Smitty Two wrote:
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willshak wrote:

Smitty Two wrote the following:
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willshak wrote:



What if it doesn't get below freezing outside?
A lot of snow falls when the temps are in the 30's. It can be wet and
heavy.
My snow clearing tools (shovels, ice breakers, and car brooms) stay
outside all winter.

If it's not below freezing, you might consider letting the snow melt
instead of shoveling it.

You don't live in the northern US, do you?
Let's wait for the snow to melt, in the meantime, keep driving your car
in and out of the driveway, packing the snow down to glacial consistency.

I used to live outside St. Paul, about the coldest nastiest area in the
continental U.S. Much harsher winters than New England, for example. I
never saw my driveway, nor sidewalks, nor most streets, for five months
of the year. We walked and drove on snowpack. No big deal. The glacier
melts in the spring.

Nope, I don't live in that **** anymore. That's just plumb crazy.

My driveway slopes. Driving over and packing down the snow is not an
option, unless you like replacing transmissions in your light-duty FWD
minvan. DAMHIKT. :^(

Yes, if I can't see black, unless the prediction is for 30s or higher
and bright sunshine, I HAVE to clear at least one lane, if I plan to
park back inside that night. And I really, really like parking inside.
Some of my neighbors a block away with flat driveways do drive over it,
unless it is deep enough they are afraid of getting high-centered. When
I was a kid in the flat part of Indiana, we seldom cleared the whole
drive, but just did enough to have a place to get in and out, and scrape
off the car without getting shoes full of snow. (Few people in southern
IN use their garage for cars- too useful as junk storage,)

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