On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:25:42 -0500, Frank
wrote:

On 12/29/2010 12:52 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:20:40 -0500, Jim wrote:

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I just bought a Toro Snow Shovel electric snow blower. Now I need some snow
to try it out. Only have a double wide driveway and a 42 x 13 deck that is
12 feet above ground. Need to shoot the snow over the railing. Instructions
say it will toss snow 15 feet. Only cost $100 at Ace Hardware. Will update
if I ever get to use it. WW


Let us know. But hopefully your preparedness will keep the snow-Gods
at bay.

I picked one up a yard sale years ago& thought it was more work than
shoveling. It was fairly heavy& only took a 6" swath or so.

My mother gave me one of those, er, 25 years ago. I found exactly the same
thing. The first time I tried it we had 3-4' drifts. I tried to top the
drifts and the snow flew right back in my face. It was more work than
shoveling and when it might have been useful, it choked on the snow. I really
never used it.

OTOH- My 12amp, 18" electric Toro is a little work horse. [the new
ones are 15ap& $300 on Amazon]

I suppose, like an electric lawn mower, if all you have is a postage stamp to
do, electric works.

There's a snow blower and a snow thrower. The former augers it out of
the way and the latter augers it to a thrower which tosses it out. The
snow joe appears to be an electric thrower. Electric blowers, as far as
I know, can't handle more than a few inches of snow. It takes a thrower
to handle deep snow. Nothing electric is going to be as powerful as a
gasoline powered unit. Also note that electric units don't appear to be
self propelled so there would be more work involved in pushing it into
the snow.

The two words have always been used interchangeably. The difference is
usually delineated as single-stage vs. two-stage.