High Speed snow removal Orchard Park, NY December 26th.

[@chuckkelly9062]

Lots of snow for sure .We had a little taste here in southern Ontario as well..lve had that problem to when the wind gives you a face full of snow. One suggestion....don't rooster tail so high... Have a good one and thanks for posting

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Thanks Chuck - much appreciated. A few people have suggested I lower the chute. I give that a solid maybe. When the snow is real deep (at the end of the driveway), I need to shoot it up high to get over the snow banks, and I don't like spending time out there making adjustments up and down....but point taken for sure. Of course, how could I achieve the same level of dislike for clearing the driveway if I didn't get snow embalmed from time to time? :)

[@USNveteran]

This video reminds me of how much I don't miss doing that anymore. I left the north east many years ago for the south east but every now and then watch videos like this to jolt my memory. Good work with that blower. FLY NAVY!!!

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Love the comment. I'm usually good for one or two snowstorms, then I start counting down the weeks to spring. BTW, my favorite place downtown is the Naval Park. If you've never been to our fair city, they've got a missile cruiser (USS Little Rock), a destroyer, Fletcher Class (USS Sullivans), and a submarine (USS Croaker). They also have one....or is it two...PT Boats. You can't tour those, but but the first three you can. There's also a conning tower from a sub on display outside. It is a really, really nice naval park, and I believe the only one in fresh water. I spent the night on the Little Rock as a boy scout many years ago, and when my son was a cub scout he did as well. On the Sullivans, I had the opportunity to play Taps for the USS Juneau association probably ten years ago. That was the ship that went down with the Sullivans brothers. There've been a few incarnations of the Juneau, they meet once a year in various locations and happened to meet here one year. Thank you for your service. I never served, but I've always admired, and playing Taps for a military funeral service a few times a year is about the best I can do to say thank you. I've played for a WAC, a WAV, all branches of the military (including Coast Guard), WWII, Korea, and Vietnam Vets. One active service, a young man who had a motorcycle accident. He was from a small town and the entire community came to the funeral. It was lovely to see that level of support, but still a terrible loss. I've done none for soldiers who served in Afghanistan or Iraq, and I hope not to for some time to come (they're still too young!). I've also played for soldiers who were WWII POWs, one held in Germany and one held in Japan who had survived a hellship ride. The first one I ever played for was awarded more medals than you can count, and was buried at Arlington. I've been so honored to play for these soldiers.

[@USNveteran]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 Thanks for that. Many in my family have served, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam. My father in law joined the Navy on 12/8/41 at 16 years of age. He was a torpedo man in the destroyer escort fleet. By early 1942 he was doing convoy duty in the North Atlantic. Made 37 trips through the Panama Canal seeing Naval combat in both the Atlantic & Pacific theaters. I was fortunate enough to hear his stories first hand, and I will never forget them. FLY NAVY!!!

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

@@USNveteran Thanks for sharing that!!!

[@deangray1823]

Brings back memories of my experiences living on Draudt Rd in OP from 73 until 93. Since then I've been in Tennessee. I kept my snow shovel from up north and have only needed it for snow about 6 times in the last 30 years.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Sounds like the shovel is enjoying retirement. Still gets to come out now and then to stretch its legs.

[@diamondjim7560]

Memories is right. Lived in OP on Jewett Homewood Rd across from the golf course in early 70’s. Lots of snow then too. I will take the South even if nobody can drive in 2 inches of snow down here.

[@RobinRK1962]

Nice video, ty. When we stripped and re-shingled our place we covered the whole roof with ice and water shield. We've had tornados come through our area and some heavy rain/wind storms. Just looking for all the protection we can get and afford.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

In 2015, we had a TON of ice damage. The roof ended up being replaced, and when it was the ice shield was run up an extra four feet. But I still clear the snow off those eaves!!!

[@nicclark9791]

Low's, has snow blower enclosures, got two a few years back they were about 100, could be 150 now, a little hard to put on but they have been working for at least 5 plus.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

A couple of people have suggested an enclosure....including my wife. I dunno. I've got it solidly in the "maybe" column.

[@nrobinson8713]

Great job. That blower does an excellent job. Keep up the good work.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Thanks!

[@dougharvey9803]

That’s why you lower the end of the chute to throw the snow parallel to the ground so the wind doesn’t blow it back onto you!

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I've gotten that comment from a number of people, and I can't argue with you, other than to say I find the fewer adjustments I have to make to the snowblower on-the-fly the faster the chore goes, and when we get a lot of snow, the chute kind of has to be high to throw the snow over the snow banks. In this case I could have lowered the chute, no doubt. Really, the wind wasn't much of a problem....until right then. It stinks because one minute the wind's coming from the east, the next it is coming from the west, it just swirls around the house unpredictably. It adds a little adventure to the operation. Hey - thanks for watching!

[@larryvoltz4768]

Love the bumper sticker!

