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Originally Posted by 2LZ
I don't know why but I've always wanted to try that at least once!
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Everybody wants to drive the damn thing ,it's a pretty neat machine ,and the real zamboni machines are the best ,they are hydrostatic drive ,so all the pumps keep operating correctly when you slow down for the corners ,while the crappy Olympia machines are just Silverado truck chassis ,so you have to let off before the blue line ,and then your water pumps and augers slow down with the rpm of the engine .
We got a brand new machine when I worked there ,and all the other arenas get a little jealous (14 arenas in Sudbury ) ,so they start messing with each other playing pranks etc .Anyways after a week or so I got a call asking about the new machine ,dude says he is Frank Zamboni ,I thought he was just another prankster so I basically told him to F off and I was not very nice about it .Turns out ,it really was Frank ! Frank runs the factory in Canada ,and he told me that happens all the time ,people don't believe who he is .Pretty nice of him to follow up on his product .