On 2020-12-01 7:54 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 16:01:42 -0800 (PST), Bryan Simmons
--Bryan
>>>>
>>> Yeah, that diesel is pure evil.
>>
>> I think that all snowblowers use gasoline. TTBOMK, there's no such thing as an
>> electric one, and I seriously doubt there are diesel ones either.
>
> There are electric and diesel snow blowers. The electric snowblowers
> I've seen are small and use an extention cord. I can mount a huge
> snow blower on my tractor and it would be diesel... there are lots of
> diesel snow blowers, that's what many cities use, mounted on diesel
> trucks. But I'd rather my snow plow.
>

I have never seen a diesel powered residential snow blower. They would
likely be way too costly and too much a pain in the ass starting on cold
weather. Tractor mounted blowers aren't really diesel powered because
they are mounted on a diesel powered tractor. They are run by the PTO,
and could be mounted on any tractor with a PTO.

When I worked for the highways we had a big gas powered snow blower that
was mounted on a diesel powered loader. It was single stage with a pair
of augers, one mounted over the other. The discharge chute was hydraulic
with electric switches. It could cut a 8 foot wide swath through three
feed of snow and throw it in a ribbon of snow about 100 feet.