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Minn. Man Creates Homemade Snowplow Using a Ford Taurus
- Posted on February 22, 2011 at 10:57am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A teacher at a local Minnesota technical school was so fed up with shoveling and snowblowing recently, that he decided make his own version of a snowplow using his Ford Taurus. It works…but only in reverse:
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Comments (50)
SilentReader
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:28pmGreat innovation. Cars with their own snowplows. Crap. Why didn’t I think of that?
Report Post »curtmavi38
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:20pmThis is what I call American ingeniousness. Way to go Minnesota.meh
Report Post »Marine Recon Dad
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:13pmGood for him! American creativeness at work…..
Report Post »… but be warned – I‘m sure some Union stooge or gov’t employee (same difference) will find or create some legislation banning individuals from using anything other than a snow shovel for clearing their driveway. He will surely come home and find his car red-tagged and tires slashed…..
spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:01pmO-blabber-mouth is this what you are calling for——“inventing stuff”?
Report Post »nelan72
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:45pmOn the farm we used one of these “Back blades” to move manure into the pit.
Report Post »Maji
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:15pmAbout 35 yrs go I knew a dude that took “AN OLD TRANSMISSION” with an electric motor and made himself a lathe!!!
Report Post »Mister_Bill
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:35pmFord transmission? Is this just a way to get employment up? He soon will have to share the fame with his transmission rebuild shop. Another example of the “Redistribution of wealth”
Report Post »KeithOlberdink
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:19pmDude it’s a ford….. You’re really pressing your luck with that ford transmission.
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:11pmSoon China will be selling this stolen idea at Walmarts across North America at 1/4 of the price. Sadly 500 overworked and underpaid chinese workers will eventually commit suicide during the process.
All in the name of ‘Progressivism’
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:34pmgood, now there is no excuse for him not making it in and calling in a snow day put one on all the school teachers cars make em mandatory
Report Post »MissCherryJones
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:20pmLet’s see, he got tired of waiting for the city(likely union) to plow his roads?
Report Post »Flannery
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 7:45pmNot a union fan, but I can say that the roads get plowed here in Minnesota in a very timely manner. The local highway departments, mostly unionized get the work done. I‘m sure that the over that cherished President’s Day holiday cost us double time and one-half, but at least the roads were cleared within hours of the end of the storm.
The teacher was plowing his own driveway, not a municipal obligation, yet.
Report Post »Karron
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:18pmSuper coolie mojo . .
Report Post »Homesick
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:12pmWonder how long it will take the state regulators to descend to tell him he is breaking some law? Then of course will come the tax man to get the governments share of whatever value the gov. determines he is getting from his invention. Also of course he will have to deal with union thugs demanding he join a union “or else”. Cool invention, I wish him luck.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:59amA teacher that used his head, very ingenious, I bet he’s not at the protest.
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:38amIf only it had a built in kegarator.
Report Post »sweet37
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:51pmAmen to that!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:28amsorry, they have sold these kits in IL farm stores for cars and SUVs, since the late 1990s.
Report Post »sweet37
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:28amSmart, inovative, and well down right cute! Love those Minnesota boys!
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:24amGood for him. I have one of these fine Ford Tauras automobiles sitting in my driveway. It’s in the same spot it has been since we had it towed from the side of the road 6 months ago. If I were him I would be very careful plowing with a Taurus. Regular driving caused the transmission to fail in mine. I can’t foresee a Taurus holding up long if plowing snow. I bought mine from Pinkley motors. I guess that makes it a Pinkley Taurus.
Report Post »LeroyJethroGibbs
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:20amThere will soon be a tax on ford taurus plows.
Report Post »80mesh
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:20amthe native MN squarehead psychokinesis ability to levitate a vehicle out of the snow with the dance of the R…D lever has been lost for all time.
nuff said… back to Lake Woebegone
Report Post »abseas
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:16amA company called ‘Snow Sport’ makes these things and they are reasonably priced. Just plug it into your 2″ trailor hitch receiver and go. It’s cool that he was able to make his own and save some money though. That‘s what I’d do.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:13amIf the union thugs see him plowing his own snow on a public street they will crucify this guy
Report Post »kens
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:11amBut is it union made? Who is to say this idea and the manufacturing behind it won’t find its way offshore thus taking more American jobs?
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:24amWell, he’s a teacher, so I‘m sure it’s union made… Hehehehe!
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:06amGood for him……….all that snow is backbreaking.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:18amLove the puppy image! Hugs and head pats!
I lost my beloved sheltie, Major, last summer, and life hasn’t been the same since!
Report Post »princetonprohet
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:05amBut does it work on paid union thugs?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:02amIngenuity just like Obama wanted… now bambi can tax and regulate and market it as his idea.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:43amGreat innovation, I hope he can turn it into cash.
Report Post »SPEAKING OF FORD: Goggle “Perhaps the Best Ford Commercial” and watch a 5 minute tribute that is very heartwarming. There is a reason Ford didn’t take money from the government and, personally, we will only buy Ford when we need to replace vehicles.
stifroc
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:51amHoly crap!
Report Post »I KNOW this guy!
My brother is friends with him actually!
This guy also has a video of him jumping off the roof of his garage and doing a backward flip into a huge snowbank! He didn’t rotate enough and ended up belly flopping into the snow. *poof* Good guy.
thepatriotdave
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 11:57amAmerican ingenuity at it’s finest. This guy should go on Junk Wars!
http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm
Report Post »nosycophant
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:00pmThese shovel ready days cant be credited to obamy or his unions.
Report Post »Avidmonkey
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:03pmSnowplows can beat up a 4×4 truck. I can’t imagine what it would do to a Ford Taurus.
Report Post »Pulling a trailer is quite a bit different than pushing heavy snow. Most trailer brackets are only held on by four bolts and attached to thin steel brackets.
Cobra Blue
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 12:43pmFinally, someone found a good use for a FORD…Boy I bet I hear about this one. LOL
Report Post »chatmandu002
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:05pmThe Chinese will steal the idea, make it and sell it back to us at half the price. And even loan us the money to buy it. LOL
Report Post »GHill7.62
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:31pm@grandmaof5
Ford did take government money, and as it turns out they took quite a lot
Report Post »hologram5
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 1:40pm@Cobra Blue
Report Post »Don’t disparage Ford too much, they are the only auto maker solid enough to hold their own come bailout time. They didn’t take a dime of our money. That says a lot.
integrican
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 2:13pm@stiroc: That explains the “swimming and diving hat. My guess is a diving background. I saw the roof video. I had to deduct points for failure to point his toes!!!!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 22, 2011 at 4:17pmGHILL7.62, If you will go the The Hill, there was an article by Ian Swanson titled “Rejecting Bailout Wins Political Capital for Ford”. Sorry, but I’m pretty sure you are mistaken.
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