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Supposed to. I have at least one neighbor that does it constantly, and nothing is ever said or done to them. They blow and push it into my vacant lot also...which royally pisses me off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.rikrlandvs.com | |||
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Everybody has a snowblower here. We average about 70 inches yearly in town. More in the mountains. Those snowed in cars in Boston got hosed by the plow crews. It's what you get when you park on the street. Not cool to blow your snow into the street but some of my new neighbors do it. ------------- The sadder but wiser girl for me. | |||
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I have no snowblower. None of my neighbors have a snowblower. When we first moved here, for the next five years, there was no measurable snowfall at the Norfolk, VA airport. So we had no snow shovel. Later we bought a snow broom. All we needed for several years. After our beloved President Obama defeated global warming, we started getting more snow, so we bought a snow shovel. Actually it is a plastic grain shovel, because we get a lot more grain than snow, but it works fine on snow. Over the past ten years we have had a series of Nor'easters that have dumped some serious snow on us. Light fluffy snow, blown by gale force winds. To the north of me is a 200 acre field. All of my neighbor's snow is blown south to my lane. Drifts get three feet high. Friday we got hit by the southern edge of the "Cyclone Bomb" which seems about the same as a Nor'easter but sounds more dramatic on the weather report. Had about 8 inches. The drifts were only two feet, but bigger drifts completely blocked the county road until this afternoon (Monday). Even the county doesn't have a snowblower. The county does have a snow plow. It was on the Norfolk TV news Saturday, because it slid off the stone road into the ditch. ---------------------------------------------------- Dances with Crabgrass | |||
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Like remsig, here in NE Ohio with the Lake Effect snows we need something bigger and better than a shovel. But you need that too. I can’t really, or shouldn’t, do any blowing or shoveling but I have one. A lot of people have plow guys but they don’t do everything that’s needed. The walkways, a path to the mailbox are perfect for a shovel or blower. We got another foot or so coming in a few days. | |||
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I've got one but don't use it. I guess I should give it to my son, but its too much trouble. I'm retired so I just sit inside and watch the others having trouble. We have 2 4 wheel drive vehicles and its fun driving in snow, more fun when deep. We had a hooker living next door. Yeah, she even got busted for it! Anyway, I also had a really nice girl living a few houses away. After we moved off the hill, 2 full doors down, I still owned the other house. So a big snow came and I kind of felt some kind of duty to clear off the parking area at the other house. I'm not always a jerk, but sometimes its fun. I went up the street, also clearing the sidewalk as I went. When I got around the bend, there was my nice neighbor crying! Let me add she was built really nice. You know, bit tits and great ass. So I asked her what was wrong and it seems the hooker watched her clear a place on the street for her car, then moved hers into the cleared place. Can't have a babe crying.So I took the blower and removed all the snow from the next spot up and directed the discharge chute onto the hookers car (the hooker was a bit ugly). Took all that snow and dumped it on top of the bitches car. We're talking feet of snow. So the more favored one moved to the now clear spot. The bitch/hooker was really buried. Guess she couldn't get to work for about a week because she was totally buried. No one accused me of being a nice guy. There were 7 houses on that hill and they all figured out what happened and loved it. They didn't like her much either I guess. Funny how that works. Perverts like me tend to take care of well built girls. I know Para doesn't like it much when we discriminate against those with body problems. I'm not even against ladies of the evening. Unless they're bitches. Back to snow blowers. Mine ages out in the garage. We don't get snow here much. My health doesn't allow much exercise, or maybe its my laziness. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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Author is unknown. But it's pretty much how I feel about snow, too. I grew up in snow. A lot of it. I hated it as a kid, hate it now, but live somewhere that water freezes at eighty degrees, and hummingbirds ice up at 75 and crash on the ground, and shatter. We didn't have a snow blower. We had an innovative took that we referred to as a "shovel." I think they still make them. I haven't seen one in years. Except once, in a museum. It was just like I recalled, except mine was red. I hate snow. | |||
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If you value the paint and finish on your car you won't go anywhere near it with a snowblower. Of course that's easy to say when you have a 40' x 24' 4 car garage. Harshest Dream, Reality | |||
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Spent my first 22 years in and around Chicago. Never had one and not sure I ever saw one back then. | |||
