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Re: electric snow shovel rec - Robert M - 01-30-2022
Joe,
Exactly why I said an electric shovel and an electric snowblower are different classes of machines. The Toro Powercurve 1800 is a snowblower, not an electric shovel.
Robert
Re: electric snow shovel rec - Fritz - 01-30-2022
guess if I do decide to, blower is what I want.
shovel seems to be not much different than the human version for my purposes.
Re: electric snow shovel rec - JoeM - 01-30-2022
Robert M wrote:
Joe,
Exactly why I said an electric shovel and an electric snowblower are different classes of machines. The Toro Powercurve 1800 is a snowblower, not an electric shovel.
Robert
Robert, I agree. I find the shovel is of limited use. I bought it years ago because I had a long rectangular deck on my old house, over 17 feet long, that I got tired of shoveling as I got older. I had plenty of lawn around the deck so I could blow straight ahead or sideways and I could clear it rather quickly if it wasn’t a deep snowfall.
Re: electric snow shovel rec - Speedy - 01-30-2022
Powercurve 1800 clearing plow-compacted snow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WHMQipsoG8&t=278s
Re: electric snow shovel rec - Fritz - 01-30-2022
impressive little beast
Re: electric snow shovel rec - cbelt3 - 01-30-2022
FWIW the push snow blowers are a workout too. Mine has powered wheels and is two stage (collection wheel and an impeller screw to throw it a distance).
For light snow my personal favorite is a Garant snow pusher. Canadians understand snow !
https://www.garant.com/tools/s/winter-tools/snow-shovels/steel-snow-shovels/snow-pusher-24-steel-blade/
Re: electric snow shovel rec - Robert M - 01-31-2022
Fritz,
Yups. Everyone is surprised by how well the Powercurve does even in deeper snow! It's astonishingly capable!
Robert
Re: electric snow shovel rec - Numo - 01-31-2022
Another consideration is the area that you are removing the snow from. Where I live, a snow shovel or even a smaller snow thrower wouldn’t be adequate to clear the heavy pile of snow & ice that the city plow leaves at the end of my driveway following a snow storm.
Re: electric snow shovel rec - mattkime - 01-31-2022
The powercurve certainly does well in the videos posted, but the snow also looks pretty damn fluffy in those videos. I wonder how it handles heavy snow.
Re: electric snow shovel rec - Robert M - 01-31-2022
Matt,
Surprisingly well. Just have to take its limitations into consideration when using it for heavier snow.
Robert