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Bought my first snowblower yesterday. Used it today.

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Neat toy. I only have about 600 sq feet of driveway + walkway on my lot, so I just use a shovel, but if I had a huge driveway, I might consider something like that....
 
Got something like this for my snow problems:

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Also plows, mows, and other things too. Used my dad's 24" whatever snowblower which worked, but it still sucks big time. Tractor should be much, much easier.
 
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It snows almost every day, sometimes a foot in a single day, I've never owned or used a snow blower. I've considered it though, but shoveling is about the only exercise I get, and I'm not crazy about the idea of shooting snow 10 feet in the air only for half of it to come back in my face. :awe:

I do have 3 foot walls on both sides of my driveway though, and it's getting narrower. I'm not sure what to do about that because there's still like 4 months of winter left at least. We have yet to get the worse of it.
 
Whiskey16 said:
I may have to look into one... 😉

Victoria has put out an extreme weather advisory where the temperatures are forecast to dip to -1 and even a chance of flurries down here around sea level.
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Sorry for being a bit flippant a few days ago... We actually now have a true snowfall warning in effect that will cover green grass and budding limbs:

Greater Victoria.
Snowfall warning in effect.
Tonight..Snow. Amount 5 cm. Low minus 1.
Tuesday..A few flurries ending near noon then cloudy with 40 percent
chance of flurries. High plus 2.
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A winter this week... Blower or shovel?
 
You guys ever see those torches you can hookup to propane tanks? I think they use them for weed control. I wonder how well they would work at snow control? 🙂
 
paperfist said:
You guys ever see those torches you can hookup to propane tanks? I think they use them for weed control. I wonder how well they would work at snow control? 🙂
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it will melt the snow, except it will just refreeze as ice, which is far worse than snow.
 
Stupid question time. Is there a such thing as a battery operated snow blower? My parking space is nowhere near an outlet.
 
amdhunter said:
Stupid question time. Is there a such thing as a battery operated snow blower? My parking space is nowhere near an outlet.
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Snow blowers require a lot of power. Something a battery operated device can't provide. Gasoline is the way to go.
 
amdhunter said:
Stupid question time. Is there a such thing as a battery operated snow blower? My parking space is nowhere near an outlet.
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The Sears salesman just laughed when I inquired about the electric model. He asked if I was aiming to clear a patio.

I think Toro or someone makes a power shovel; don't know if that uses batteries or not.
 
paperfist said:
You guys ever see those torches you can hookup to propane tanks? I think they use them for weed control. I wonder how well they would work at snow control? 🙂
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You'd go through a LOT of propane. I bought a 15 amp heat gun thinking it would make it very fast to defrost the windchill. I was so wrong. Hold it there for 5 minutes at full power, and it barely does anything. A torch would do something, but it would be slower than shoveling.
 
Red Squirrel said:
You'd go through a LOT of propane. I bought a 15 amp heat gun thinking it would make it very fast to defrost the windchill. I was so wrong. Hold it there for 5 minutes at full power, and it barely does anything. A torch would do something, but it would be slower than shoveling.
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Hot water would've been better.
 
I like in rural Canada and we have a long driveway, plus I hate shoveling (takes too much time because of the length of the driveway). I prefer to do it myself with my brand new dual stage snowblower than pay someone $300 a year to do it.
 
Got a 24in 2-stage Troy-Bilt this year from Lowes. My wife and I about killed ourselves last year with all the snow we had. Went half and half with my neighbor, so total outlay was $325 with taxes included.
 
Golgatha said:
Got a 24in 2-stage Troy-Bilt this year from Lowes. My wife and I about killed ourselves last year with all the snow we had. Went half and half with my neighbor, so total outlay was $325 with taxes included.
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Do your area, then the walkway to the neighbors and then their drive.
Leave the unit with them and they reverse the actions on the next snowfall.
 
sdifox said:
it will melt the snow, except it will just refreeze as ice, which is far worse than snow.
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While the temps aren't favorable wouldn't the snow turned to water just evaporate?

Red Squirrel said:
You'd go through a LOT of propane. I bought a 15 amp heat gun thinking it would make it very fast to defrost the windchill. I was so wrong. Hold it there for 5 minutes at full power, and it barely does anything. A torch would do something, but it would be slower than shoveling.
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Kinda what I figured. I should just sink some metal strips into my pavement and turn on the power!
 
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