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better to shovel snow all at once or little at a time?
I'm getting a foot of snow tonight, it's already up to 5". Is it
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better to shovel snow all at once or little at a time?
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oups.com: I'm getting a foot of snow tonight, it's already up to 5". Is it better to wait until it's done or shovel now and tomorrow morning? If you're doing it by hand, you can still do it a little at a time even if you wait 'til it stops, especially if you have the whole weekend. If, like me, you have a snow thrower which can't eat more than 6" of snow at a time, you'd best get out there now. -- Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | |
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On Mar 16, 3:29 pm, Bert Hyman wrote:
(Joe) wrote groups.com: I'm getting a foot of snow tonight, it's already up to 5". Is it better to wait until it's done or shovel now and tomorrow morning? If you're doing it by hand, you can still do it a little at a time even if you wait 'til it stops, especially if you have the whole weekend. If, like me, you have a snow thrower which can't eat more than 6" of snow at a time, you'd best get out there now. -- Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | nope, just a shovel and my back, whichever breaks first. |
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better to shovel snow all at once or little at a time?
"Joe" wrote:
On Mar 16, 3:29 pm, Bert Hyman wrote: (Joe) wrote groups.com: I'm getting a foot of snow tonight, it's already up to 5". Is it better to wait until it's done or shovel now and tomorrow morning? If you're doing it by hand, you can still do it a little at a time even if you wait 'til it stops, especially if you have the whole weekend. If, like me, you have a snow thrower which can't eat more than 6" of snow at a time, you'd best get out there now. -- Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | nope, just a shovel and my back, whichever breaks first. Better tell the delivery truck to send it 5" per load... So my question is.....where have you been living for the last n winters, or have you had a service to shovel your snow? |
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better to shovel snow all at once or little at a time?
been living in apartments in NYC, this is my first house and it's been
a pretty dry winter. I just shoveled the whole driveway. It was a cinch with fresh snow. By the time I was at the end of the driveway there was already a 1/2" at the garage. On Mar 16, 5:30 pm, Mike wrote: "Joe" wrote: On Mar 16, 3:29 pm, Bert Hyman wrote: (Joe) wrote groups.com: I'm getting a foot of snow tonight, it's already up to 5". Is it better to wait until it's done or shovel now and tomorrow morning? If you're doing it by hand, you can still do it a little at a time even if you wait 'til it stops, especially if you have the whole weekend. If, like me, you have a snow thrower which can't eat more than 6" of snow at a time, you'd best get out there now. -- Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | nope, just a shovel and my back, whichever breaks first. Better tell the delivery truck to send it 5" per load... So my question is.....where have you been living for the last n winters, or have you had a service to shovel your snow? |
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"Joe" wrote:
I'm getting a foot of snow tonight, it's already up to 5". Is it better to wait until it's done or shovel now and tomorrow morning? I find making multiple clearing passes over time easier as I can do the entire width or length of a drive without lifting the shovel. |
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On Mar 16, 4:26 pm, "Joe" wrote:
I'm getting a foot of snow tonight, it's already up to 5". Is it better to wait until it's done or shovel now and tomorrow morning? Well it does depend on how much you have to shovel. I live in the Philadelphia area in a house that doesn't have too much sidewalk so I can generally do it all at one. But with so much snow you could do a shovel and then spread some rock salt and that will make it easier when you make another run of the shoveling. I don't know about where you live but here we have this ordinance that says that the sidewalks have to be shoveled. Martin A Homeowner's Blog http://ahomeowner.blogspot.com |
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better to shovel snow all at once or little at a time?
On Mar 16, 4:26 pm, "Joe" wrote:
I'm getting a foot of snow tonight, it's already up to 5". Is it better to wait until it's done or shovel now and tomorrow morning? Well it does depend on how much you have to shovel. I live in the Philadelphia area in a house that doesn't have too much sidewalk so I can generally do it all at one. But with so much snow you could do a shovel and then spread some rock salt and that will make it easier when you make another run of the shoveling. I don't know about where you live but here we have this ordinance that says that the sidewalks have to be shoveled. Martin A Homeowner's Blog http://ahomeowner.blogspot.com |
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"Joe" writes:
I'm getting a foot of snow tonight, it's already up to 5". Is it better to wait until it's done or shovel now and tomorrow morning? I'd get out there and enjoy the fun now because 12" of snow is hella heavy on the shovel, and you never know when crap's gonna freeze. I've never regretted staying on top of a heavy snowfall, but have often regretted leaving it go till it was all done. -- Todd H. http://toddh.net/ |
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better to shovel snow all at once or little at a time?
In article , Todd H. says...
"Joe" writes: I'm getting a foot of snow tonight, it's already up to 5". Is it better to wait until it's done or shovel now and tomorrow morning? I'd get out there and enjoy the fun now because 12" of snow is hella heavy on the shovel, and you never know when crap's gonna freeze. I've never regretted staying on top of a heavy snowfall, but have often regretted leaving it go till it was all done. I have. If the snow turns to sleet (or worse) freezing rain, you'll get a nice slick (for fzra) or very sticky (for sleet) layer on your walk/driveway you can't remove. While if you had waited, you could have shovelled off the top layer with all that on it, then shovel the rest. Two scoops of the shovel for each little shovel-sized area. In fact, nothing stops you from shovelling just plain ol' snow that way. There's no law you have to pick up the entire snowfall depth in each shovelfull. So, I usually wait. Banty |
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better to shovel snow all at once or little at a time?
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:06:50 -0600, someone wrote:
I find making multiple clearing passes over time easier as I can do the entire width or length of a drive without lifting the shovel. Yup, if you can push a small depth, DO IT. Easier than LIFTING every pound of snow that fell. Damn how could that much weight have just been floating around in the air. Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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