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We moved to Horseheads NY around 2000. Most all snow I moved there was with a compact tractor and blade and a flat, level driveway. We later moved to Chautauqua County in Western NY. It was very different regarding snowfall. Lakewood NY is about an hour and a half from Buffalo NY and the Canadian border. We experienced a lot of lake effect snow there, sometimes twice or more a day. Often very wet, heavy snow. I would usually get up about 5 am to do the first snow removal, and do another one in the evening.  First house- warming up the tractor Our last house had quite the steep driveway. In the beginning I did not have a snowblower.   I tried a regular snowblower, but it was steep enough that I had to switch to a treaded snowblower. (Even with chains a regular snowblower just couldn't climb the driveway). I also had a compact tractor with a blade but with that slope it was hair raising when there was heavy icing.  BTW, they get a lot of snow in that area and the snowplow drivers know what they are doing. Once it snowed a foot and a half+ around 3:30 am and all of the school buses still ran on schedule. Those snowplow drivers are an impressive and experienced group. (This is not far from Oswego, New York, if you remember their incredible past snowfalls). We moved from there to the Mccandless Pa area. I gave my old Cub treaded snowblower to my neighbor when I left. I can handle shoveling what we get in this area. I can say I don't miss moving snow twice a day in winter. | |||
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I do. Neighbors of three sides do, only one that doesn't is a rental. By sound, there's plenty more in the neighborhood. I usually opt for the "By God" method, but the way my street is laid out, the plows bury me when it's deep. So big storms I have no choice. | |||
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I'm in Michigan but do not own a snow blower. I do own a tractor with a 6' bucket, an ATV with a plow, and several shovels. At some point, I wouldn't mind a 3 pt mounted snow blower, but those are a bit pricy for now and we can handle our average snow with the above tools. ------------- $ | |||
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Kind of like lawn mowers. Some people have them. Others pay someone to do it for them. Others live in places where it gets done for them regardless, like condos and apartments. | |||
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Southcentral PA here and yes I have a large two stage snowblower. Mine is loaded with functions, remote powered chute and directional deflector, heated hand grips and electric start. Couldn't imagine life without it even though I haven't used it this year. Did use it several times last year... Sometimes, you gotta roll the hard six | |||
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That is an important option. I can't imagine why anyone would buy one without it. Kind of like the toilet training option on babies. Worth every cent. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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I get a chuckle every time rburg tells this one. And if this global warming keeps up at this pace, it won't be long before people in Florida need snow blowers. The water in Washington won't clear up until we get the pigs out of the creek~Senator John Kennedy | |||
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I held out until I was 58 before I bought a snowblower. Up until then I used a shovel. Just started getting too hard on me if it snowed twice or three times in a day. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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This ^^^^^ Re: Really deep snow like the OP described: No average walk-behind snow-blower is going to handle that. You either have to get out there and blow it as it's coming down--each time it approaches your snow-blower's capacity, resign yourself to doing much or most of it the hard way, or resign yourself to waiting until it melts. I think my snow-blower can handle snow up to four inches over the intake opening? Don't recall. Probably depends on how heavy it is. Coincidentally: I see they've bumped the forecast for my area by quite a bit. Looks like a two-pass job for me, now. Whee! "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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This was my first snowblower growing up as a young teen, I inherited it, and it remained in use well into my adulthood. It served as a snowblower during Winter and a rear tine tiller off Winter. It handled all the snow thrown at it. Notice hanging on the handle was the starter (a rope with a knot tied on one end and a 3 1/2” wood handle. The shut off…yes the grounding tab above the spark plug.  ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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I'm in North Dakota. I and all my neighbors own snow blowers. Some of us have access to Bobcat loaders if needed. | |||
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Almost like the old Gravely walk behind tractors with the starter strap. If them things hiccuped when you were starting them, you'd about get wound up on the starter pulley when you got pulled back into the machine. The water in Washington won't clear up until we get the pigs out of the creek~Senator John Kennedy | |||
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