Bryan Smith
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Erda,Utah
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 | | 05/06/2008 9:26 PM |
| I post new video on youtube. The heavy Virginian locomotive have no problem pushing with the snow plow fighting of 6" deep of snow. it powerful locomotive. The video was took jan 2007. no R/C, just 14.4 Volt of DeWalt battery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N97TssPUS78
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cjwalas
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Santa Barbara, California
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Torby
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North Chicago 'burbs.
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| | 05/07/2008 7:30 AM |
| Youtube seems to be having a problem. I get hundreds of jscript runtime error boxes and no video | |
 "If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity with people who are inventing religions. How could we? We are dealing with Fact. Of course anyone can be simple if he has no facts to bother about."-- C. S. Lewis | |
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Jerry Barnes
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Lexington, NE
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| | 05/07/2008 9:24 AM |
| Bryan,
That is POWERFUL to push through that much snow. Jerry | |
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Terl
Colorado
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| | 05/08/2008 2:27 PM |
| Now that's a snowplow!!
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Torby
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| | 05/08/2008 3:42 PM |
| | Worked for me today! | |
"If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity with people who are inventing religions. How could we? We are dealing with Fact. Of course anyone can be simple if he has no facts to bother about."-- C. S. Lewis | |
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Richard Smith
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Port Orford, Oregon
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| | 05/08/2008 5:51 PM |
| Bryan,
Like a knife through a cake...wow! You must have a lot of weight in that plow too! | |
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Stan Cedarleaf
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Dewey, AZ
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Bryan Smith
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Erda,Utah
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| | 05/10/2008 8:18 PM |
| | thank you everyone. it alot fun!!!!!! | |
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cabforward
Roseville Calif
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| | 05/10/2008 9:58 PM |
| Bryan
How much weight have you put in the plow
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Bryan Smith
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Erda,Utah
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| | 05/11/2008 12:45 PM |
| matt, i use a brick cover with Styrene plastic to make a water tank. and bottom flat plate Styrene plastic to help keep from sliding inside the gondola plow. i believe brick weight like 2-3 pound help keep the weight to stay on the track.
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Caseyjones012
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| | 08/12/2008 2:08 PM |
| Hmmm. I filled my Aristo plow with gravel to simulate loose stone ballast (car and ballast weigh 5.5 lbs) but it derails on 4’ rad curves due to the side thrust of the wet snow that seems to predominate around here (it’s all that hot air coming out of the Capitol) against the plow blade.
I did successfully plow 6” of heavy, wet snow one time on a straight track using FIVE locomotives. Until the first curve. That’s when I picked up all my toys and went back inside to sit by the fire with a Hot Toddy.
I wish I knew how to add photos to a posting. I’ve got some great pictures of plow ops when the snow was powdery, or not too deep. See http://alfrr.com/ for a scene of plowing an inch and a half of heavy snow.
Geoff
Geoffrey D. Cullison
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Sheldon JW Cullison
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The Arlington and Little Falls Railroad
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