Here in Nova Scotia, when we know the sleet is coming we leave the snow down so the crust of ice is easy to remove. That's the first time I've seen using a tarp in 56 years :) We just use a floor broom from the front hall, or if the snow is deep enough to need it, and with some finesse, you can plane the shovel over the car leaving just a couple inches, without touching paint. When we feel the rain is starting we get all the snow off so the rain can melt everything clean. OK, i gotta say, after saying watching you was watching me, hearing you was hearing me, with the plastic. Made me laugh, been there :) always some bullshit in the way, usually something we left there :) All in all it looked a fun day for everyone. Community is nice to have.

My girlfriend and I were visiting family in Ohio just before this storm hit. We were supposed to stay until Sunday. I woke to weather alerts Saturday and said it's time to go. Driving through Kentucky and Tennessee with weather like this is a white knuckle ride.

Idk why I’m watching this, I’ve lived in ND my whole life. This is normal for me. I find it fun watching you fellas struggle down there a lil further south! 😂 Bout time it wasn’t only us! Few tips: Prep for snow removal is very important. Pick up anything that’ll be buried under snow and ice (like your chunk of plastic.) Big one is extension cords for plugging block heaters in. I’ve chewed up many an extension cord. Get rid of them sheer pins. Those are infuriating. I put 5/16 grade 8 bolts through them holes. Only gotta replace those once every few years. You’ll go through 10 sheer pins in a single snowfall sometimes. You had mentioned being worried about gas but, the cup worth of gas is well worth the time to stay on top of snow removal rather than waiting til it’s all hard packed ice. Snowblowers are great with fluffy snow, they can’t do much with ice. Use that electric starter. You only want the pull start as your backup cuz that pull start will break when you need it most. The electric starters can be fussy and will eventually fail and you’ll need that pull start. That’s all I can think of from my snowblowing days. I shelled out the 8 grand for a snow plow on my pickup bout 5 years ago. Well worth the money up here, not so much down there. Anything is better than shoveling though! Cool video Brad. I love seeing neighbors helping each other. I plow out my entire block most of the time. Our neighbor behind us saved my wife’s life this summer rushing her to the hospital while she was having a stroke. Neighbors are a real blessing to have if you can become close with them.

That machine is a champ. More than enuff power. The worst possible snow conditions to test it in. Your cat looked totally mesmerized by the snow 🤯 first time perhaps? Gr8 show as always bro 👍 I enjoy blowing my neighbors driveways and sidewalks. I guess I enjoy the most is helping with a difficult task. Lots of snow here in Saskatchewan.

Haha, you jinxed yourself! Great video Fixologist!

Living in Australia, this will be in the Top 10 things I'll never have to say, 'Hey! Wanna borrow my snowblower?' Ahaha

Brad never let the snow freeze. That snow blower would’ve done the job so much easier. I learned the hard way lol. Which is why I say don’t wait for the snow to freeze. 👍🤘

You should buy a dremel with cutting attachments

I live in Maine and you have more snow than we do. LOL!

i give thos 11 thumb's up!!!:)

lived in Michigan most of my life, it's crazy watching you guys get that much ice and snow and currently we have none. we had a similar ice storm in I believe 2002.

So far in Chicago we have got 2 "'s of the stuff so far this Winter. You can have our amount that we normally get anytime. Heck you got a snowblower so it's no problem and you get quite a workout with it too. It's a La Nina across the USA.

I'm quite a bit of an old hermit crab. I really like to keep to myself. Been in this neighborhood for two plus years. At times like these maybe I need to introduce myself to my neighbors. I'm sure us old farts can help the younger ones and vice versa. Thanks for the inspiration, and may GOD bless. BTW, I used to be jelaous of folks with setback homes with long driveways. Maybe not so much anymore.

I've never seen a man so unfamiliar with a machine. 😁😁😁 But I'm from Minnesota....

Nothing brings neighbors together like hard times. Cooperation is the flower that blooms in bad weather.

ADUST the runners ffs. Read the instructions.

I hope any of your would-be critics watch this video. The unhesitating neighborliness was awesome. My one neighbor on one side who barely speaks English would totally do this for all of us... on the other side, spoken maybe 3 times in as many years. California could use some training in this department! One minor detail, we never have snow here... but maybe one of those dozens of mowers you got! Ha ha.

They should have sent you some crampons to go with that

I saw a Reindeer go by😊

Snowblowers are like Fire Extinguishers.... you keep them maintained in hopes that you don't have to use it. My snowblower is probably about 30 years old now... but I make sure it runs every fall, so when the day comes, it's ready. Some winters I didn't need it at all........ other winters I needed it 2-3 times every day. This year it's been used to clear about 2-3 inches off the drive quickly.

