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daniel

Location: NY
Joined: Oct 21, 2010
Points: 48

Blowing through 40 feet of snow!
Original Message Dec 30, 2010 3:19 pm

I couldn't believe these pictures of the snow in Japan I saw the other day , and today jalopnik put up a youtube video (at bottom) of how they blow that 40 feet of snow. All it comes down to is a huge backhoe followed by a huge blower.

The video of them cleaning it up is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8gLFJG6UpY

Pretty damn impressive, my 26" 250cc feels somewhat inadequate now.

Enjoy!

-Dan

Toro 826 OXE Snowblower, Echo PB-500 backpack blower, Toro 22" high wheel recycler mower, Jeep Wrangler JK Unlimited 6 spd :)

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Steve_Cebu

Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888

Re: Blowing through 40 feet of snow!
Reply #1 Dec 30, 2010 3:28 pm

Very cool, I'd hate to have their fuel bill tho.

"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England." "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Blowing through 40 feet of snow!
Reply #2 Dec 30, 2010 3:40 pm

Amazing pictures. I saw a couple videos of this kind of snow clearing. Those machines move an incredible amount of snow at crazy distances, but it was still so awfully slow.

I wondered who makes the 40 foot drift cutters. :)

jdpilot

Location: Minnesota
Joined: Dec 7, 2010
Points: 10

Re: Blowing through 40 feet of snow!
Reply #3 Dec 30, 2010 8:15 pm

Awesome pictures, and amazing work by those machines.

Thanks, Dan.

rubinew

Joined: Dec 30, 2010
Points: 147

Re: Blowing through 40 feet of snow!
Reply #4 Jan 1, 2011 2:32 am

WOW!!!

I would be nervous walking through those cuts :-)

borat

Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: Blowing through 40 feet of snow!
Reply #5 Jan 1, 2011 1:33 pm

So, where's the machine that supposedly cleared the path? It would need a chute 50 or 60 feet tall. Something fishy about those pics.

Steve_Cebu

Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888

Re: Blowing through 40 feet of snow!
Reply #6 Jan 1, 2011 1:44 pm

borat wrote:

So, where's the machine that supposedly cleared the path? It would need a chute 50 or 60 feet tall. Something fishy about those pics.

He posted the link in his post. Here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8gLFJG6UpY

Bill_H

Location: Maine
Joined: Jan 12, 2008
Points: 354

Re: Blowing through 40 feet of snow!
Reply #7 Jan 1, 2011 1:49 pm

rubinew wrote:

WOW!!!

I would be nervous walking through those cuts :-)

So would I! I've had vertical cuts in 4' walls collapse, I don't know how those things stay up if you put any snow on top of them.

Who the hell let all the morning people run things?

borat

Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: Blowing through 40 feet of snow!
Reply #8 Jan 1, 2011 1:59 pm

Steve_Cebu wrote:

He posted the link in his post. Here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8gLFJG6UpY

Thanks for that. I guess I missed it.

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