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Honda 1132 snow thrower, Simplicity 1060 snow thrower, RedMax EBZ8000 leaf blower, older Snapper self propelled mower, Echo weed wacker, 20 + year old 16" McCulloch Chain Saw, wheel barrel with a flat tire, and a rusty shovel!
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My New Method For Clearing Snow.
Original Message Dec 5, 2005 7:55 pm |
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Last week, I purchased a Redmax 8000 leaf blower. I never owned a leaf blower before, and when I was trying it out last week, cleaning the sidewalk, and the paved area around my shop, I accidentally blew off a piece of loose black top. After the light snow we had this weekend, I should have gone to the shop, and shoveled on Sunday, but was lazy. When I came in this morning, the sidewalk was all ice. It was too hard to shovel, and a pain to chop with the scraper. I was thinking about what I did to my black top last week, so I whipped out the leaf blower, and couldn't believe it was actually working. It blew the ice off the sidewalk in sheets. Now it wasn't a bitter cold day, but the ice was pretty hard. It seemed to work better on older parts of the sidewalk, which are rougher. The real smooth parts, bonded with the ice better. I guess there weren't enough pockets that the air could get under. It did work pretty good though on the smoother parts too, but took a little longer. I'm thinking that with light snows, which are not enough for my 2 stage snowblower, that this might just do the trick. Has anyone else use their leaf blower to clear snow? I'm curious to see how it works on a light wet snow too...
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YKW1
Location: Central Connecticut
Joined: Dec 3, 2005
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Re: My New Method For Clearing Snow.
Reply #1 Dec 5, 2005 8:09 pm |
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Havent tried it yet, but I cant wait till fall again to try using my snowblower to mulch leaves !
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luggy
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
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Re: My New Method For Clearing Snow.
Reply #3 Jan 29, 2006 3:30 am |
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 why not? I used to get a drill to stir a cake... LOL Tool time has us all hyped up. The red max 8000 is a very powerful backpack, but there is hard choice between the Stihl br600 and the 8000. I don't own either, but they both have outdone each other. The race is on to make the next most powerful back pack. http://www.lawncafe.com/t12155-what-to-buy-stihl-br600-or-redmax-8000.html
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luggy
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
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Re: My New Method For Clearing Snow.
Reply #4 Jan 29, 2006 3:37 am |
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Forgot to make that a link. :( Link |
kcfly
Never underestimate the stupidity of the general public - unknown
Location: SE of Kansas City, MO
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
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Re: My New Method For Clearing Snow.
Reply #5 Jan 29, 2006 9:39 am |
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I've used my leaf blower to clear snow on my back patio for years. It is hard to get to with the snow blower and it works great unless there is a LOT of snow. Why not?  |
Bacardi
Joined: Jan 5, 2006
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Re: My New Method For Clearing Snow.
Reply #6 Jan 29, 2006 10:33 am |
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I've been using a leaf blower for a couple of years to clean off the light dustings we sometimes get. Works great. Ice is usually so bonded to the driveway that I haven't tried it for that.
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