Global warming... Oh wait. Maybe we are actually going to have that ice age they were trying to scare us with in the 70s.. Who knew. I think now they've settled on climate change to cover their butts either direction. Sounds like a solid machine. I think you made a good decision that drunken night lOL.

Brad I would have had it in a lower gear. That's why you were having so much trouble and having to go back and forth with it the whole time. I live up in Minnesota and I had the same problem when I had a self propelled blower so I switched to a lower gear and it worked fine.

You ready for Friday Brad I got ice this time and calling for snow Friday. I'm not far from you. Be safe brother.

Brad this video really blows. Seriously, good work man. You demonstrate what a good human is.

A snowblower beats a shovel any day! Looks like the snowblower is working pretty well too! If it had some wheel weights it might help keeping traction? I know they do sell small tire chains for these. Probably a good thing you waited to clear stuff or that ice would have been on the bottom and harder to remove. Good call! Also i'd try and find some hardened pins even small bolts/nuts would prob work as long as they're hardened type.

I feel the adhesive costs more than just buttoning the thing together with screws. Apple - Think Dipshit, I mean Different.

You know it was not a coincidence you receiving that blower ❄️🌬️

Back in 92 or93 we got a total of 73" of snow for the season first snow that year we got two feet of the white stuff will never forget that year and every so often we get another foot of snow with freezing rain and only nine degrees outside all dug out by hand no fancy snow blowers, cuz where i was living in Pennsylvania houses were too close together nowhere to put the snow but the sidewalk and then dig out your vehicle after the Boro plowed you in i hate winters anymore. And now if you don't clean off your sidewalk you get a fine from the Boro. What you have their my friend is nothing to us up here in the north. But anyway Brad your a good man for always helping your neighbors we need more people like you in this crazy world.

We were hit pretty bad (St.Louis area) but we had heavy ice first, then snow. I broke a scraper, a Broom, and a shovel, and I got nowhere near to digging out.

Brad the Blowologist

Being a Wisconsin resident, it is always good to do a pre-blow check of your driveway and sidewalks for stuff that's going to jam your auger. Before you get the white shit.

Yes!! come and live next doors to me man, you're most welcome. I'll follow behind with some salt. Great job Sir. Great video. Fantastic review. Proper conditions. Big heart, kind gesture.

What a nice guy you are!

Grab some beers for me when you pass the shop please Brad....

SNAFU! ...imagine working in a big ass mf Cemetery in that shit!😅

I moved from Lowell Indiana just after Thanksgiving in 2009 and was so happy that I didn't experience all that misery. That Christmas, I was standing in my front yard in shorts and a t-shirt back in Georgia🫠

hard to hear with that production music in the background ....

i haven't seen snow since 1985. here in sabadell barcelona, catalonia, spain. you are lucky having snow. why would anyone would want to get rid of snow? and my aunt she lives in the desert of almeria, where the spaghetti western movies were filmed. their weather is even worst. they even make a party the rare day it RAINS. you don't know what you got until you lose it. the global warning with n.

I had to walk out in that shit other night nothing was open. A 15min walk turned into 2 hours.

I never broke any sheer bolts on mine.........yet, but if I had to put my hands on them it would be like where the h.....are they ? I discovered my blower would of worked better with chains this time, I had to help push a lot. When I was a bit younger I use to go over to the neighbors driveways, but it took all I had to just get mine done.

People question you because of your views on how others reacted during COVID-19. But not one of those people was half decent humans helping out their neighbours like you do. says a lot about those opinionated asshats

you live too far up North, git'chur butt down here to Florida

I have experienced every variation of ice storms over the years, some that start off as freezing rain, then turn into the snow and vice versa. The worst I experienced was Valentines day of 1990. It caused so much damage, it looked like a tornado came through town. Trees and power lines were falling over. That is my biggest fear now, my neighbor has a huge tree branch that goes over my roof, it it were to fall, it would take my house out. You certainly have your hands full!

You got more snow in a few hours than we've had in the Detroit area all season. Whoever sent you that blower must be a descendant of Nostradamus. I hope some of the neighbors bring you a pie or other fresh baked goods!

Be sure to empty the gas

18:47 😅 been there

Your a good man Brad to get out and help others in the neighborhood with that snowblower. The motor on that thing sound solid.

It just rained in north Carolina. Maybe some tiny sleet for a minute 😂. Looks horrible. I have family in southern Illinois and i guess there was a lot of power outages

Say it aint snow !! Always go down the middle 1st then each side every pass so you don't have to redirect the chute.

i live along lake erie. i cant watch this shit right now. having bad flashbacks of doing this shit for a living. i need to calm down. please be quiet chickens... im trying to close this video... holy canoli.....