Man Converts Golf Cart Into Remote-Controlled Snow Plow
Posted February 16, 2007 12:00 pm.
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If you’re like most of us, you probably did what the guy in the picture was doing after this week’s big dump – labouriously shovelling mountains of snow off your front walk or driveway.
Bill Lauver looks at you and laughs.
The inveterate tinkerer lives in a place that knows a thing or two about snowstorms – Middleburg, Pennsylvania, which got hit by the same winter blast that left its mark on Ontario Wednesday.
But he doesn’t stand outside in the cold clearing it all away. Instead, he has something to do it for him.
Yes, some thing.
Lauver has rigged up a converted golf cart into his own snow plow, which he operates by remote control from the comfort of his living room.
He rigged up an attachment to the device which does a perfect job of getting rid of all that white powder without him lifting more than just a finger.
The “plow” is actually a 4-horsepower machine geared down to a slower speed to help move the snow more effectively. And it works like a charm, able to shift 15-20 centimetres in one sitting.
“This snow is a bit hard on it because there was freezing rain,” he explains as he watches the machine do his dirty work for him. “It’s a bit crusty.”
His gadget has become the talk of the neighbourhood.
“It’s funny, we’ll see people look at it really strange, and my husband will be standing in the window,” wife Sue Lauver relates.
But while her creative spouse has a lot of other ideas in mind – including a remote controlled lawn mower and snow blower – Lauver’s better half is trying to discourage his efforts.
“I want him to get some exercise,” she demands. “He’s always controlling everything by remote.”
