Dakota SnoBlade

In this brief video, I do a quick review and demonstration of the Dakota SnoBlade, a 'pusher snow plow'.

[@TheKatyQ]

Impressive! You cleaned your drive in a few minutes and didn't have to lift the snow up and off the pavement. Great job! Need one of those. Thanks!

[@RARufus]

Love the Snow Blade for light snows. Makes clearing the driveway and sidewalk easy and fast. Edit: For snow like you were showing, I do a pass down the middle then work side to side so it doesn’t spill out the side of the blade. After that then shovel the snow off the driveway edges. Either way works in the end though. Quick work!

[@raykrv6a]

I've had one of these for at least 20 years. Cleans the driveway fast for up to 3-4 inches. I have a Toro snowblower and also a John Deere X540 with a 47 inch blower for the heavy stuff.

[@kevinheuman3623]

10 min. to clear a huge driveway... I call that a WIN! Dragging backward with one corner dragging will wear the blade and shorten the blade soon. Try to reduce the direction changes by going in circular pattern, (like a Zamboni on a hockey rink). The plow is designed to throw snow to the side and needs speed to do this. The faster the plow moves, the further the snow is tossed laterally. I use mine to get the snow to the driveway edges and the regular snow shovel to clean the last few inches to the lawn and lift it. If there’s more than one tool in your garage and you only use one of them, you’ve wasted your money and time. Yes do it sooner rather than later. Many small jobs are better than one huge job.

[@youtuuba]

Kevin Heuman, I am not sure about your assertion that direction changes will significantly wear this product early. The friction is the same regardless of direction, and the blade is not sharp and does not need to be. As for 'circular' pattern, that makes sense if trying to clear a parking lot....it does not work if all the snow must go in a single direction. The best pattern is to work along the longitudinal dimension of the space to be cleared, starting in the center and working outwards if possible.

[@tiger.6509]

Yes I have two of these snow blades they work great I have a large driveway I have use my because we do not get much snow here ,, West central Minnesota in the last couple years.

[@Sauvenil]

I wish our snow was this cute.

[@clem95627]

I used one at a friend's place for 2 minutes and immediately bought one .

[@LelandRogers]

Looks to be a lot easier and less stressful than using a shovel.

[@2004Taurus]

Just purchased one earlier today going to use it tonight when I get home. Also had a interest in it being we live in Fargo ND.

[@glasserallen]

Very impressive you absolutely made light work of those driveways, with what ....otherwise would have took a snowblower or a standard shovel or an expensive ATV with a winch/blade, etc etc

[@wellthatsfantastic6981]

The handle is made from a 10' bent piece of 3/4" EMT! I like the design!

[@deanw194]

Nice tool and demo!

[@mnice59]

Man, so that's what life is like not being OCD

[@Truth-in-Full-Daylight]

Your video helped me a lot thank you

[@2020Bookworm]

How high does the snow have to be before you have to start shoveling it all away?

[@youtuuba]

2020Bookworm, what an open-ended question! I could not even begin to answer a question phrased in that way.

[@ronb2486]

I wondered why you chose to keep flipping it at the end of the driveway instead of just turning around and then doing the other side..in other words middle working way to both ends

[@youtuuba]

Because it was my first time using an unfamiliar tool.

[@JAKE3914]

I have a Snowplow brand.....love it!!!

[@REOTOSS19]

Snowplow makes one with wheels?

[@richardatkinson6031]

you have a driveway. I eventually wanted to go check out a catrike. Do you know about the motors that people put on them?. I have a 49cc scooter that I like but thinking about the catrike.

[@randyfortwengler7613]

Enjoyed your video

[@codysphotography9716]

Hey do you still have this shovel today if so have you tried keeping the blade one direction and when you make that center cut try doing a alternation between left side right side it will cut the process in half

[@youtuuba]

codysphotography9716, yes, that is an advantage of doing it that way, however a big disadvantage is that most of the wear occurs on one edge of the blade.

[@codysphotography9716]

@@youtuuba true that makes sense so you can have a even wear on it so it doesn't act weird while pushing it

[@philiplettley]

Would you salt or grit the driveway after this?

[@Peter-976]

It`s a knock-off of the SnowCaster at the same price.

[@lescobrandon3047]

That’s a lot faster than any snowblower I have used.

