Never used one, I assumed they were just big leafblowers. So they're not really blowers then, they actually cut it up first.
In Scotland we don't get much snow, when we do we ether use a shovel, drive through it, or just wait till it melts. Some people take great pride in clearing a path from their front door to the road. F*ck knows why as it takes them a couple of hours, but it takes me 30 seconds to just wade through it. It'll melt in a week anyway.
When you've got a foot or two of snow, a leaf blower doesn't help.
Around here it doesn't melt in a week; it just accumulates. I use a shovel and start off the season by clearing well back from the driveway. Depending on the year that gives me plenty of room to build berms without busting my ass throwing snow over a 3' high wall.
I'll walk through an inch or two but it's easier to shovel 4" than wait for another 4 or 5" to fall the next day and have to shovel 9" at once.
I assumed snowblowers just had a bigger fan.
Why shovel at all? One foot falls, you drive the car out and back in, and make tracks. Another foot falls and you repeat.
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required