western Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Don't think many will put up with the scrapping noise & wonder what the tarmac looks like afterwards, most snowploughs have a rubber or nylon lower edge to prevent road damage. interesting project though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 There is no way that has even been driven 50cm along a road without breaking I wonder how much this 'designer' has invested in his wonder product? He's had 5 offers so far...... god help them Well I take it back, they didn't break straight away in the videos.... Although I get the feeling those videos are ideal conditions with virgin snow.... I wonder how it would deal with packed snow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Well I take it back, they didn't break straight away in the videos.... Although I get the feeling those videos are ideal conditions with virgin snow.... I wonder how it would deal with packed snow? Probably not very well, but probably somewhat better than they would deal with a pothole or a drain cover.... It is a seriously dangerous idea, an accident waiting to happen! And that's without getting into how long a pin in a steel tube without any apparent bearing or bushing is going to last before it welds itself together, and conveniently ignoring the epic wear rate there has got to be on the bottom edge of the blade... which as it gets sharper is inevitably going to dig in the road somewhere at some stage. If it was bigger I'd predict a Darwin award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landy V8 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 would love to see that when it goes over a pothole,digs in and takes his wheel arch off.i hope someone by chance is filming it as it will be a UTUBE sensation. :hysterical: :hysterical: do you reckon it will benifit 35" tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve King Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I too am completely unconvinced! Ice on the tarmac is probably more of a risk than a bit of loose powdery snow... In any case the blades will probably take chunks out of road humps (not a totally bad thing but not something I would want to be responsible for!!). I really wonder though if these are legal and whether insurers would be happy with these fitted?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve King Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 To get a real comparison on video you would need to see the same or equivalent vehicle trying and failing the same terrain. The videos I have seen proove nothing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I really wonder though if these are legal and whether insurers would be happy with these fitted?? I doubt they're legal and if I was an insurer and somebody asked me if it was alright to hang some welded together scrap guttering off the front of the car and take some of the wheel nuts off, I'd die laughing. Somebody phone up an insurer and ask them, just for some sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark-d Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Cobble streets and speed bumps would be fun (null) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I have to say that fact that it worked at all in the video surprised me, really can't see it lasting past the first cats eye though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Seriously , if i was to see that on the highway , in my previous job that would rate as "dangerous condition" , as its manifestly dangerous in failure situation , ie it digs in and goes to full right lock , into oncoming traffic , or if the other side , into the ditch (preferable) . Insurance company would have a fit !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 There is no real L/R content to this thread so it's now locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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