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Roof Rake or shovel?
Hi and thanks for any info on this. I have done a Google search on "Roof
Rake" Roof Shovel" and I can't seem to find a CANADIAN supplier for this. I have a 4 foot drift on top of my garage and am too afraid to get up there with a conventional shovel as the added weight might make the roof give way....not to mention damage to the ashphalt shingles (new last summer). I am in Saskatchewan. Presently have the truck plugged in and am about to try Home Depot or Rona. Temperature this morning is -34 C (-31F) with a wind chill of -55 C (-67F).....Brrrr Thanks for any local advice....Jim |
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"Jim M" jim wrote in message ... Hi and thanks for any info on this. I have done a Google search on "Roof Rake" Roof Shovel" and I can't seem to find a CANADIAN supplier for this. I have a 4 foot drift on top of my garage and am too afraid to get up there with a conventional shovel as the added weight might make the roof give way....not to mention damage to the ashphalt shingles (new last summer). I am in Saskatchewan. Presently have the truck plugged in and am about to try Home Depot or Rona. Temperature this morning is -34 C (-31F) with a wind chill of -55 C (-67F).....Brrrr Canadian Tire sells a Yardworks Roof Rake Product# 59-6961-8, about 16' total length but you can buy extensions to make longer. Guillermo |
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Thank you Guillermo.....am on my way there... Jim
"f/256" wrote in message ... "Jim M" jim wrote in message ... Hi and thanks for any info on this. I have done a Google search on "Roof Rake" Roof Shovel" and I can't seem to find a CANADIAN supplier for this. I have a 4 foot drift on top of my garage and am too afraid to get up there with a conventional shovel as the added weight might make the roof give way....not to mention damage to the ashphalt shingles (new last summer). I am in Saskatchewan. Presently have the truck plugged in and am about to try Home Depot or Rona. Temperature this morning is -34 C (-31F) with a wind chill of -55 C (-67F).....Brrrr Canadian Tire sells a Yardworks Roof Rake Product# 59-6961-8, about 16' total length but you can buy extensions to make longer. Guillermo |
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Keep that cold air up there.
Tom "Jim M" jim wrote in message ... Thank you Guillermo.....am on my way there... Jim "f/256" wrote in message ... "Jim M" jim wrote in message ... Hi and thanks for any info on this. I have done a Google search on "Roof Rake" Roof Shovel" and I can't seem to find a CANADIAN supplier for this. I have a 4 foot drift on top of my garage and am too afraid to get up there with a conventional shovel as the added weight might make the roof give way....not to mention damage to the ashphalt shingles (new last summer). I am in Saskatchewan. Presently have the truck plugged in and am about to try Home Depot or Rona. Temperature this morning is -34 C (-31F) with a wind chill of -55 C (-67F).....Brrrr Canadian Tire sells a Yardworks Roof Rake Product# 59-6961-8, about 16' total length but you can buy extensions to make longer. Guillermo |
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Roof rake is best, homehardware or rona has em for 50C$ with 30' of handle.
Never go on an icy roof unless ordered to do so by Dr.Kavorkian. "twfsa" wrote in message news:bGXFd.3861$Wp.3601@lakeread07... Keep that cold air up there. Tom "Jim M" jim wrote in message ... Thank you Guillermo.....am on my way there... Jim "f/256" wrote in message ... "Jim M" jim wrote in message ... Hi and thanks for any info on this. I have done a Google search on "Roof Rake" Roof Shovel" and I can't seem to find a CANADIAN supplier for this. I have a 4 foot drift on top of my garage and am too afraid to get up there with a conventional shovel as the added weight might make the roof give way....not to mention damage to the ashphalt shingles (new last summer). I am in Saskatchewan. Presently have the truck plugged in and am about to try Home Depot or Rona. Temperature this morning is -34 C (-31F) with a wind chill of -55 C (-67F).....Brrrr Canadian Tire sells a Yardworks Roof Rake Product# 59-6961-8, about 16' total length but you can buy extensions to make longer. Guillermo |
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"NoSpamFANatic" wrote in news:4d1Gd.56976
: Roof rake is best, homehardware or rona has em for 50C$ with 30' of handle. Never go on an icy roof unless ordered to do so by Dr.Kavorkian. You'll love this. I have a 30' roof rake that I use a few times each winter, basically when the snow gets more than about 18" deep on the roof or when a thaw is coming (it was -28 here last night, so no thaw for a while). One day last winter, when I was out getting ready to rake the roof, I heard my neighbor's small snow blower running. I knew he'd already spent two hours doing his walks, because I was out running my 10HP blower for about 15 minutes doing mine. Anyway, I go around front and there he is UP ON THE ROOF RUNNING THE SNOW BLOWER to clear things off. This is a ranch with a moderately pitched roof, but he'd standing up there in 24" of fresh snow running a 3 hp blower. I ended up going back inside and watching from the window, with the phone nearby so I could call 911 when he fell-- it was either that or get the camcorder to film it. Surprisingly, he got the whole thing cleared and made it down the ladder to boot. -Derek |
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there he is UP ON THE ROOF RUNNING THE SNOW BLOWER
Heheee! Tom Work at your leisure! |
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