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Seems oddly expensive for something that looks so simple. It's a scoop and a handle.
Not sure how you get it to where it needs to go without lifting.
how do you get the snow up off the driveway when the snow piles up?
So thats why we have cloverleafs! I never knew. ThanksGregR said:And to be fair, the roads are not designed for freezing temps. Northern roads use cloverleafs to keep the concrete on the ground to take advantage of ground warmth.
Southern roads in cities have a lot of elevated ramps that are surrounded by air so freeze quickly. Some of the major highway interchanges in Houston are like a toboggan run in winter. I have sat watching cars just slide down them scraping off the barriers no matter how slow they went.
I used to laugh at drivers here in winter. But after a long drive to the airport during a freeze, I realized just how bad the highways here were suited for it.
(Edit to add, 77 right now)
With this Manplow Snow Pusher I can clear my two-car driveway in 5 passes and my sidewalks with one pass. If the snow is heavier it may take a few extra passes but the snow we get here in northern Utah is more often fairly light for most of the winter.
I don't have a blower. I have found that if I go out to shovel when the neighbor fires up his blower, he will usually come over and at lest do the sidewalk that connects to his. A little chit-chat after and it saves me about 30 minutes.
My neighbor and I have joined driveways (they split as they get next to our houses, as his house sits a little higher than mine, the driveways slope upwards). I definitely plan on doing his half of the driveway, at least until they split, whenever I can. It would kind of be a doosh move not too. Shoveling is one thing when you are moving a couple of tons of snow by hand, though historically the first person out usually shoves a little more than half so they don't look bad. But, he's up even earlier than I am (ironically, sitting in bed I could hear his shovel on the driveway, but I could not hear the guys on the other side of him running the snowblower).I don't have a blower. I have found that if I go out to shovel when the neighbor fires up his blower, he will usually come over and at lest do the sidewalk that connects to his. A little chit-chat after and it saves me about 30 minutes.
I was just getting started on the heavy ice chucks the city pushed in front of the driveway when a friend came by in his Ranger side-by-side to push the rest out. He and his grandson where just driving around helping people out. Saved me another half our and will only cost a couple beers.
I use one I spent $20 on. My driveway is about a car and a half wide, so I scoop towards the street, then angle it to the edges of my driveway. When it piles up along the driveway, I kick it up with my foot. Last year was tough and I was in panic mode towards the end because of all the snow in January/February, my snowbanks were a couple inches from my car when I drove in. It would have been tough to lift the snow any higher.
how do you lift all that snow up over the bank that accumulates on the sides of your driveway?
Last year was the first year it was becoming an issue. Towards the end, I'd have to get the regular shovel, lift as high as I could and then throw the snow up further. If we had gotten hit again I would have been screwed. I also have a tuckunder garage, so the sides of my driveway go up at a 45-60 degree angled hill to about 5 feet high. I have limited amount of cubic feet of space available to move the snow.mr. furley said:
You don't "lift" it. When you get to the edge of the snow bank you line up the edge of the scoop to the snow bank, push down on themr. furley said:
