"Ignoramus8020" wrote in message
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I recall seeing professional snow shovels, that were I think made of
some nice aluminum, with almost straight blades, that worked
great. Made for large apartment building owners.

I do not mean the crap that they sell in stores these days, either
trashy plastic or very thin aluminum. These do not stand up to a man
shoveling large amount of snow.

I would really like to buy a sheet of suitable metal and make a most
perfect snow shovel, that would be usable forever. Any suggestions as
to what gade, thickness etc of what metal to buy?

I do not mind regular carbon steel, as well.

What I do not want is a shovel that would be either too heavy, or
would bend when it hits some object, and does not crack from long term
use.

i


In my humble opinion the Yo-ho steel pusher shovels kick but for general
use. When you need to do some serious shoveling I also use an aluminum scoop
shovel farmer use for moving grain. Both are partially shown on this page,
upper right is the grain scoop, lower right is the pusher.

http://www.yo-ho.com/

I just retired my first Yo-ho pusher I bought back in '81. I replaced it
with the same. The old one's blade was worn to about 1/2 of new!

When they both fail me I get out my 10 HP Toro!
Greg