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Title: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: GrayBeard on September 07, 2011, 11:22:22 am
Available October 1st at Amazon.com......

$130.00

Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: Judy Hunter on September 07, 2011, 11:43:27 am
 :D HAA!  They have got to be kidding. For soft, fluffy, pretty snow maybe.  NOT for what falls in North Dakota.  It takes at least an 8 horse snow blower or a bob cat.  Not looking forward to it .
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: GrayBeard on September 07, 2011, 12:11:36 pm
YOU, dear lady, should not even be considering that task...stock up and stay inside!

~~~GB~~~
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: BilltheDiver on September 07, 2011, 03:18:46 pm
I guess we could use it when the sand blows across the sidewalk, but I always just use the leaf blower (we don't really have many leaves either).  Oh the indignities of life in Florida :P
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: dgman on September 07, 2011, 03:55:48 pm
I wouldn't know what to do with it!! ;D
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: SheGold on September 07, 2011, 05:23:29 pm
Hmmm when and if we get snow its gone in a matter of a few hours.. Sun bakes it... LOL ... Living in Texas  ;) .... Sheila
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: thumbs on September 07, 2011, 06:16:04 pm
I have no use for one of those--my neighbor's kid does it for me--Richard aka thumbs ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: Rapid Roger on September 07, 2011, 07:40:35 pm
Living in Kansas, I have the "required" gas powered snow blower altho a small one. I only have three double wide and 3 single wide driveways to plow. One for us and 5 for the various neighbors who have jobs to get to.  :)

Rog
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: geneVG on September 07, 2011, 10:43:33 pm
Here in Iowa we can use that.  I think I will buy one for my wife.

gene
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: dgman on September 08, 2011, 12:10:32 am
Here in Iowa we can use that.  I think I will buy one for my wife.

gene
....And that's when the fight started!
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: Gabby on September 08, 2011, 01:49:05 am
That has to be a spoof GB! There's no way it would work. How would you empty the scoop, it would be much heavier than a regular snow shovel and unwieldy with that wheel in the middle. Now if they put a plow on there you or whoever would be dumb enough to push it, could at least push a trail through the snow.
I suspect someone is pulling our collective legs, and his initials are Gray Beard.  ;D
Gabby
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: tux_linux on September 08, 2011, 02:20:47 am
Why should Judy not drive a bob cat? I expect it  to be a great fun! Consider that Judy!
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: jimbo on September 08, 2011, 03:21:54 am
We only need one of those every 20 years so I may give it a miss as I will be in my 90's by then
Jimbo
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: Gabby on September 08, 2011, 04:30:05 am
I've got egg on my face. Sorry GB I really thought it was a joke. Took a look and they even have a video. I did notice all the users looked like they might be on a football team. I wonder just how long they would be wearing those insulated jackets pushing that thing?
I think PT Barnum was right.
Gabby

http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Wolf-SW0310-Wheeled-Shovel/dp/B001I7JWTO/ref=sr_1_3?s=garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1315470012&sr=1-3
Title: Re: New Snow Shovel....
Post by: alien11 on September 08, 2011, 10:21:33 am
That thing or something similar has been around for several years - thanlfully I never bought one. I can see that it might work ok on the first snow fall of the season, if the accumulation is not more than about 10 in. But what happens with subsequent storms after the snow banks have built to 3 or 4 feet high from previous storms? How can this device pitch the snow up & over?

After clearing my current driveway for the past 40 years, initially with a shovel (three storms a week apart), then with a 7 hp blower; I'll definately stay with a snarling, noisy, gas guzzling machine. And when the snow is wet and heavy I'll be wishing for 10 or 15 hp!

It is a good conversation piece!