02-15-2007, 11:05 PM
> I bought that same Toro model from Amazon and it is quite good
> if you're just doing a modestly-sized driveway.
I have it too, in fact, I might have recommended it to davemchine. I have greatly enjoyed it over the last three seasons but yesterday's snowfall was the first one we've had (north of NYC) in which I was disappointed in it. A very strange snow--not solid ice but dry snow with a very high ice component, so dense you barely leave footprints in it--and it didn't scrape down to the pavement very well. A shovel was very difficult to get to bite into it too--so I don't blame the machine.
> if you're just doing a modestly-sized driveway.
I have it too, in fact, I might have recommended it to davemchine. I have greatly enjoyed it over the last three seasons but yesterday's snowfall was the first one we've had (north of NYC) in which I was disappointed in it. A very strange snow--not solid ice but dry snow with a very high ice component, so dense you barely leave footprints in it--and it didn't scrape down to the pavement very well. A shovel was very difficult to get to bite into it too--so I don't blame the machine.