On Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 9:52:33 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/6/2016 5:20 PM, SeaNymph wrote:


I don't much consider 9" of snow a heavy snowfall. Where I live, I've
seen much worse than that. Got out the snowblower after it stopped and
had the driveway done in about 40 minutes. I have a very long driveway.


The depth does not mean as much as the density. Last year we had a few
storms that ledt 18" to 26" and they did little damage. This one was
wet and heavy and took down a lot of branches and trees. Many people
still without power.

I have blown 4" of powder off of my driveway with a leaf blower
(just for fun).

I have sweated my ass off shoveling 2" of wet stuff.

Nothing sucks more than having to shovel heavy, wet snow when there
is already 2 feet of snow lining both sides of the driveway. It's all
"lift and throw" at that point.

Since a snowblower likes to have snow behind snow to help push it
through the machine, blowing an inch or two doesn't really work.
I split my drive down the middle and push the snow to both sides,
then use my blower to throw it up and over the mounds on the side
of the driveway.