[@fdlb99]

Awesome

[@eugeniolopez8539]

You should have shoveled back and forth rather than up and down, but I can see the value in owning one. Thank you.

[@youtuuba]

Eugenio Lopez, I completely disagree. Shoveling back and forth would have been impractical for much of this driveway, and except for a few spots, there was no problem shoveling up and down the long way. It was certainly faster doing it the way I did.

[@joescheller6680]

not indestrucktable blade mine has been broke several times.

[@ronb2486]

How has this held up so far? Know it was new about this time last year

[@youtuuba]

It is fine. Of course I use it only when we have light snow falls of and inch or two, but even then I have used it probably 20 or more times since I got it.

[@MrWhitelightning73]

I’m tired of wrestling two shovels at once. I’m gonna get one.

[@Rico-Suave_]

Are the wheels even needed

[@youtuuba]

R K, Yes, the wheels are necessary to keep the blade upright and to hold it at the right height without its edge digging or catching on objects; I know, I tried mine with the wheels off, and it was a disaster.

[@Rico-Suave_]

Plowing is much easier then a blower, way less work being done cause you just push out the way instead of blower flinging it

[@kayek3155]

That’s crazy to flip like that..

[@youtuuba]

Could you rephrase so that the rest of us can understand your point? Do you mean it is crazy to flip it, or "crazy" that it can flip, or you personally are going crazy?

[@NDav8tr]

$69 at Tru-Valu hardware

[@youtuuba]

I don't think so. I inquired at two local True Value stores, and they did not carry it. The True Value website does not show this product either. The website DOES show a similar product by another company, which appears to be cheaper made, and the only user comments says the blade was brittle in the cold and broke easily. That product was over $80. Based on what I paid for the Dakota SnoBlade product, I don't think it would sell anywhere for as little as $69.

[@NDav8tr]

youtuuba they are for sale at Tru-Valu in my area...Bismarck, ND. Probably because they are made locally. Anyone wanting one could probably call Jeff Heintz, the owner, he sells them for $69. He would probably ship one out. I have seen the for as high as $140.

[@samuelwixoniii4035]

take less and it wont go off side of blade

[@richardatkinson6031]

long driveway

[@TedKekatos]

sorry man, but that looks like too much work. If you own a snowblower, just use it.

[@youtuuba]

Ted Kekatos, here's the thing..... Where I live, it routinely snows between 1" and 2", with heavier snowfalls being less frequent. The snowblower is intended for heavier snowfall, and it's drive transmission goes fairly slowly. It is tedious to have to walk slowly behind a slow crawling snowblower, making each small snowfall something to dread. I look forward to a deeper snow accumulation where the snowblower can really do it's thing. This pusher snow plow allows me to make short work of the lesser snowfalls, and without hurting my old back, shoulders and elbows with the repetitive actions required of a conventional pusher snow shovel. And it is NOT hard work for me to push this when the snow is only an inch or two deep. The right tool for the job, sez I.....

[@TedKekatos]

Yes, about the same here in McHenry county Illinois. I agree completely. If you are just doing the front driveway, that is no too hard to push the snow... But you have a side-driveway too. That seems like too much pushing. Thanks for your videos.. I enjoy all of them, (I've got an original IMSAI 8080, and Altair 8800, and Processor Tech SOL-20.)..

[@terrywellwood1953]

Could be right, but he is getting a good walk with it...

[@ronb2486]

@@youtuuba I agree..2-3 inches is not enough for a snowblower..nowadays I have about a 3-4 inch limit before I break it out..otherwise i just let it melt and hope it doesnt turn into ice. I have a very large straight and large circular driveway..but would consider this for the smaller snows

[@johnnycastellanetta7183]

I'm late to this party, but I've had a similar product (I believe mine is a Snowcaster) for about 2 years and I use it almost exclusively for anything up to 3 or 4 inches. I am in southeastern Wisconsin where we tend to get lots of these lighter nuisance snowfalls. I have a lousy sloped driveway that tends to ice up if I don't clear it quickly and this type of tool is perfect for a quick clearing. I've got an arsenal of different shovels and scrapers, as well as a single stage and a 2 stage blower - we get everything from dustings to big storms every year and I've tried a lot of different tools. I'd buy another one of these types of pushers immediately if mine broke!