.htm
____ I have seen one of these beasts in action, 1000lbs of snow/second.
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TheMoMan
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posted September 17, 2010 10:53
____ GG, Here in Michigan about every two years there is a Lumbering Compitition, Pole Climbing, Log spinning, Chopping, Sawing and Chainsaw carving.
____ Now back to Snowblowers.
http://www.gizmag.com/for-the-man-with-everything-the-v8-snowblower/4889/
____ Kind of makes my 18 Hp one seem weak.
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littlefish
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posted September 17, 2010 12:05
GG, i saw that lumberjack show on Grouse when we were there in June 09. The attractiveness of the hotsaw thing is the competitive development of a tool for a very specific job.
It's the right scale too, in that I reckon I could afford to do it, unlike drag racing, for example.
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garlicguy
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posted September 17, 2010 12:52
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Originally posted by littlefish:
It's the right scale too, in that I reckon I could afford to do it, unlike drag racing, for example.
I've owned several Stihl chainsaws over the years and have two right now.
I bought my first one after watching it demo-ed as "dropping through" the log like the ones in your video.
Don't know why, but I still love to cut firewood, then bring it home and split it.
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I don't know what I was thinking... it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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