emerson
Ugly is cheap
6'-8' of snow a year. 60 yard driveway. Also 7' drifts under the eaves of the house that I can't reach with a blade. Anyone have experience with Honda snowblowers?
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Blade or blower
- Thread starter emerson
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minisub
6-5/6-6;Whatever It Takes
No experience with walk behind blowers but I have a 48" front mount on my garden tractor. We get a bit more than your stated snowfall (4' this month alone) and it works great. We have a 600' drive and there is no way a blade works after the first few weeks of the season. I just wait for the gravel to freeze before changing over. Once the blower is on there is no worries about the drive closing in on us.
I needed to restock the woodpile this weekend and used the blower to cut a path 400' through the yard to the woodshed and then between there and the woodpile outside the door. This was through 18"+ of snow on the grass and I didn't screw up the grass and got through no problem. I would think a walk behind would also work well close to your house to clear under the eaves.
I needed to restock the woodpile this weekend and used the blower to cut a path 400' through the yard to the woodshed and then between there and the woodpile outside the door. This was through 18"+ of snow on the grass and I didn't screw up the grass and got through no problem. I would think a walk behind would also work well close to your house to clear under the eaves.
woodchuck2
New Member
I rented a Bobcat skid steer with a 6' snowblower the other day to cut back the snow banks and it worked great with the exception of heavy ice. No snowblower will cut or throw chucks of ice, that would be the equivelent to rocks IMO. You can probably cut out most of the drift under the eaves but watch for chucks of ice to prevent damage to the machine.