I know what your saying Terry... But this is not the case.
She is ill tempered to about everyone.

And she is in her late 30's.....lol Her kids have never lifted
a finger to mow the grass. They will occassionally help shovel
the drive. And this shoveling takes about 2 to 3 hours for them!
Her poor old man usually gets the job of shoveling. Or if they
are really lazy they just drive through it no matter how deep it
gets.

I am a firm believer in neighbors helping each other out. I often
wish they would offer to help me.

I would tell you a related story.....but might be going way off topic.

Didnt happen to me but heard a story on the yahoo group. That would be something to see just so it wasnt ours to fix.

Something tells me this might be a good year to have a snow blower and I do not even have a blade mounted yet. I have owned 3 or 4 WH blower attachments but sold each of them before winter. The only blower that I did -*test*-('") run was a 48" Kubota that I mounted on a Horse, got it to work, then sold it.

I remember reading that too a few years ago. I thought it was Dale but he swears it wasn't. Anyhow.... the story goes that he was blowing snow when he hooked into the Christmas lights. It not only ripped them off the bushes, it ripped them off the side of the house and off the roof. Now being it was cold the shingles were brittle so it snapped a bunch of them off. In fact that's how the person knew he screwed up. The snow blower came to a screeching halt and pieces of broken shingles came raining down like confetti He caid it took several hours in an unheated garage to cut all the wire off that was wrapped around. I guess his wife probably mentioned it once or twice

The tall chute works great. My neighbor has a WH with a small chute and it's a big difference

Wow Micah, that's a killer looking picture you have there. You're shooting the snow pretty good ...

I can't wait to try it out. I've never owned a tractor mounted snowthrower before, so this will be a new experience for me

I'll try to remember to keep away from the "outdoor illumination"

Just remember that a single stage like you and I have takes some practice learning how to keep the auger full. I have found that first gear high is usually too fast. I like second gear low for most storms except for the big noreaster storms like below where first low works best. You will also have to get used to switching from low to high a lot when you go in reverse.



After a while it becomes second nature.

Micah your making me want some snow ... Been playing in it all week (driving actually) up in Michigan and Indiana as well as Northern Ohio ... wish wed get a decent amount down here..

Was all bummed out... Had 12 inches fall Tuesday morning, had to go to Iowa for a couple of days. Got back, hardly anything left. That lake effect is funny. Top speed anyone could go was about 30 mph, we are talking high winds, snowing like crazy. 18 miles NW there wasn't even a dusting of the white stuff. Oh well maybe next time I can try her out.

You look pretty clean with that tall chute. I also have the short chute and when I'm finished I look like a snowman.

OK Guys

time for a few questions

How important is traction when using a blower. I would tend to think chains would not be necessary but I dunno...

How similar are these tall chute blowers to the older short chute units? I had no idea they existed till this thread?

I am wondering about doing a conversion

SO far there seems to be a lot of fans of the tall chutes - I am curious what difference it makes? I would think the longer chute would clog more

I hope to get to experiment with my short chute soon!