He Plows Snow In Comfort

He Plows Snow In Comfort SNOWBLOWERS Snowblowers 25-6-6 When John Myers' 1/2-ton 4-WD pickup quit on him with the first snow fall of the winter last year, he wasn't sure what to do until he started looking at his 1977 Oldsmobile Coupe. With 200,000 miles on the odometer, no pep left in the engine and a bad case of body cancer, the old car had been recently retired. Half an hour later, this Harmony, Pennsylvania, resident was plowing snow. "I don't know why they don't make plows for cars," he says. "I have a 1/4-mile long driveway and get a lot of drifting, but the car plow did the job." Conversion was simple and straightforward. Myers detached the snowplow A-frame hitch from the pickup and set it on the front bumper. After slicing some holes in the grill, he ran steel cables to secure the Oldsmobile. He set the plow height to ride just above ground level. The angle of the blade has to be set by hand. Extra weight of about 1,000 lbs. was added to the trunk to offset the weight of the plow. About 3 gallons of calcium solution was added to the tires for additional weight and chains were put on the rear tires. Myers plans to keep using the car to plow snow as long as it runs. "After all, it has a comfortable ride and, best of all, the heater works real good," notes Myers. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Myers, 187 Bauder Mill Rd., Harmony, Penn. 16037-9415.

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