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Default Leaf Blower as Snow Blower

Bert Hyman wrote:
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Anyone ever try using a powerful leaf blower to blow snow off, for
example, decks and patios? Successful? schwabbie28


If there's so little snow, and it's so light you could move it with a
leaf blower, you'd be a lot better off with a broom or, dare I say it, a
shovel.

Nah, a broom just grinds it into the pavement. I've had great luck using
my electric leaf blower on snow, although it probably ****es off the
neighbors when I do it before work, the better to avoid those 2 stripes
of ice if I drive over the snow. (I have a sloped driveway, so any ice
at all, and I can't get back up the thing in the afternoon.)

As others have said, doesn't work too well on wet or deep snow, but if
it is just 2-3 inches and fluffy, works great, and I stay clean, dry,
and non-sweaty.

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