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Old 12-26-2017, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Terry C View Post
Watch some snowblowing/throwing vids on YouTube. Watch how slow they have to go when the snow gets pretty deep. That’s why you want a creeper on a gear drive with a thrower. Or you have to ride the clutch a lot .
Jeff posted one, but here's another.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqK5r10xKBc
(Sorry about the quality, it's an old cell phone video.) And that's a 18hp with a QA42A in snow about as hard and heavy as it gets. Can't go very fast when it's deep. I'll have to look and see if I have a video of the same tractor with the 450 blower on it.
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