Things you're not supposed to put in a snowblower

[Woodenhead]

I was out blowing snow and rocks in my yard today with my little 5. 5hp MTD blower (it's a champ ) and sheared a bolt on the auger with a rock that musta been a little bigger than the usual gravel.



When I was a kid I was watching the neighbour blow out our driveway with a blower behind a 65hp White tractor. I guess I left my Tonka loader on the sidewalk cause it got jammed in the auger and sheard the bolts. Neither one of use were happy about that one . That was back when Tonka toy were built right :-laf



Last year I was clearing a good 12-18" of snow off dads deck with his 10hp MTD and found the garden hose. Wrapped it around the auger and sheard the bolts again. Took about an hr with a hammer and wire cutters to remove the hose still filled with (frozen) water.



I try to clear the yard in the fall before anything gets covered. When it's someone elses place it's always a mystery of what got left outside before the first snow fall. I got thinking I wonder what else folks get jammed in their snowblowers.



So am I the only one that finds these things with the blower or...



Happy snow blowing.



Mike

 

[KevinSmith]

I've got dibs on the dead cat. It was nasty! But oh so worth it.

 

[Alphacowboy]

my dad has a 6' blower on the back of his tractor. He flung a 6" diameter rock once! It landed on the hood of his suburban! Put a nice dent in the front diverside corner. Luckly it didnt hit anyone!

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

You guys are dangerous:-laf

 

[lil red cummins]

funny you mentioned this "stuff" mike.



for 14 or so years, i start my snowblower (1966 ariens 6hp) in the garage, then engage the auger and take it outside.



this morning, i accidentally picked up the carpet/rubber mat (industrial style).



i dropped the master clutch as fast as i could get to it... still sucked the thing into the second stage.



took about 3 minutes to unwind the thing.



hopefully that is the first and last time for this stunt.



btw, the mat survived pretty well.



jim

 

[AStrand]

Last year the wife was out blowing snow on the driveway. She managed to find my 25' extention cord under the snow. I guess I didn't get to plug in my pickup that night. #@$%!

 

[PToombs]

Back in '96 I was friends with a guy whose family worked on a farm. In the winter they put the 8 or 9 ft snowblower on the 200 hp tractor. In '96 we had 3-4 feet of snow in 1 major storm. Needless to say, if it could move snow, it was in use. This kids father took the tractor and was clearing driveways in the neighborhood. Then he walked into that pile of snow that was a car. I guess it was pretty cool watching bumper parts come flying out!



PS, it takes alot to stall a 200 hp tractor. :-laf

 

[Woodenhead]

Back in '96 I was friends with a guy whose family worked on a farm. In the winter they put the 8 or 9 ft snowblower on the 200 hp tractor. In '96 we had 3-4 feet of snow in 1 major storm. Needless to say, if it could move snow, it was in use. This kids father took the tractor and was clearing driveways in the neighborhood. Then he walked into that pile of snow that was a car. I guess it was pretty cool watching bumper parts come flying out!



PS, it takes alot to stall a 200 hp tractor. :-laf

The farm I worked on had a blower on the back of a John Dear 4240. Did a good job tossing snow wherever it needed to go :-laf



I couldn't imagine cramming a car into that thing let alone a 200 hp tractor. That what shear bolts are for I guess.

 

[Cattletrkr]

I had an old timer for a substitute teacher in HS who came to class one day with his middle finger all bandaged up. He used it to unplug (unsuccessfully) his snowblower. He had a great time flipping everybody the bird to show what he had done.

 

[Philip]

My brother was stationed in Alaska in the air force. He worked in weeds and seeds. They had a guy got into a car with a blower. It was a VW beetle. It hit the engine end of the car. By the time the driver knew it. It had chewed its way to the back of the front seats. :-laf :-laf



This was a 10' blower, truck mounted powered with about 400HP of cat engine just for the blower.



If you want to have some fun with someone. Put some red paint into a plastic bag and wwatch their face when the snow turns red coming out of the chute. :-laf :-laf

 

[JKloppe]

It seems like I have hit some stuff but I can never find it.

#ad

 

[fest3er]

... If you want to have some fun with someone. Put some red paint into a plastic bag and wwatch their face when the snow turns red coming out of the chute. :-laf :-laf

Where's Doc Tinker when you need him? I'm sure he could come up with some great stories along these lines.

 

[ekroman]

When I was young, we moved from Upstate NY to Virginia, and our snow blower came with us. It sat idle in the garage for years, until I was in college.



We got hit with a huge storm, it dumped 15 inches in one day. I shoveled part of the driveway, and remembered we had that old blower rusting away in the corner of the garage. So I dragged it out and got it running again.



I did our driveway in 15 minutes, I was amazed. I started doing neighbors driveways, then I nailed my first Washington Post newspaper. Those things are huge, about two inches thick. I also hit a shovel that day.



This thing is so old, it doesn't have shear bolts. It usually stalls the engine. It's a Craftsman from the 1960's. I can't get parts for it anymore, so I have to resort to making my own replacement bits, or adapting from other things.



It was very noisy, and I noticed the muffler was rotted out. So I put a new muffler on it, and it wasn't any quieter. I took the bottom off, and instead of belts like the new ones, it's full of chains.



I still have it today. I'm dragging it out this weekend to keep the snow demons away.



Eddie

 

[JFlagg]

I've got dibs on the dead cat. It was nasty! But oh so worth it.

Was it dead before though? :-laf

 

[Woodenhead]

Hey JKloppe got some details on that monster? How about a car filled with dead cats ending up in that thing!



My dad once worked for a farmer that had an old 4x4 pickup with a big blower mounted on the front driven by V8 engine in the box of the truck with the driveshaft coming right through the cab

 

[tgordon]

It's not a snowblower, but we had a gal bring in a push mower to have us unwrap the clothes line. She still had her panties hanging on itThey were all thongs, and she would look nice in them alone:-laf

 

[JKloppe]

Here is the pdf for specs. http://www.oshkoshtruck.com/pdf/Oshkosh_NEW_H-Series_specs.pdf



Drive engine Cat C-11 335HP 1250 lb-ft

Option engine Cat C-13 470HP 1550 lb-ft



Blower engine C-15 525HP 1770 lb-ft

Option engine C-16 650HP 1950 lb-ft

 

[BigEasy]

now thats a snowblower... :--)

 

[HoleshotHolset]

I've chucked my fair share of frozen dog poo back in MA and out here in WI with various snowblowers. Back in MA, when I was a kid I used to blow all the snow/poo into the neighbor's yard. Once Spring hit, they couldn't figure out why their dog poo'd so much during the winter. In order to not disappoint them, I used to throw poo into their yard in the summer too - until Dad found out... I quit doing that. :-laf



I ran the dog's dish through the old snowblower, too... I'm glad it was plastic.



I've run all kinds of stuff through my snowblower out here in WI - ice, snow, hay, horse poo, dog poo, rocks, nails, chunks of 2x4, roofing shingles - basically all kinds of stuff that hangs out near a construction site in the middle of winter.



Beers,



Matt

 

[Mr.Goat]

The paper guy periodically throws the paper in the end of the drive. It jammed in there so bad one time I had to burn it out with the torch.



The other usual bolt shearers are junks of firewood the dog takes out of the wood shed and forgets to put back, they stop the auger real quick.