[Minnesota-Talk] Using A Snow Blower

[David Andrews]

Thanks!

Dave

At 09:33 PM 3/3/2019, you wrote:
>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
>
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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