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Old 12-04-2010, 12:18 PM
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Interesting concept

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I'm not sure how well it would do in "real snow" ( wet/deep/etc). I'd guess that it would need chains or tracks at the very least. I'm also not sure about the pneumatic plow actuator, but what do I know.

enjoy,

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It looks to me as though it handled it's business quite well.
 
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I love invention, if for nothing more than the fun those folks had doing it.
 
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I don't like it................one days its plowing the sidewalk, the next, it is knocking on the door looking for John Connor.
 
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I don't like it................one days its plowing the sidewalk, the next, it is knocking on the door looking for John Connor.
Ha! Ha!! Ha!!! Too funny!!
 
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I don't like it................one days its plowing the sidewalk, the next, it is knocking on the door looking for John Connor.
Or if it's into other things, it could be looking for John Deere.
 
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I can see it now:
"It's my turn to plow the sidewalk! You already had a turn!"
"Mom!, Stu won't let me plow the driveway!"
(No, I have no need for a snow plow in Virginia Beach)
 
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Pretty cool! I know my luck though. One day it gets out of R/C range and I find it a couple of days later on blocks with all six wheels stripped off it.
 
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Pretty cool! I know my luck though. One day it gets out of R/C range and I find it a couple of days later on blocks with all six wheels stripped off it.

you just got to move to a safer neighborhood there buddy.






























or assign a patrol car to monitor it's safe keeping.
 
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