[AT] Snow Blower - BIG

[Herbert Metz]

Are any of these large blowers in use nowdays?
Many decades ago one or more were housed and used to keep the railroads
open over the continental divide (Rollins Pass); they were obsoleted when
the Moffatt R.R. Tunnel (through the continental divide) came into use.  A
couple decades ago there was a photo in the news of a train, large blower,
and large snow plume, believe it was in the southwest.  At Lagrange, IN
G.O.O. in mid 1990's, met a guy from ND or SD who operated a large FWD
pushing a large blower (interstates or state highways).  He fully expected
the unit to be obsoleted when he retired as they could not find anyone else
to operate the unit (his biggest concern was hitting a vehicle that was
burried in a snow drift).  The only one I have seen was on a museum train
in Skagway, AK.  The blower wheel was reversible and the blades and chutes
were adjustable so the snow could be blown in either direction. Wish I had
looked at the drive train for powering the blower wheel.
Herb

> [Original Message]
> From: <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 8/16/2010 2:00:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower
>
> http://membrane.com/~elmer/rail/snow/rotary/nor01.jpg
>
> NO this is a SNOW BLOWER
>
> --- On Mon, 8/16/10, David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
>
> From: David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 11:11 AM
>
> That's Not a snow blower Mike. That's a SNOW BLOWER!
>     Dave
>
> On Aug 16, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Mike Sloane wrote:
>
> > I was only referencing rear mounted blowers. I did sell a 10' front
> > mounted blower attached to a big New Holland 4WD tractor with heated
> > cab. The buyer owned a truck terminal that had to be kept cleared  
> > around
> > the clock in all kinds of weather. I was seriously envious of that
> > machine, as I clear two miles of private lane in the winter. (I could
> > not afford anything like that, but the commission on the sale was
> > welcome. :-) )
> >
> > I took a picture of the machine just before loading it up for  
> > delivery,
> > and you can see it at
> >
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/other_machinery/big-snow-blower.html 
> > >
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On 8/16/2010 10:14 AM, Gunnells, Bradley R wrote:
> >> I'm sure it adds significantly to the cost but a former GF dad had
> >> one for their long lane. He had a JD tractor and they put a front
> >> mount 3 pt. arm and it ran a driveshaft under the tractor to bring
> >> the power to the front. That looked like a nice unit to operate since
> >> it had a heated cab. Would probably scare me what he spent on that
> >> setup.
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >> On Aug 16, 2010, at 5:50 AM, Mike Sloane wrote:
> >>
> >>> When I was in the tractor and implement selling business, you
> >>> could generally go by the weight and price when comparing similar
> >>> items.
> >>>
> >>> That being said, I never sold a new three-point snow blower. The
> >>> reason was that there were so many barely used ones available if
> >>> someone really wanted one.
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