Re: (ET) Snowblower wanted with shipping :-)

[Chris Zach <czach computer org>]

*nod* Understood. Last winter we got slugged with snow, and I couldn't 
help but think that a blower would be nice on 3 feet of the stuff. How 
far down does it get? To the driveway? Leaves ice? Can it handle hills?

Thanks!
Chris


maxmatic comcast net wrote:

> These things are bulky, sure, but a pallet jack is more than sufficient. I 
> move mine around with an appliance hand-truck.
>
> Shipping is a nuisance. Matt Magda and I spent a lot of time trying to get 
> a blower on a pallet just a couple hundred miles... and it seems it can't 
> be done for less than a few hundred dollars. That's worth it if you are 
> knee deep in snow, perhaps, but it's hard to make doubling the initial 
> cost worthwhile!
>
> Best,
>
> and YES, it's SNOWING in BOSTON (only a little; it's like a PG preview)
> -Max
>
> --
> http://www.maxmatic.com/
>
> > Ok, winter is coming, and this time I would like a snow-blower. Anyone 
> > have one within a 2 hour drive of Baltimore MD?
> >
> > Alternately, if I was to ship one, how difficult would it be? 
> > Expensive/complex/etc? What do these things weigh, and can they be run 
> > around with a pallet jack?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Chris
> >
> >
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