Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPg1ZMiC9pA

Shryp wrote:

It works great with 1-3 inches of snow. Also interesting that they approve only positive comments. That unit would fail in wet heavy snow. The blade is only 14" high or so. Now if they could make a RC snowblower that might be cool as long as they didn't hit the wrong target with the snow stream.

Steve_Cebu wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3i_5yue-Qw

Shryp wrote:

Much better.  The grate they have on the front for safety makes sense but I wonder if that would bog it down in heavy high snow. Yamaha basically has the auger way out in front. Still it's a cool vid, thanks!

Steve_Cebu wrote:

It looks like they used a small coffin to build the thing, too.

Steve_Cebu wrote:

Yeah, that grate would not work out here, first packed snow would stop it dead. Sit and Spin :-)

But yes, cool video, lots of work to make these, must have lots of free time?? Wonder what that is like!!

Both are novelties that provide a certain amount of entertainment value.   The plow would be rendered next to useless once a snow bank of any size is established.  The auto blower wouldn't fare much better in real world applications.  The grates on the front are a major hindrance to efficiency.   Good for a laugh.  That's about it. 

rubinew wrote:

Yeah they have their limitations. The plow is too weak and the snowblower would be too dangerous with the augers exposed. I did have a vid of a remote control snowblower it was like 12" long it actually blew snow but it was a toy nothing you could really use. Toys like these can be fun.