Reverse is too damn slow!


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LSMFT

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Reverse is too damn slow!

Then pull it backwards!

You still can't get off?

On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:25:51 -0500, LSMFT wrote:

Reverse is too damn slow!

I rarely use reverse in mine-- I'd rather walk the extra steps for
wide sweeps than wait for it.

Dad's Ariens has 2 reverse speeds and it is tolerable in the faster
reverse speed.

Jim

Jim Elbrecht wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:25:51 -0500, LSMFT wrote:

Reverse is too damn slow!

I rarely use reverse in mine-- I'd rather walk the extra steps for
wide sweeps than wait for it.

Dad's Ariens has 2 reverse speeds and it is tolerable in the faster
reverse speed.

Jim

Back when I lived in the frozen northeast my normal "reverse" was to
just squeeze the clutch to disengage and then yank the machine back.
Anything further than just backing up to take another pass offset a few
feet was yank back and turn around to go forward at a decent speed.

On Feb 3, 11:19*am, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:25:51 -0500, LSMFT wrote:
Reverse is too damn slow!

I rarely use reverse in mine-- I'd rather walk the extra steps for
wide sweeps than wait for it. * * *

Dad's Ariens has 2 reverse speeds and it is tolerable in the faster
reverse speed.

Jim

My snowblower does not have motorized wheel drive.

greg

On 03 Feb 2011 22:00:13 GMT, Earl wrote:

"Pete C." wrote in
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Jim Elbrecht wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:25:51 -0500, LSMFT wrote:

Reverse is too damn slow!

I rarely use reverse in mine-- I'd rather walk the extra steps for
wide sweeps than wait for it.

Dad's Ariens has 2 reverse speeds and it is tolerable in the faster
reverse speed.

Jim

Back when I lived in the frozen northeast my normal "reverse" was to
just squeeze the clutch to disengage and then yank the machine back.
Anything further than just backing up to take another pass offset a few
feet was yank back and turn around to go forward at a decent speed.


Can you imagine if Reverse were a faster speed? People would fall down and
get run over before the shut-off would have a chance to stop the machine.
Tho I'd love to see my creepy neighbor fall down. heh heh

Shut off? I ain't got no steenkin' shut off. [Mine's a 1975 Bolens.
Reverse is still slow-- but I can adjust it a bit if I want the
'jogging' speed to slow down to a fast walk.g]

Jim

On Feb 3, 2:00*pm, Earl wrote:
"Pete C." wrote onster.com:







Jim Elbrecht wrote:

On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:25:51 -0500, LSMFT wrote:

Reverse is too damn slow!

I rarely use reverse in mine-- I'd rather walk the extra steps for
wide sweeps than wait for it.

Dad's Ariens has 2 reverse speeds and it is tolerable in the faster
reverse speed.

Jim

Back when I lived in the frozen northeast my normal "reverse" was to
just squeeze the clutch to disengage and then yank the machine back.
Anything further than just backing up to take another pass offset a few
feet was yank back and turn around to go forward at a decent speed.

Can you imagine if Reverse were a faster speed? *People would fall down and
get run over before the shut-off would have a chance to stop the machine.
Tho I'd love to see my creepy neighbor fall down. heh heh- Hide quoted text -

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??? I have had a few over the years. They all shut off and stopped
instantly when the clutch was let go. Yes, every one of them was too
slow going backwards. Just declutching and changing gears is too
timeconsuming to suit me. Unless I am backing up more than a 10 or
so feet it is "drag the machine back". Current blower is an 11 hp
Poulan.

Harry K

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Jim Elbrecht typed:
:: On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:25:51 -0500, LSMFT
:: wrote:
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::: Reverse is too damn slow!
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:: I rarely use reverse in mine-- I'd rather walk the extra
:: steps for wide sweeps than wait for it.
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:: Dad's Ariens has 2 reverse speeds and it is tolerable in
:: the faster reverse speed.
::
:: Jim

I can adjust the length of the reverse throw n the wheel to wherever I want
it on my Ariens. Check it out if yu have the rubber wheel type drive.

Yea, but does it have a cupholder???

On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:02:40 -0600, "SRN" wrote:

Yea, but does it have a cupholder???

Darn right - and a HEATED one at that!!!. It's one of the available
options.

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On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:02:40 -0600, "SRN" wrote:

Yea, but does it have a cupholder???

Darn right - and a HEATED one at that!!!. It's one of the available
options.

Hey!! - that's my kind of snowblower!!

On Feb 10, 1:27*am, "SRN" wrote:
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:02:40 -0600, "SRN" wrote:

Yea, but does it have a cupholder???

Darn right - and a HEATED one at that!!!. It's one of the available
options.

Hey!! - that's my kind of snowblower!!

Not mine!! Who wants warm beer? I did get addicted to warm beer
during my tours in Germany but that was good beer, not this stuff
they call beer here in the states.

Harry K

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:42:36 -0800 (PST), Harry K
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On Feb 10, 1:27Â*am, "SRN" wrote:
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:02:40 -0600, "SRN" wrote:

Yea, but does it have a cupholder???

Darn right - and a HEATED one at that!!!. It's one of the available
options.

Hey!! - that's my kind of snowblower!!

Not mine!! Who wants warm beer? I did get addicted to warm beer
during my tours in Germany but that was good beer, not this stuff
they call beer here in the states.

Harry K
A micro-brewery in the Soo has it figured out. One of their top
selling beers is called "bear whiz"

On Feb 3, 11:19*am, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:25:51 -0500, LSMFT wrote:
Reverse is too damn slow!

I rarely use reverse in mine-- I'd rather walk the extra steps for
wide sweeps than wait for it. * * *

Dad's Ariens has 2 reverse speeds and it is tolerable in the faster
reverse speed.

Jim

It all depends on the area you're blowing. Some situations don't allow
for wide turns, such as narrow driveways, walkways to the stoop, the
path down the side of the house to the shed, etc.

My Sno Tek has 2 reverse speeds. The notch for the slower one is in no
danger of ever having the paint worn off. It's useless.

I use the faster one on occasion, like when backing up the long single
width path from my neighbor's garage. All she wants is a path so she
can get to her garbage can, so I blow a path and then back out.
There's really no easy way to turn around at the garage after a heavy
snow fall.

Even then I find myself pulling on the machine and I have to tell
myself to let the tool do the work.