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Hmmm, must be a generator driving electric motors on the snow blower. It doesn't look as though is would be practical to deliver shaft power to the snow blower.
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I think you can see the drive shaft in the pic I posted that goes from the rear engine to the blower. But I'm not gonna bet my life on that. Here's pics of another one. This one has a Climax engine and again I think I see the drive shaft.
No wait a minute. These are two different trucks, and it's frame I'm looking at. We need one of the guys that owns one to jump in here to 'splain this right. Stu
No wait a minute. These are two different trucks, and it's frame I'm looking at. We need one of the guys that owns one to jump in here to 'splain this right. Stu
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I think you can see the drive shaft in the pic I posted that goes from the rear engine to the blower. But I'm not gonna bet my life on that. Here's pics of another one. This one has a Climax engine and again I think I see the drive shaft.
No wait a minute. These are two different trucks, and it's frame I'm looking at. We need one of the guys that owns one to jump in here to 'splain this right. Stu
No wait a minute. These are two different trucks, and it's frame I'm looking at. We need one of the guys that owns one to jump in here to 'splain this right. Stu
More pictures here: 1942 Ford Snogo Rare pictures from classic cars photos on webshots
I looked up the climax engine company. Found one in UK and another connection to Waukasha engine company.
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they used buda, also. the combo on 52 is almost exactly what was on my 42. have owned 3 over the years. all 42-46.
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if you look at post 18, under the frame behind cab, that round shroud covers anywhere between 7-11 v-belts that drove blower. double reduction drive. one speed for augers, another speed for blower itself. had small driveshaft that went from belt drive to reduction box in front to transfer power. reduction box was very similar to old style rear pumpkin. ( in fact, it may well have been). long i-beams from behind cab forward kept blower from twisting, and allowed entire chassis to push blower forward, taking pressure off front end. with unit off ground, you had lots of weight on nose. (armstrong steering) (most of you will understand what that means). cab and chassis weighed in at about 4300#, complete unit hit the scales at 13,200#. they never saw many miles, (mine has under 4000), but LOTS of hours, forward and backwards. i've torn a few of these apart, know my way around them, still have some parts.
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