Andy wrote:
> Dave said...
>
> > The only part that helped was that it would drop
> > to -50F or -60F with the wind chill, and that would freeze the snow
> > enough so you could walk on it or just sink down a foot or so with each
> > step.
>
>
> My uphill driveway after plowing would thaw and freeze depending on the
> temps in the course of a day or two.
>
> Getting to the top of the driveway to fetch mail or put out the trash was
> dangerous, until I saw a news segment where somebody on camera was
> wearing golf shoes with metal kleets. BRILLIANT!!!!!
>
> I found my old golf shoes and grinded the kleet tips sharp with the
> dremel tool. I was able to walk up the sheet of ice driveway with every
> confidence of NOT falling on my ass!
They're *cleats*, and you *ground* them, not "grinded" them... ain't
kleet a brand of enema? :-o
You may want to consider at some point having electric heaters
installed in your driveway, steep driways can be difficult to plow.
And it's a good Idea to clear a drive of snow, especially a steep one,
right away, even while it's still snowing, and certainly before trying
to drive on it, that just stomps down the snow giving ice formation a
good starting point. And if feasiable clare away any sun blocking
everygreens. Get yourself a steel snow pusher type shovel.... these
are the old fashioned kind I used to use to do sidewalks in Brooklyn as
a kid... nothing better fro clearing blacktop driveways, the beauty of
it you don't do any lifting. Sometimes I will go out after every 3-4
inches falls, much easier when I don't let it accumulate. Of course if
there's a heavy snow all night them I have my behmouth plow on my
tractor.
I got this one, the 30" and the 18" for close in stuff, excellent:
http://www.amazon.com/GARANT-30-STL-...5?ie=UTF8&s=hi
Don't get the aluminum model, it's too light and you will become
fatigued having to press it to the driveway... the steel one seems very
heavy because it is but that extra weight is what saves you labor...
remember, you don't lift, push and drag back. push and drag back. I
clear a 150' drive in under an hour.
Sheldon Fleet