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[baronessekat]

we had snow last night.

I woke up at 5 to hear the news say there had been 9 inches reported at the airport. I live north of the airport but have to drive through airport region to get to work. *sigh*

I get up, layer up and by 6:30 was bundling up to go out and break in the new snowblower. I'm just saying right now LOVE IT. It's old but hey... it cleared 8+ inches of HEAVY from my driveway in about an hour and a half (same amount with shovel takes me about 5). Only thing I kept having to do was turn it off and clear out the hard packed stuff from the shoot so that it would actually throw the snow and not clog up and push the snow.

Driving into work was an adventure. the 290 was VERY slow but safe drivers as the roads had not been plowed much of anything yet. Once I hit the 90 the roads were clear so the drivers were insane. Then I reached the 219 and the roads were not plowed and the blowing and drifting wasa nightmare.

So I'm at work, hoping we get out early as I want to tackle the driveway again with the car out of it so I can clear it better. Besides, I'm cold.

Comments

[2bluefish.livejournal.com]

Glad you turned it off. I used an old WOOD rake handle. Helpful hint for the wet heavy snow... spray some cooking oil (like pam) inside the shoot before you start. It makes the snow stick less and it's ok for the earth. The other thing is to slow down a little bit. If you take smaller paths like only fill 1/2 the auger it works better in the heavy stuff.

Remember I've had a drive way for 15 years.