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	Snowthrower ramming speed 
	Original Message   Jan 22, 2005 7:57 am	 | 
	
		
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Just finished with 6 and 31/32" of snow here is Wisconsin.  It was very light and swirl in your face powder.  I do the  major EOD at the end of our culdesac ( Marshall, do I get extra post points for using the word culdesac?) and really like the Honda Hydrostatic Transmission.  With one hand on the shift lever I repeatedly ram the snow bank at full speed to quickly back up and do it again without having to disenguage the Drive Clutch Lever.  If anyone has a lot of forth and back* to do, I recommend the honda.                                                                *  Footnote-one must go forth before one may go back.  
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	Re: Snowthrower ramming speed 
	Reply #5   Jan 22, 2005 6:35 pm	 | 
	
		
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Highwind,     This was on the EOD (end of drive) snow pile at my driveway. It is plow compacted and repacted again by the plow trying to clear out the culd-de-sac. This EOD was about 31  and 13/16" high.  It was too hard this time to crawl through on slow speed.  I had to go at 90 Degrees to the curb and shave off the top.                        Hydrostatic= :)       The ramming speed is the snowthrower it self, to get a faster run at the compacted snow.                  1.0047 MPH=ramming speed                 .00000083 MPH=the speed your underwear creeps up on you.                                                                                                                                  18 Degrees 
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