Troy-Bilt Horse User Manual

SNOWPLOWING SUGGESTIONS
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light snow (Sketch 6/24). By moving the snow in
this fashion, you will be duplicating some work,
but deeper snows can be handled much more
easily.
Another tip: If you bank snow down by the
main road, in most towns, you should bank it on
the right-hand side of the driveway. This way,
when the town snowplow comes through, it
won't push your snowbanks back into the en-
trance to your driveway, which it would if you
had banked snow on the left.
Snowplowing should be done in high gear so
you can "wing" the snow with the blade, and
with the engine throttle cut back about 25 per-
cent. Throttling down is very important. You
should bank snow in low gear. Slowing down
prevents too much buildup of momentum. If
your Dozer Blade strikes an immovable object
at high speed (which you're not likely to see un-
der snow), the resulting shock could damage
the gears in your transmission.
Also, don't try to drive the tiller when the
wheels are frozen in
the ground. Use hot water,
for example, to free the wheels before you try
to move the filler under its own power and make
sure
that you've switched to SAE 90 gear oil in
the tiller transmission.
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Your Dozer/Snow Blade can move a remark-
able amount of snow in a short time when you
know how. Here are two snowplowing tech-
niques we've developed that speed things up
with a minimum of reverse maneuvering and
Blade angle changing. Use the patterns as a
guide and adapt them to your needs.
In
deep snow, it is best to remove a top layer
several inches thick in the first passes before
attempting to remove all the snow. You might
even start near the end of the drive in deeper
snow and gradually work yourself back toward
the house or garage.
For light snowfalls, make the first pass
(Sketch 6/24) in
the center of the area being
plowed, with the Blade angled right. The Blade
can remain in this position, until the last pass,
when the Blade is angled left as shown. Then
you can finish off the job by building up snow-
banks at the end of the cleared area by position-
ing the Blade straight ahead.
In
moderate snow, begin plowing on the out-
er edge and work toward the middle (Sketch
6/25). The
Blade should be angled away from
the center for this operation. At the end of the
last pass down the center follow the pattern for
(Sketch 6/24)
(Sketch 6/25)
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Troy-Bilt Horse Specifications

General

Brand	Troy-Bilt
Model	Horse
Category	Lawn Mower
Language	English