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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