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Posted by Ignoramus29783 on February 7, 2008, 9:39 am
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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
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Posted by Pete C. on February 7, 2008, 10:19 am
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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?
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Posted by Ignoramus29783 on February 7, 2008, 10:35 am
Please log in for more thread options > 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
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Posted by Gerald Miller on February 7, 2008, 8:55 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:35:21 -0600, Ignoramus29783
>> 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
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Posted by RoyJ on February 7, 2008, 10:27 am
Please log in for more thread options I buy the 24" steel bladed heavy duty shovels, add a 1-1/2" x 1/8" wear
strip with a couple rows of hard surfacing bead on, add a 6"x12"
aluminum triangle to the top of the blade/handle to keep it from
twisting sideways, and a custom cut piece of 1/8" steel welded into the
bend area between the handle and the main part of the blade to keep the
blade from folding under.
My drive way is 275 square yards, the turn around pad is 40'x31'.
Driveway surface is sealcoated with crushed rock, about as abrasive as
you can find. I can deal with a 1" nuisance snow in about 20 minutes.
2" doubles that, more than that and the 42" snowblower gets fired up.
Only downside of the steel pusher edge is that you need to not set it
down for storage with the blade flat to the floor, it will leave a nice
rust mark on the floor.
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
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> 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