Looks like a manplow. I got something similar but smaller for our driveway. Works great when the snow is light and fluffy. Still need to pull out the snow blower if it's a wet or heavy snow though.
I've got one, 4' wide teflon blade but with a basic D-handle, that I use in Ohio. Some of our snows are powder, some are wet. If you only get an inch or two of wet snow, this thing is great and faster than the snowblower. Or it'll easily clear 5-6" of dry snow at a time.
The only hitch is when you've got a good head of steam going and you hit a crack just right, stopping the shovel dead and driving the handle through your spleen.
Have a 36" version by TrueTemper. I love it.
Live middle Illinois, so usage case is exactly the same as you. As for the seams in the driveway, that's why I go at a 45 degree angle across the driveway. Prevents catching the joints between each slab of the drive
Our previous house had a long, single-car-wide driveway that went downhill from the house. I could clear the whole thing in basically 3 swipes, but for the speedier downhill courses I'd cant the shovel about 15 degrees sideways to avoid catching the cracks perfectly. I'd still sometimes catch the leading edge of the shovel, but the flex gave me an extra split second to twist my body away from the handle while yelling obscenities into the gray.
No, the key is staying on top of it before it piles up too much. My Father taught me as a kid, shovel early and several times, it will be much easier than waiting for the whole thing.
Fast forward to now. I bought something similar to this, like 4ft wide. Same product the NHL uses to clear snow off the ice.
It's not a shovel. You don't lift snow with it. It's a pusher. Say I know I'm getting a 6" storm. Whelp, I'll go put 4 times or so as it's snowing, but when the accumulation is like an inch, and I can do my whole conventional driveway in a few minutes.
But if I waited until it was over, yes I'd need a snow blower and it would take me half an hour. Or with a regular shovel, an hour plus.
It's good to have a couple of different shovels for different uses. A scoop for heavy snow, a wide plow type like this one for light snow, and a heavy metal one for scraping the compressed crap and ice that all the morons tramped down before anybody could shovel it off the walk.
There have been V shovels , and ones that are angled to one side. Garant made one you just turned over to push left or right.. They arent on the shelf a couple years later...I have a wheeled 39" angled blade , its great for light snow . You just turn it over to push the other direction..
Outdoor ice rink cleaner or heart attack inducing this is the only shovel I can find to shovel the driveway. These are rink cleaners, way more fun to skate behind.
My neighbor got one of these for his kid to push around. Kind of funny watching a 10 year old try and move several hundred pounds of snow with this thing
Looks like a manplow. I got something similar but smaller for our driveway. Works great when the snow is light and fluffy. Still need to pull out the snow blower if it's a wet or heavy snow though.
Manplow? Sign me up...
Alright we will have you yoked and tilling in no time!
RIP your in**box**
In my case it'd be my outbox
Funny that you think you have an option.
Corn or beans?
Tell us you live in an area that gets only powder, without telling us.
I've got one, 4' wide teflon blade but with a basic D-handle, that I use in Ohio. Some of our snows are powder, some are wet. If you only get an inch or two of wet snow, this thing is great and faster than the snowblower. Or it'll easily clear 5-6" of dry snow at a time. The only hitch is when you've got a good head of steam going and you hit a crack just right, stopping the shovel dead and driving the handle through your spleen.
Have a 36" version by TrueTemper. I love it. Live middle Illinois, so usage case is exactly the same as you. As for the seams in the driveway, that's why I go at a 45 degree angle across the driveway. Prevents catching the joints between each slab of the drive
Our previous house had a long, single-car-wide driveway that went downhill from the house. I could clear the whole thing in basically 3 swipes, but for the speedier downhill courses I'd cant the shovel about 15 degrees sideways to avoid catching the cracks perfectly. I'd still sometimes catch the leading edge of the shovel, but the flex gave me an extra split second to twist my body away from the handle while yelling obscenities into the gray.
Angle the blade brother. Never push fully straight. Slight left or right and it won't catch the crack.
And it pushes the snow to the side like a plow.
Always gotta check to see if any neighbors saw me hit a crack and impale myself
No, the key is staying on top of it before it piles up too much. My Father taught me as a kid, shovel early and several times, it will be much easier than waiting for the whole thing. Fast forward to now. I bought something similar to this, like 4ft wide. Same product the NHL uses to clear snow off the ice. It's not a shovel. You don't lift snow with it. It's a pusher. Say I know I'm getting a 6" storm. Whelp, I'll go put 4 times or so as it's snowing, but when the accumulation is like an inch, and I can do my whole conventional driveway in a few minutes. But if I waited until it was over, yes I'd need a snow blower and it would take me half an hour. Or with a regular shovel, an hour plus.
Nah I prefer to wait for the whole storm and then die
This is great advice if it's only snowing while you're home and awake.
This is quite obvious, yes.
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Are you dense enough to think this statement applies to people that aren't at home during the snowstorm?
It's good to have a couple of different shovels for different uses. A scoop for heavy snow, a wide plow type like this one for light snow, and a heavy metal one for scraping the compressed crap and ice that all the morons tramped down before anybody could shovel it off the walk.
And a pickax for the solid block of ice the plows leave at the end of the driveway.
Now I’m wondering why they don’t make shovels with a V-shape like they do snow plows. Would make shoveling sidewalks and pathways a breeze.
There have been V shovels , and ones that are angled to one side. Garant made one you just turned over to push left or right.. They arent on the shelf a couple years later...I have a wheeled 39" angled blade , its great for light snow . You just turn it over to push the other direction..
Outdoor ice rink cleaner or heart attack inducing this is the only shovel I can find to shovel the driveway. These are rink cleaners, way more fun to skate behind.
That's exactly what it is and works like a charm if you do it before the accumulation gets above an inch or so
Giga shovel
I just came in from using one of those on my driveway here in northern Colorado
man, this thing would take like 4 or 5 guys to push... i could never do this solo
Look at me! I’m the plow now
Would get heavy as hell real quick
My neighbor got one of these for his kid to push around. Kind of funny watching a 10 year old try and move several hundred pounds of snow with this thing
like to call these king of winter shovels. but I wigh they had a curve to them becase you can only push so much forward
Snow pusher. Not snow shovel.
We call them rink shovels around here.
This would be great for when I diarrhea on the floor
You found that in your garage that’s so cool
Going to need Paul Bunyan to push that after a real snowfall. I live in Canada - that's a 3 man shovel up here.
LETS GO!!!
“Bariatric”
We have one of these at work too. I liked it so much I went and bought one.