Ode to my snowblower

Pycroft
Pycroft Posts: 1,960
edited December 2009 in The Clubhouse
Well...Here in south Jersey we got about 22 inches of snow. I bought a snow blower last year and never used it. We were away the last two days, so didn't get a chance to plow as we went along. Got home today and wasn't even able to get in the driveway. I decided to try out the snowblower. It turned a 6 hour shovel job into about an hour. I am now convinced it is on the top 10 of greatest inventions of all time, along with the light-bulb, the wheel, etc.

I love my snow blower.
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited December 2009
    lasareath wrote: »
    my snowblower is named fernando. And he also cuts the lawn!

    lol :d :d :d
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited December 2009
    I hear you. Come hell or high water I WILL have one in the garage soon... I used to like my driveway...:mad:
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  • gelinas
    gelinas Posts: 226
    edited December 2009
    haha, We got 24 inches in my neck of the woods.

    Personally I am a shovel guy, but I do understand the appeal of snowblowers.
    My wife's dad has one but his is electric and small so it can only handle snow 5-6 inches or so.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited December 2009
    Even if we got snow...a tornado would come up right behind it to blow it away.

    Or it'll be 90F the next day.
    Like they say here in Okieville -

    if you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes.
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,047
    edited December 2009
    I agree, they are the best inventions ever. My neighbor had one and I was always jealous of it. About 2 years ago (after I had back fusion), it snowed like 2 inches. He tried to start the snowblower and it wouldn't start. He got frustrated with it and went and bought a new one. He gave me the old one and said I could do whatever I wanted with it. I took it apart and an hour later it was running better than ever. I offered it back to him numerous times after I fixed it because I felt badly that it was fixed so easily. It saved my back this weekend and I swear I must have thanked him 100 times.

    We might not get a lot of snow around here, but even two inches is intimidating as crap knowing how my back might feel after shoveling.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,999
    edited December 2009
    This is our snowblower...it's not ours, but the company we hired and this is what they do our driveway with.
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  • devani
    devani Posts: 1,497
    edited December 2009
    22 inches??? wow, we only got 8 or less in Northern NJ...i dont have to shovel....apt is good, super does all the work
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  • NJPOLKER
    NJPOLKER Posts: 3,474
    edited December 2009
    Lasareath wrote: »
    my snowblower is named Fernando. And he also cuts the lawn!

    Sal,
    Finally something funny out of you :D
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