[ggsteve]

I got home from work today with about an hour of daylight. We only had about 3-4" of wet snow so I decided the plow was the right tool. I had lots of fun for about an hour pushing snow with the plow, but I wasn't making much headway with all the snow peeling off to the sides while clearing the large turn around portion of the driveway. Getting close to dark I resorted to the blower. The blower had the whole 600' driveway clear in a half hour. I still can't say which is more fun, but blowing is way more efficient!

On a side note I spent some time in the fall sanding the rust and repainting the blower. What a difference! The heavy wet snow didn't stick at all, and the engine didn't seem to work as hard. The effort was well worth it.

 

[D-Dogg]

Without pictures, it didn't happen.

Besides, that's just plain cruel to hold out on us snow deprived southerners.

 

[ggsteve]

Without pictures, it didn't happen.

Besides, that's just plain cruel to hold out on us snow deprived southerners.

Yeah, I know. Unfortunately, I was in a rush chasing daylight so no time for pictures. As it was I finished up on night patrol.

 

[jbrumberg]

D-Dogg- In defense of ggsteve there was snow in parts of MA that had snow that had to be "processed". I got 6"'s .

 

[Oo-v-oO]

I started with the blower on my Sears LT but after breaking 5 (FIVE!) shear pins and getting less than half of our dirt driveway done, I parked it and grabbed the Suburban with a plow and finished it up.

Going to have to wait until we get enough snow to hide and freeze all the stones I stirred up clearing the first two freak snowstorms we got in October and November.

I would much rather blow it than plow it whenever possible.

 

[Fcubman]

I got about 4" of snow, followed by lots of rain. Needless to say, that stuff was heavy! I was quite happy with the way the Conquest whipped that wet stuff away. No clogging at all. The Vanguard was definitely working hard!

 

[Just Jeff]

I don't think I'd ever plow my driveway again, and I plow commercially in the Winter!!! Blowing it is just far more efficient and faster over all as far as I'm concerned. Especially later in the season when if you're plowing you start running out of room or have to tear up your lawn early in the season pushing it way back in order to leave room for future accumulation.

 

[oldtimer]

I agree. Snowblowing is better than plowing. Unfortunately, I didn't get any of Steve's snow here in southern Mass. As stated already you don't have to worry about snow building up and having no place to push it. Hey you guys up north, how about sharing the next storm ??

 

[LouMG]

Now that I have 3 hours experience plowing and sit down blowing I have to agree. The pictures show the bit of snow that shows up the next day. Now I put the blade back on and scrape down to the blacktop. The sun comes out and I have a dry driveway again. The blower really moves the snow and the blade can finish it.
Gravel driveways probably would not benefit from both and I have been blowing snow for a long time without the blade. I just like seat time.:trink39:

 

[engine2quarters]

And from the east coast, what snow? 54 degrees, sun out, short sleeve shirt day.

Atleast we're saving money from not buying that liquid gold they call 'gasoline'.

 

[ggsteve]

And from the east coast, what snow? 54 degrees, sun out, short sleeve shirt day.

Atleast we're saving money from not buying that liquid gold they call 'gasoline'.

Half a state away we had flurries all day, added up to another couple of inches. That with the stuff falling out of the pines gave me another chance for snow removal. I used the Johnny Bucket Sr. to scrape down in front of the garage and moving the slop out at the mailbox. The Berco snow blower handled the main drive again. Tomorrow the JD 110H gets to tow the sander around. I'll try to get some pictures.