Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Today I had an epiphany of sorts.  Funny that it took me nine years.

Like a lot of other people I find the reverse on my snowblower to be
painfully slow.  I've used it as a sort of meditation practice while I
backed the machine up for another forward pass along the driveway. 
I just found it easier to do that than turn around and have to mess
with the chute.

So today, for some reason, it dawns on me that I maybe I could just
pull the thing back in neutral instead of falling asleep during the
eternity it takes to get back to the road.  Hallelujah !  My driveway
slopes ever so slighly downward towards the road and I can pull
the snowblower back quickly with hardly any effort at all.  The machine
is so well balanced that the front hardly touches the ground.

Now I just have to break the habit of switching it into reverse and
engaging the drive.  Not easy.

Paul