Making a perfect snow pusher
 

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:35:21 -0600, Ignoramus29783
wrote:

On 2008-02-07, Pete C. wrote:
Ignoramus29783 wrote:

I have not seen a snow pusher that would actually work well. They are
too small and not too strongly made. Probably the Chinese have not
seen much snow and do not know what is a good snow pusher.

My driveway is almost 24 feet wide. I want to make a pusher that can
retain enough snow (without it falling off the sides or top) so that I
can clear a full swath of the snow from one side to another without me
having to go over and re-push the snow that fell to the sides and over
the top. Due to the width of the driveway, the pusher would not be too
wide or else I won't be able to push it. I was thinking about size
such as 20" wide or so.

I have some stainless sheet, I believe 14 gauge, as well as plasma
cutter etc so I can make any flat shapes.

I wanted to know if anyone tried to make snow pushers here.

Also, is there some easy welding rod for stainless.

i

What exactly is a "snow pusher"? Are you referring to a snow shovel,
which has a flat blade and fairly high sides? A plow to go on a truck,
ATV, lawn tractor? If you're talking about a manual shovel, you have to
be careful of size and ergonomics or you could wreck your back if you
try to shovel anything but light powdery snow.

With all your scrounging ability, I think you need to build yourself a
snowblower of some sort. I imagine you could build a small single stage
type from spare parts that would handle your driveway. It's paved and
not that long, right?

I have a snowblower. It is a military snowblower on which I installed
a HMSK-80 motor. It works well, but it is heavy and is a pain to
maneuver. So when snow is light, I much prefer to push it away
manually.

So I wanted to make a manual "snow pusher" that may be heavy. It would
be used to push snow in front of me, and not to shovel it. So it could
be a little heavy. It would be "high" and have sides as you mentioned.

i
For light snow, I use a plastic blade snow shovel ~18" wide and push
the snow in three, five foot stages across the 16' driveway, then fire
up the blower and move the windrow over the hedge onto the boulevard
of the side street (one of the benefits of a corner lot).
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada