Borat: Speaking of distance, how exactly is the distance measured?
A puzzle but I would imagine done in the usually way under the eye of marketing with optimal conditions of density, compactness, moisture, height that would rarely occur. Most distance spec’s are caveated or footnoted with depending on conditions. Many are a range which is more realistic than a best condition max. I’ve seen some start at 3 feet on the low end. Most people I talk about distance expect to always be tossing at the spec max which is unrealistic.
In average snow a 3hp Powerlite does 15-25 and the crew of 2450’s, 3650’s and up 20-30.
Jrtrebor,
At least to me the video seems to show enough snow to be tossed well, 10-15 feet. The output is a flow so different than what I see with low inches of snow with an SS. What usually comes out with low snow is a flurry that has no energy and dosen’t go more than a few feet. It’s blown all over close to the machine. The low snow in the video seems dense enough to be tossable.
The speed of the flow out in the video seems very slow so an RPM issue. The gap of ¼ to 3/8 is pretty big and could an issue also.
It would be picking up more snow per paddle with a two paddle but the flow does seems enough to be tossed and not a problem. I would think with that snow and the usual Toro pulley ratios and an RPM 4000-4100 you would have gotten a toss of 10+ feet and very wide.
On the 24 width. That might be a bit much in higher denser snow that a Toro 21inch 6.5hp would handle better. In bigger snow the bite pull poops out so quite a bit of pushing required on my 21 inch machines with the handles against the hips.
This message was modified Dec 31, 2012 by trouts2
