[Minnesota-Talk] Using A Snow Blower

[Steve Jacobson]

Dave,

I used an electric snowblower for several years and it went all right.  Mine
actually had an electric cord and I had to be very careful not to double
back on the cord.  I made a mistake or two that perhaps you can avoid.  At
one point, I blew quite a stream of snow at my neighbor's window and he was
not happy, although the window did not break.  It happened because I had no
idea my snowblower could throw snow that far.  If you get a good sense of
how far it blows snow, you can avoid that.  Eventually, though, I became
dissatisfied with how it worked on my sidewalks.  It just didn't get down to
the cement very well.  If I set it low enough to get down to the cement, it
caught on everything.  Also, my electric snowblower would not adequately
handle snow that is as deep as what we had now. I could sort of take it off
in layers, but that took quite a while.  The electric ones now are probably
higher power now, and the battery ones would eliminate the need to worry
about the power cord.  I do not know of any reason I could not have learned
to use a gasoline snowblower, but I just did not want the extra concern of
keeping gasoline around and refilling when I was out.  I went back to
shoveling and eventually hired somebody to do it.

Best regards,

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Minnesota-Talk <minnesota-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of David
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Subject: [Minnesota-Talk] Using A Snow Blower

I am looking for any totally blind person who has experience 
independently using a snow blower, or power snow shovel.  Any tips or 
experiences would be appreciated, or is this something I shouldn't 
do.  Gas versus electric? etc.???

Dave


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