# Oil

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/76390>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 29, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/76390 "2012-12-29T21:51:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/76390/21 "2013-01-01T19:06:06Z")

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I hear you. Unfortunately, the blower I got 16 years ago was the lightest two stage Toro I could find. Living on a mountain means traction is limited and humping it around is sometimes necessary. It’s a pull start by necessity. Just to get off the topic, screwing hex head sheet metal screws into the tire treads ( and boots) really helps traction. I agree about the battery use. Use them or loose them.

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil/76390/22 "2013-01-01T20:42:41Z")

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**_I Have A Different Snow Removal Problem._**

I can’t plow. We usually get lots of snow before the ground freezes and if I miss the edge of the paved driveway or road I tear up the yard. Also, I would soon run out of places to put the stuff because of the layout of our house/garage. The piles would become too high.

The county doesn’t show up to plow the road at the base of my driveway until long after a heavy snowfall (sometimes a day or two) so I am responsible to clear the road where it terminates at our driveway. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac and the school bus turns around on this big paved circle that I clear.

Most of my neighbors clear the road in front of their homes so we can get to the highway only 8 houses away. The county usually plows there if you give them a while.

I shopped for a blower that was capable of picking up snow and really throwing it far, 35 - 40 feet. My old Toro would pick it up, but not throw it far enough and I’d have to blow it a second time. Usually a storm comes in with wind and I play that to my advantage. I have water on 3 sides of my property (I’m on the end of a penisula - lake in front - canal in back and one side) and aim for that when I can get it that far.

I hear you about man-handling the blower. I have to do that too, fighting deep snow on icy ground. A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. One of these days I’ll buy a tractor/blower with heated cab like another neighbor has or I’ll get the heck out of hear in the winter.

**_CSA_**

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