On 2020-12-02 4:30 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:02:47 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:

>>> 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.
>
> Are you pretending to be a commedian... any snow blower mounted on a
> diesel powered vehical is automatically a diesel powered snowblower...
> or are you normally so dense?

I am not the one with an obtuse argument. Tractor mounted snowblowers
are mounted on the rear end of the unit and are mechanically powered by
means of the PTO. By your argument, a snowblower on a diesel powered
tractor is diesel powered. It takes about 10 minutes to detach it from
the diesel powered tractor and then attach it to a gas powered tractor.
It could also be attached to a propane powered tractor, a LNG powered
tractor or an electric powered tractor. It remains mechanically powered
because it has no power plant of its own.



> Has not a whit to do with residential or commercial, I use my diesel
> tractor on my residence only but it can easily be used commercially as
> many do.

Yeah yeah, you use a mechanically powered blower your diesel tractor. We
know that. You won't see a blower directly powered by a diesel engine
being used in a residential setting up.

Feel free to provide a link to a snowblower that is directly powered by
a diesel engine. I was trained and qualified to operate self powered
snowblower that was mounted onto a diesel powered front end loader. I
have actual experience running one. Ours were gas powered. There may
now be some diesel powered machines, but they would be for commercial
or industrial use.