My wife & kids pitched in and got me a snowblower for Christmas; it ain't one of them namby-pambly snowblowers; it's a 2-stage, 6 horse with 5 fwd and 2 reverse gears. Electric start too. Now all we need is some snow! :lol:
No more snow shoveling
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silverfox103
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You'll have to pay your wife back next year and get her a vacuum cleaner.
Tom C.
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dread, a snowblower transformed my hate of winter to, well, let's say somber acceptance years ago. 
Congrats. It's a great thing to only have to shovel walkways.
Congrats. It's a great thing to only have to shovel walkways.
Yep, snowblowers are the greatest, especially after you hit a certain level of "maturity"...
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:lol: :lol: :lol: Bout spit my morning coffee on that one!! I think practical gifts for guys are different than with women. The only reason I wouldn't like a gift like that is because there's no significant snow here. Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't mind seeing a photo of this thing...... it sounds GREAT!!!silverfox103 said:
@ Chazmo, snow is a novelty for me but if I dealt with it with any regularity, I doubt I'd ever get my enthusiasm as high as "somber acceptance". That's quite a transformation in my book!!
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walrus said:
When my father died when I was 11, I inherited both the snowblower and the job of keeping the driveway clean. I remember it was red (Reo?), two stage and self-propelled with forward, neutral and reverse. I had to grow into it because I wasn't quite as tall as I needed to be but that thing kept me in pocket money until I left for college. I had regular jobs shoveling out the neighbors who pretty much always had to be at work, regardless of weather and just about every drive in the neighborhood once we had more snow than my competition could handle with a shovel. Those were the Good Old Days :wink:
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dreadnut said:
Now that's the "cat's meow" Dread. 8) ...It sucks without it, trust me!
Blowin' with the wind is really cool 8) Blowin' into the wind ain't :wink: :lol:
Happy Snoblowin'
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We use more rain shovels around here! :lol:
Not that I'm complaining,
Joe
Not that I'm complaining,
Joe
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I was shoveling kind of guy until a couple of nasty snowstorms a few years back convinced me to buy a snowblower -- whatever snowblower -- I could find. Would up with a two-stage Toro that has a joystick for turning the chute.
Came in handy when we got socked with a 23-inch snowfall in 2010 (as measured with the yardstick if you could read the numbers), the same snowfall that brought down the Metrodome roof. By the time I finally decided to fire up the snowblower, the snow was over the top of the snowblower and the chute looked like a submarine periscope cutting the ocean.
I still shovel the lighter stuff, but when it gets to a certain depth, we fire up the snowblower.
Came in handy when we got socked with a 23-inch snowfall in 2010 (as measured with the yardstick if you could read the numbers), the same snowfall that brought down the Metrodome roof. By the time I finally decided to fire up the snowblower, the snow was over the top of the snowblower and the chute looked like a submarine periscope cutting the ocean.
I still shovel the lighter stuff, but when it gets to a certain depth, we fire up the snowblower.
Bikerdoc
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Sounds like a great man-toy/gift. Snow is on it's way for ya too. Probably something I wouldn't buy since we have a 4-wheel drive vehicle and I don't need to clear snow. But I DO like the upgrades on all the new power equipment and tools for sure. I cut a good deal of wood and my new "sissy" chainsaw say is magical.
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Remember this shot I took on August 30?
There be deep snow, just up the road from here! :wink:
Joe
There be deep snow, just up the road from here! :wink:
Joe
geoguy
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I opted for a snowblower long ago . . . much easier on the back.
As far as snowblower features go, I've decided a must-have is heated hand-grips. Aaaahhh!
For those who prefer their snowblowers with more power, there's always this option:
V8 snowblower
As far as snowblower features go, I've decided a must-have is heated hand-grips. Aaaahhh!
For those who prefer their snowblowers with more power, there's always this option:
V8 snowblower
davismanLV said:
Here's mine Tom!
Just the ticket for the "bad" winters we get around here. Never fired it up once last season.
[cough] Troy-Bilt, 8HP, real-man pull start [/cough]
rampside
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Mrs. rampside's Cocker spaniel always had to do her duty in the driveway. Amazing how far an eight horse two stage snow-thrower can launch a frozen turd :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Fortunately the closest neighbor is a couple hundred feet way :shock: :lol:
Fortunately the closest neighbor is a couple hundred feet way :shock: :lol:
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:lol: :lol: INCOMING! That puts a whole new twist on passive-aggressive neighorhood skirmishes. :lol: :lol: :lol:rampside said:
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Thunderface said:
:lol: :lol: The fact that hey have three larger caliber dogs, puts me at a serious firepower disadvantage! :lol: :lol:
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ROFL! That's absolutely priceless. Thanks for the chuckle. 8)
I really don't mind shoveling snow, in fact I like it. But when it gets deep and drifts, it sucks to shovel. And when the big plow goes around our cul-de-sac, it leaves literally tons of snow at the end of my driveway; I really hate when that happens. :evil:
silverfox103
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When I think of snow blowing, I think of red faces, runny noses, cold hands and feet. That doesn't sound like a lot fun. So for $35 I have my driveway plowed. I drink hot coffee and read the paper while it's being done. I have a very big driveway, no way do I want a snow blower.
Although I have to admit about 15 years ago, when my kids were still at home, I had this brilliant idea of buying a couple of those snow scoops and with my 3 kids do the driveway. I thought I was going to save lots of money. We didn't finish half of it, when I threw in the towel and realized how dumb it was, especially when we get snow in the feet not inches.
My kids are a lot smarter than me, two of them moved to Atlanta, they don't want anything to do with snow. They do like to have Christmas with snow at home though. I suspect the 3rd one won't be too far behind.
Tom
Although I have to admit about 15 years ago, when my kids were still at home, I had this brilliant idea of buying a couple of those snow scoops and with my 3 kids do the driveway. I thought I was going to save lots of money. We didn't finish half of it, when I threw in the towel and realized how dumb it was, especially when we get snow in the feet not inches.
My kids are a lot smarter than me, two of them moved to Atlanta, they don't want anything to do with snow. They do like to have Christmas with snow at home though. I suspect the 3rd one won't be too far behind.
Tom