Snow Removal Made Easy

I have to laugh at my neighbor. He bought a $500-$600 snowblower and it take him 30 minutes to clear his driveway. He then spends another 30 minutes with a shovel. For $45 I have a better snow removal system and it takes me 10 minutes to do my drive, sidewalk and patio. Yep, the janitor's push broom is the best snow removal system that I have found to date. No aching back, no sore muscles and no problems. Granted the push broom is only good until a certain depth of snow - maybe 5 or 6 inches but here in central Ohio we rarely get more than a few inches at a time. Even if we do get more than that, I just hit the driveway a couple times with the push broom before it accumulates. And to think that I almost spent $600 on a snowblower.

Generally, snowblowers are not built to last and are typically underpowered for the task at hand. I once observed a neighbor attempting to remove several inches of snow with a tiny gas powered snowblower. He had to restart it after going a few feet. He restarted it four times in the time it took me to pass while jogging by and only cleared about 12 feet. Before buying a snowblower, consider the maintenance that will be required. Are you ready to do all that is required to have it start right up in December after it has sat in your garage for nine or ten months? Did you remember to add fuel stabilizer, change the spark plug, change the oil, clean the air filter, adjust the carburetor, etc.? Or how much snow can your electric snowblower handle?