Finally Bought a Snowblower
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Lived up north all my life and have yet to join the snow blower club
I can proudly say the same about lawnmowers...
I can proudly say the same about lawnmowers...
I found that snowblowers are more fun than I would have thought. Send it!
I cannot say the same about lawnmowers, and I have a decent ride on. I'd rather be blowing snow!
i pack it by driving on it,then remove it in the spring with a bobcat, i also remove it from the complete yard with the bobcat
Back in the old ( read lean) days I dragged a log behind the Jeep Wagoneer with one shorter and one longer chain, to plow, after a fashion, and pack our 1/4 mile drive.
There weren’t always plows and snowblowers.
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I am going to copy the King of Obsolete's D6 track chain drag for my logging roads next winter.
I have a set of wore out track rails from my EX 200 that will be utilized
I have a set of wore out track rails from my EX 200 that will be utilized
Stelcom66
Minister of Fire
That is quite impressive - especially being in northern Canada. I had riding mowers for years, but didn't have one last season for the most part. Used a walk behind lawn mower, self propelled though. I really didn't mind, just planned on it taking longer. Not young, late 60s.
Stelcom66
Minister of Fire
We got a mess of a storm last night and today, first snow then sleet and freezing rain. Not much snow, but a lot of slush at the end of the driveway. As expected, the snowblower had a hard time with that, clogging often. Almost said the heck with that and used the shovel. Did use the shovel for other areas. I'll need to remember about using Pam or something similar for the chute.
No lawns, my yard is natural.
I have a bobcat for snow removal. My paths around my house get the pack treatment unless it snows over 6". Then a few minutes with a shovel take care of the snow.
I don't move snow unless i have to, in the spring Mother Nature will remove it without any effort required on my part.
So far i have cleared my yard once this year with equipment, have probably 10" of accumulated packed snow, ice over my driveway.
Had a little Pam left in a can and used it today. I was more comfortable giving the chute and all those moving parts a good coating than with wd40. It sprayed easier and coated heavier than the wd. While it wasn’t the best test, the snow was drier at 17deg., everything did stay clear. Will be getting another can.
We escaped the forecasted freezing rain here along with a possible 1/3 inch of ice and related power outages. Just got 5-6 in. of mixed.
I’m not sure what we got, if I had to guess I’d say 4-5 of snow, probably an inch of ice, and not sure how much rain. I pretty much was able to keep the driveway clear by scraping often and spreading some calcium chloride on the stairs and spots that don’t get any sun.
Stelcom66
Minister of Fire
I'd love to have a yard like that. If I knew then - buying the house 40 years ago what my lifestyle would be now, I'd be in a rural area with woods for firewood. I wasn't aware of the packing method until reading a few posts here. That would be fine given our SUVs are AWD and my truck is 4WD,. Only thing is the end of the driveway by the road sometimes ends up with a lot of snow. Then again, to a point it could be
driven over. If not, maybe I'd own a Bobcat or put a plow on the truck.
Interesting the Pam seemed to work. That will be on my shopping list.
Stelcom66
Minister of Fire
Some serious snow blowing - in more ways than one! The snow here was the opposite, wet then rain on top. The yard is ice.
When the snow blows like that it’s usually back at me, right at my face. Or at least it seems like that, lol
I'll wax the chute when I'm waxing the car. If I remember, that is.
Or the dry lube spray for the underside of mowers.
Montanalocal
Minister of Fire
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Yea a warm spell will force me to fire up the bobcat
But i have Blizzaks on my winter beater, so i can push snow with the bumper of it.
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I can get through a bunch of snow as well, as can the wife, but the delivery people don't give our driveway a very good effort. If I don't keep it in good shape I have to track down any deliveries elsewhere. It's easier to stay on top of it.
Seems like some Amazon deliveries just get tossed out the window from the highway onto our driveway. Which I'm pretty okay with.
Our driveway is about 300 yards with a bit of a hill down to and up from the bridge.
CatfishHunter
Burning Hunk
Regarding chute clogging with wet/sticky snow, go over to the snow blower forum: https://www.snowblowerforum.com/forums/#snowblower-forums-main and do a search on impeller modification. Nearly all who have done this, involving the addition of rubber strips to the impeller tips to close the gap inside the impeller housing, report greatly improved throwing power and reduction in chute clogging. I did this to mine, and I agree with the findings of others. With really sticky snow, however, I do find that a silicone spray applied to the bucket and augers helps things.
Put some of the new G.Y. Weather Ready 2’s on this season. While nothing like the Blizzaks they have the deepest tread I’ve seen on an all weather tire and are a comfort driving in snow. When rear wheel drive cars commonly had slots in the tire rims we had strap on chains to get us out of a fix. Four on each back wheel worked best but you might get by ok with two. I have to admit the snow isn’t the only thing drifting here.
