Snowblower pass or two on each side of the driveway was what I would do in town once it stacked up. Just moving it over to make room for more.
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“Each side” doesn’t work in the sticks
I usually do this too for big storms and/or when more snow is on the way and it works pretty well. But after wrestling my snowblower through all that wet heavy sht the other day I was too tired. Guess we'll see what happens tomorrow.
Yeah now it's just throw it as far as it will go with the wind and wait for the wind to switch directions and blow it back over the lane“Each side” doesn’t work in the sticks
"go with God, little flakes, go with God."
This is probably the strategy we will employ. Corner lot so only a neighbor on one side and if the snowblower and wind take it that far, that's just impressive.
No, they had less for Des Moines. I can’t remember what it was but it was like 6 to 9 or something like that.
I don’t have a snow blower. Long, gravel drive with an approximate 45+ degree incline from road to house, so I use a 4wheeler. Drive goes east/west, so I try to pile everything on the south side. I’m going to have to knock the current pile further into the yard top down with the blade, because the wheeler won’t have the power to take the full load.
I know…”me problem”, but it’s gonna take a lot of doing. Should be fun.
Said it elswehere but at least it's almost mid-January.
Basically 7ish weeks to March which can still be nasty but more sun and not as cold.
I’ve looked into these, the up front cost isn’t that bad, however it effectively halves the life of your concrete and god forbid there is an issue in a line. The upkeep/maintenance cost makes it cost prohibitive for the upper Midwest. In areas with more ice threat than snow threat (think mid Missouri and south) its becomes a more worthwhile feature.
