To those experienced with snow!

[jaeger]

The troy built should work ok. 24" is kind of small, but since it's a two stage it will work. It will have all the options that have been mentioned here. If you are getting 3 foot drifts you are going to need it.
As far as the ice, once you get the loose snow off, the ice will melt quick especially with the 49 degree temps by friday for your area. I go to a feed store and pick up chicken grit to use for traction. It works great. It doesn't get as messy as sand and when the ice refreezes at night, the grit is large enough to still provide traction. I sweep it up when things dry up and reuse it next time as well!!! Go Green!

24" does seem small but really my only concern is my driveway and walking behind a 24" blower might be more pleasant than being behind a 24" shovel!

The traction of the feed sounds good but we have a lot of crows in the area which seem to be very good at ripping open plastic trash bags looking for food when someone forgets to close the lids to their trash cans, I wonder if the chicken feed would be appealing to them?

I think you will be happy with the 24". Like you said, it beats the shovel!
I would also suggest using Sta-bil fuel stabilizer. The machine gets stored for such a long period over the year, it's a must. I start using it in the fall before I'm done with the lawn mower and just use it all winter.

As far as the chicken grit, it is basically small pieces of red color rock. (I use the medium size) I am trying to think of the size to compare it to. I would say it is slightly smaller than the rock you would use in an aquarium.
It really works nice and like I mentioned, I sweep it up, throw it in a small pail and use it again next time!

I don't think the crows will bother with it because it is not feed.
Here is a similar product. stuff I use looks like the #10.

http://a1grit.com/poultry.htm

 

[Texatdurango]

......As far as the chicken grit, it is basically small pieces of red color rock. (I use the medium size) I am trying to think of the size to compare it to. I would say it is slightly smaller than the rock you would use in an aquarium.
It really works nice and like I mentioned, I sweep it up, throw it in a small pail and use it again next time!

I don't think the crows will bother with it because it is not feed.
Here is a similar product. stuff I use looks like the #10.

http://a1grit.com/poultry.htm

Well, this just shows my ignorance! I thought grit was just another term for feed!

Thanks for the idea, it's worth looking into, actually when I saw the reddish color I thought of the stuff the local folks use when they sand the streets. I'm going to look into seeing if they would sell small quantities to individuals.

By the way, I bought the Troy Bilt 26" last night and having it delivered this morning so now I now am praying for a huge snow storm so the wife will feel better about me paying so much for it!

 

[witz1976]

Have fun with it!!

 

[PaulDoug]

This one may take care of your ice and snow



454 cubic inch big block Chevrolet V8 produces 412 horsepower

Holy crap, did you have to register that thing? That looks like fun, I'd be hoping for snow all the time if I had that. 402 more hp than my snowblower! :biggrin:

That is not mine. My Nephew sent pictures of it a couple weeks ago. He found the pictures on the internet,