Re: (ET) Plows suck for snow (dead blower)

[Jim Donovan <donovan66205 gmail com>]

I used my blade on four driveways and the city sidewalk between them this 
morning - all after the city plowed the street up the curb and driveway.  
This pile tends to freeze thaw and becomes much heavier than the 5 inches 
of dry snow we got.  It is my practice not to plow down to the concrete 
for a few reasons - not to mention that at the first driveway is NOT 
level/solid and should be replaced.  Did not have to put my set of chains 
on.

I found today much better with the blade than the blower I use to own - it 
was heavy/bulky and storing it in the off season (10 months) was 
problematic.  

Looking forward to our next storm to see if the investment of a decent 
charger improves my use.  Not a problem with power today (4 hours of 
constant use).

Jim
KCMO area


> On Jan 25, 2026, at 11:59 AM, Chris Zach via Elec-trak <elec-trak cosmos 
> phy tufts edu> wrote:
> 
> So we have a foot plus of super wet super heavy snow. Had the blower 
> hooked up, it started to do a great job then snap and the motor was 
> spinning.
> 
> Broken chain. Great.
> 
> Question 1: Anywhere I can get a new chain or can chains be fixed?
> 
> Fortunately I had the dozer blade on the driveway, so I got that mounted 
> up and....
> 
> Boy the dozer blade is mediocre at best for moving snow. Can't do it 
> uphill, and it doesn't scrape down to the pavement like the blower. 
> Wondering if I should just hook the dead blower back up and use it as a 
> scraper.
> 
> Any thoughts on how best to move snow with the dozer blade? I've got the 
> bottom of the driveway down to a thin later of snow. E20, 36 volt lift, 
> lift is double looped, lift gets a *LOT* of use.
> 
> Always the worst time to have things happen.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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