how do you clear snow???
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From: The Star-Club, Hamburg
I put up some snow fence to help keep the drifts from getting too bad on the driveway, and it helps a lot. Most of the time I never have to do anything to clear it, because I can drive over it with the Bronco. I do have a small snow blade for my Huskee lawn tractor, but have'nt had it mounted for a couple of years now.
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From: Montreal Canada
With this...
I used to shovel by hand but we got 400 cm of snow last year. That's about 13 feet.
I used to shovel by hand but we got 400 cm of snow last year. That's about 13 feet.
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From: Lafayette, IN
My driveway is roughly the size of 4 vehicles--2 wide by 2 long. One (the F250) is more or less a permanent fixture right now, so at most I have to shovel 3/4 of it. With an inch of snow, that takes about 20 min with a shovel. With 6 inches, it takes me about 45 min. Either way, I just see it as a bit of exercise and don't mind doing it.
Jason
Jason
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From: Duluth, Mn.
Weird. I'd think there'd be more of the same?
I use a Snow Scoop, Snow shovel, and a 1972 Ariens 28" 2 Stage.
My driveway is waaay to big. So I shovel and scoop the snow close enough to the edges so that the snow thrower will throw it far enough to get off the driveway.
I use a Snow Scoop, Snow shovel, and a 1972 Ariens 28" 2 Stage.
My driveway is waaay to big. So I shovel and scoop the snow close enough to the edges so that the snow thrower will throw it far enough to get off the driveway.
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From: BC Canada
Weird. I'd think there'd be more of the same?
I use a Snow Scoop, Snow shovel, and a 1972 Ariens 28" 2 Stage.
My driveway is waaay to big. So I shovel and scoop the snow close enough to the edges so that the snow thrower will throw it far enough to get off the driveway.
I use a Snow Scoop, Snow shovel, and a 1972 Ariens 28" 2 Stage.
My driveway is waaay to big. So I shovel and scoop the snow close enough to the edges so that the snow thrower will throw it far enough to get off the driveway.
But once you clear a driveway thats about 3 vehicles wide, and 280 feet long, its time for a plow.
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Billy12360: My take on it is that the driver was plowing with the shoes on the plow, which is what I do for an early snow. Very easy, if there is no frost in the ground, to catch the lip of the plow in the asphalt. When this happens, it rolls the asphalt up like a cinnamon bun! With the shoes on the plow this won't happen. I've done quite a bit of plowing here in Pennsylvania, and this time of the year shoes are a neccessity. Hope this helps!
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From: Marengo, Iowa
I have an 8' snow blower mounted on the back of a 966 IH. It drifts up here so bad that I would have to clear after even just a high wind day. I'm on the top of a hill ridge right off the river valley, so the wind blows quite well here. I have a bit more grading to do to stop the lane from filling in all the time. I have snow fence along part of the lane, and on one critical spot from the south. It helps, but doesn't stop the filling up. I also have a 600' long lane... I used a loader tractor last winter, and it takes so dang long and as much as we got last year, that was about all I got done in my spare time. The snow blower takes well under half the time...