Hopefully far enough that your significant other can't find the evidence. :)
- Ken
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Hopefully far enough that your significant other can't find the evidence. :)
- Ken
It was my son's work phone. It was replaced later that same day...with another 5S!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Becker
Way to go out on a limb there, Pat!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pat Barry
Actually, the Sunday paper was the second thing I hit that day (between the extension cord and the phone.) The paper went zero feet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ed Labadie
Photos forthcoming later today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee Schierer
Neither the Otterbox nor the phone survived.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlos Alvarez
Unfortunately, that was last winter...:oQuote:
Originally Posted by Ed Labadie
This looks way too much like a circuit diagram. The last time I did circuit diagram was in college (45+ years ago).Quote:
Originally Posted by John Ziebron
I didn't know what a swamp cooler was...had to Google it. Supposedly, swamp coolers and desert coolers are the same thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Fitzgerald
I also had an S-620. The more recent models have much greater throwing capability.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Stenzel
As far as a betting pool goes, I don't think that will meet the Terms and Conditions of the Creek.:p
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Orr
Don, please tell me these shingles had already fallen to the ground. If these were launched from the roof...man, I don't know what to tell you.:eek:
Bob
So here’s what happened…
On 2/7 I received a call from my son. He had just returned from a business trip to Australia and had not had time to remove the 4+ inches of that had accumulated while he was gone. The weather forecast called for an additional 8 to 12 inches on the 9th and he wasn’t going to have a chance to clear the existing snow pack. On the 10th, we were having a 3rd birthday party for our twin grandsons. He asked if I could go to his place and run the snow blower. Of course, I agreed to do it the next afternoon. It also gave me a chance to drop off a guitar pedal board (his design) I made for him while he was gone.
On the drive to his place, I remembered that I cleared the circular part of his driveway over the holidays and he had cautioned me to avoid the extension cord (used for Xmas lights) running over that part of the driveway. I texted him asking if the extension cord was still in place. He texted “No.”
Upon arriving, I started to clear an extension of the driveway when I hit the 2nd extension cord. (See photo 1.) One end was damaged and obviously had to be cut-off. The other end had become so tightly wound on the paddle axle that – after 30 minutes of trying – I had to cut the other plug end off to get it to unravel.
Back in business…10 minutes later I hit the hidden, rolled up frozen newspaper. No damage noted to the blower - paper was shredded on one end.
Five minutes later, I’m clearing one edge of the drive and hear a loud clunk. I look down and see a black object. It was a lower part of a phone case (see photo 2). I figured it had been damaged earlier and dropped while taking out the trash.
I continued clearing the drive. When finished I sent him a text including the pictures of the cord and cover and started home. 10 minutes later I get the call.
“Where did you find the cover?” I told him the location.
“Did you find the rest of the phone?”
He knew the phone was missing and thought he had left it at work the night before. When he got to work the next morning, it wasn’t there and had no idea. He tried the “Find my phone” app on his personal phone but it told him the work phone was turned off.
I drove back to his place (met him there) and started the search, clearing with shovels along the eject path. At 6 feet, he found the upper part of the case (rubber). It was badly nicked but otherwise intact. We cleared another 4 feet and found nothing. Looking further down the path, we could no signs of anything entering the snow pack.
Next day’s snowfall and subsequent cold temperatures prevented him from searching for the phone (which had already been replaced).
Earlier this week, we had 3 days of heavy rain. On Wednesday, he found the phone (see photo 3 – blue circle). It obviously did not survive (photo 4).
Distance traveled was measured at 16 feet.
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Wow......a trifecta.
Ed
No, no, no. You gotta start with "Here. Hold my beer."Quote:
Originally Posted by John K Jordan
Ok, so the experimental result was 16 feet. We need to know the theoretical result, but we need some info to calculate:
1. Engine RPM
2. Final drive ratio
3. Auger diameter
4. Chute angle
Since I have a 24" ariens and it will chuck it a good long distance I am guessing about 40ft. Since it was in the otterbox it came out unscathed :)
Warning: Thread hijack.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Turkovich
A number of years ago I was rototilling with my 30 HP tractor and a 39" (Italian metric) rototiller that was really too small for the tractor. I inadvertently backed into a reasonably large blue tarp that had been covering a pile of topsoil. You would be amazed at how fast a tractor mounted rototiller can reel in a tarp. You probably wouldn't be amazed at how long it took to get it out. I was about ready to set it on fire.
OK, back on topic, I moved to Utah from Washington State and am learning all about snowblowers. I got a 24" Ariens this fall; unfortunately we're still building and my driveway is mostly pit run. It launches rocks impressive distances, but mostly it breaks shear pins. Last snowfall it broke five, and yes, I have the skids on the impeller housing set as far down as possible. I think I'm going to do what my neighbor did and replace the shear pins with PTO pins. Pavement this spring...
Dave, be careful "beefing up" the pins...they protect the machine when something crunchy gets in the wrong place. ;)
I'm pretty sure these were covered in the diagrams attached to Bill C's and John Z's posts. (Maybe they can confirm that...);)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Roehl
Getting back to Dan O's post re: roof shingles. Did you know that inputting "using a snowblower to clear a roof" into Google yields over 5 million results :eek:(I did not know people actually do that!) Also there's an ordinance in Woburn, MA against doing so. (I need to get a life...:o)
Bob
Well aren't you the lucky one. Northern Tool has 50', 12 ga Prime extension cord on sale right now for $29.99. I can't understand the reason for a snow blower. Today is the second day it hit 80 degrees here. Wearing shorts right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Turkovich
My shaft driven snowblower lost a good size 1/4" square key this morning while clearing snow. It is snowing again and I hope the snowblower doesn't find it again when I clear the latest snowfall.
Pflttt :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Wrenn
I have a 24” Ariens and have replaced the gearbox in it twice due to rocks. Much cheaper to replace shear bolts instead. Also much easier, although the gearbox isn’t real difficult to replace. It is something to avoid if you can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Cav
The gears are are not real robust, so would definitely stay away from the PTO pins.
Clint
No Applecare? They'd replace it.
I managed to drop my phone off the boat in 90-some feet of water. There's a major thermocline at about 55 feet, and it turns black. I said screw this and surfaced. Told the work diver at the marina that I'd pay him $100 to get it. He went to 65 feets, said sorry but no. Applecare covers anything other than loss. Then I found out that my boat insurance covers it, but only after it was too late to make a claim.