Has anyone tried this in a couple inches of snow? How well does it move snow?
757380
It is great on about 5 inches as I've tried it last winter. As long as it is powdery and not the icy sticky kind of snow.
757381
We had four inches of powdery snow and it blasted the driveway off in a couple of minutes, very impressively. Haven't tried it on a wet snow yet.
776872
Yes I did blow snow with it. It worked fine on the light dust. Not so much on the wetter stuff. I still applied salt to make sure I didn't slip.
2209368
I haven't tried one like that. We waited too long to get this and had to use it on 3+ feet of snow on our roof. We dragged away the snow from the top, about 9-12 inches at a time and it did the job.
1530474
It would work a lot better than a normal snow shovel....If you angle the handle down, then it keeps the blade of the scoop from 'digging in'. The scoop would kind of glide over the top of the snow and the snow would slide up into the scoop. When its full, then you can guide it over to where you want to dump it...never having to lift heavy snow. I love it.
239234
In my opinion I don't think it is sturdy enough to handle snow. Possibly but I wouldn't try it. Maybe a light amount of salt for quick distribution if you want to try that.
333990
Hi..unfortunately I just purchased this and have not had our winter as of yet. I would not feel comfortable assuming how it will do.
912378
This snow shovel is fairly easy to push up the mounds of snow and dump on the other side. I live in Cleveland so the snow comes and goes. Could be difficult if you are dealing with a lot of snow that stays around for months!
1328190
I've used it through 2 winters and at times it was buried under snow. No problems.
1529565
we have only used in on plowed areas. It would fare well in deep snow. At least the two small front tires wouldn't.
128445
Works great in any snow. I used mine two times this week. Once in slushy wet snow and one in a blizzard. The slushy snow shot out like a hose. It did jam a few times but clears fast. The blizzard, it worked very well too. Shoots out 30 maybe even 40 feet. Very happy with mine.
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I used mine for the first time last week on almost 4 inches. My drive is 120 ft of blacktop. The snow was light so it worked very well. I did one pass all the way down the middle just to see how it worked. After that I went across the drive at an angle in about 15 ft lengths. I was able to push the snow off the drive and about 1 or 2 ft into the grass area. As with any type, if you have to plow too many times without a warm trend that melts the piles the snow will pile up on the sides. I have a big snow blower so I don't worry about the piles on the sides. If It gets too high I will use the blower to level the side piles. In all I love the Snowcaster and it does what I wanted and expected it to do for up to 4 inches of snow.
208074
Only discharges snow to the front or towards the way you are pushing it. Will discharge the snow a good distance based on the amount and how heavy(wet) it is. Great for a small area like sidewalks and short driveways.
128443
I used it last year in about five inches of a fairly dense snow and it did pretty well. With that being said this is the only snow blower I have ever used.
71919
My husband has used this only twice since we purchased it. He says the SnowJoe doesn't work very well when the snow is wet. He thought it even shorted once since he was only able to do half our 80-foot driveway when it just shut off. It snowed earlier this week and while he was able to do a little more with fresh, powdery snow, i'm not sure if you can easily cut through the big snow piles. You might need several passes.
1674660
It does ok in 3" of snow on 4 wheels. I have not hauled anything heavy in grass, but moderate weight it is not to bad it move fairly well in the upright position haven't hauled anything on all 4 wheels.
16053
The most snow I've removed with this snow blower was only about 4" deep. This blower is light and easy to maneuver. It is not self propelled. The snow I removed was wet and it moved it with out any problems.
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That depends on the moisture in the snow and the depth. I have a monster long and wide driveway, and it works just great for me in light fluffy snow that is less than 2 inches. It goes much faster than a traditional shovel. If there is snow mounted up on the sides, you might need to take a shovel and throw it more to the side, but this is still much, much faster than shoveling everything by hand or using a snow thrower. I am very happy with my Snowcaster--I've used it 4 times already this winter (Wisconsin)!