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coasteray
El Toro! 1028 LXE Tecumseh 358cc 10hp
Location: NE Washington State
Joined: Mar 3, 2008
Points: 142
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #32 Feb 17, 2012 1:17 pm |
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The Storm in Fredericton was only 15-20 cm, drifted some , but was about 8 inches in most of the driveway. then it turned very cold this morning -20 C The end of driveway was about 2 feet deep , the plow had gone by twice in the night, but with hydrostatic drive, my Husqvarna , 27 inch, B&S 14.5. went through it easily., not even changing engine speed or sound throwing snow 50-60 feet high and with the wind , the snow was travelling 100 ft or more in distance Then I noticed my neighbour with his new 26 inch Toro was having problems with his joystick chute control, seemed frozen , couldn't move the stick. So I did his driveway and parking lot before putting my blower in the garage. I'm not sure how to freeze up a Toro joystick. The cable is only "exposed" under the dash like every other machine. Topside, the cable goes straight into the chute gear cover, so it would be completely out of harm's way. I agree with Steve that it was probably not adjusted properly. I had to adjust mine when I first picked it up at the farm where I bought it. It would sort of of grind gear teeth if I wasn't careful. After a simple cable adjustment, it's been great. I sure feel sorry for the guy, though. Brand new and having a problem that he could have fixed before the snow came. Sounds like he didn't check it out beforehand. I wonder if he ever did.
El Toro! 1028 LXE - Tecumseh 358cc 10hp Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
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alty
Joined: Nov 1, 2010
Points: 38
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #35 Feb 23, 2012 3:46 pm |
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" Chicagoland - Expected 4-7 inches overnight. Bring it on." Yeah - not 2 inches like the last time!
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aa335
Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #36 Feb 23, 2012 4:03 pm |
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" Chicagoland - Expected 4-7 inches overnight. Bring it on." Yeah - not 2 inches like the last time! I'm hoping all of this is coming down in the middle of the night, not during rush hours. Just in time for the weekend. Time to bring the snowblowers out of hibernation. I just summerized them two weeks ago.
This message was modified Feb 23, 2012 by aa335
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