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Me too! Its the only bumper sticker I have ever been willing to put on a car. In my first snow video, I kind of featured it as I was making a little joke walking down the driveway, but this time it was just happenstance that it showed up so prominently. I'm 57, that band has been my runaway favorite since I was maybe 15. A kid in my social studies class was enthralled with Moving Pictures. He'd draw Rush pictures on his folder, write the lyrics in the margins of his notes, and pretty much every single day he's telling me how great this album is from this band I've never heard of. So, I bought the vinyl for $8 or so (ok, mom bought it for me - at JC Penny, they had a small music department back then), and I took it home. First listen I didn't get it. Decided to listen a second time because eight bucks!!! Heard a couple of interesting moments. Listened once more and it was game on. Over the years I got to see them play nearly 30 times, including later on with my wife and even a little later on with my kids. When they did their R40 tour and visited Toronto, my wife and I went. It was the last time I got to see them perform, we had terrific seats, and our show was the first time they ever played Losing It - the one that appears on that live album. Then I left my windbreaker on top of the car and that kind of capped the night.... Sorry for such a lengthy reply. I like Rush way better than snow. But snowdogs are ok.

[@joecampbell8464]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 Rush is awesome!

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

@@joecampbell8464 Is, was, and always will be my favorite!!

[@heath8779]

G’day from Western Australia, obviously no snow here. Just a suggestion though, could you plumb a flexi pipe from the exhaust , up through the handle then back down out the way. Or put a Y fitting in so you could regulate the heat of the handle 👍🤠 Then the snow blower would have a dual purpose .👍🤠 Work smarter, not harder

[@stevegabbert9626]

When I get a bunch of snow on my truck here in Illinois, I'll grab my push broom to clear it off. I don't put any pressure on it, just push the snow off.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I broke the head off a broom during the November storm doing that, and resorted to using a hockey stick (mostly because I knew where it was). I've used a push broom before as well. My preferred tool is Spring, but that won't happen for a little while yet.

[@davidburke1524]

i loved this kind of snow at my place in northern michigan. cut path in yard for our4 shih tzues literally a walled running area like a maze but just a big circle. they kept trying to look over top edge.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Our pup went to doggy heaven a few years ago, but there were two things she loved: Leaf piles and snow. I've got some great photos of her busting through snowbanks, snow flying everywhere. We used to build snow mounds for the kids when they were little for them to sled down, sometimes with a tunnel, and Sandy was all over those things.

[@TWTexasA1]

That’s insane….we set a record in Texas a few years ago when we got 12 inches of snow in a 24 hour period, you wanna talk about shutting things down. We don’t even have snow plow equipment for the roads . I think I was the only person in our neighborhood to own a snow shovel…and a 4 wheel drive truck,, for 4 days I was the only one able to get our of their driveway. I can’t imagine getting that much snow …sure looks pretty though

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I'll share a little secret with you. I'm sure you can guess that when we see news footages of cars in Texas, on ice, gently sliding down a road with the brakes locked, cars bumper tagging each other along the way, that we call get a little chuckle out of it up here. BUT - if we didn't have the salt/road crews, and had the face a complete surface of black ice on the roads like you guys do at times, (here comes the dirty little secret) we would all be pinballing our cars around just like you guys. There's driving on snow and ice, and you learn, but then there's driving on pure, sleek, smooth ice....

[@l337pwnage]

An old buddy of mine had something like an 18" metal extension made for the deflector on his Ariens. Looks silly, but it really gave him some range and the snow is that much further before the wind can grab it. Also, Honda have put collars in some of their chutes to force snow to the top of their chutes. You'll see there is a spray of snow also coming from the base of the chute on your blower. That collar is a double edged sword, tho, more control for light snow, but more plugging for heavy snow. Some Honda owners remove them.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

The deflector isn't a bad idea. I saw a photo of a really old snow thrower a few years ago. Some guy shared his collection of snowblowers online. Yep. A collection of them. He wanted this old one badly, but the owner wouldn't sell it to him. However, he let him take photos for his website. It had car tires, a VW car engine, the blades were fully exposed, and the chute was ten feet long. I'd love to see it in action, but yeesh. Your thought about the extension put me in mind of that thing.

[@l337pwnage]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 Ya, some people take their snowblowers *very* seriously, lol. I never saw that one, but I've seen some neat ones. The coolest factory blowers I've seen are Zaugg snowblowers. They have some neat ideas. As far as a deflector extension, you could probably mock one up out of card board. It wouldn't last long, but it would probably tell you if it would be worth it to you to make a metal one. Husqvarna uses a folded rubber "duckbill" extension on their higher end models. That's where my friend got the idea from. He just made it metal and longer for his Ariens. He had bought a Husqvarna because he likes their chainsaws, but then he found out Husqvarna contracts out their snowblowers to a third party. He probably still would have kept it, but he lives in the woods and kept breaking gear boxes on fallen tree branches, partly due to a poor design in the blower, so he sold it and bought an Ariens, and immediately started modifying that also, lol.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

@@l337pwnage www.gilsonsnowblowers.com/snowvintage.html Go down the page until you see the "Rolba" snowblast. I would pay money for a chance to walk behind that thing and clear a driveway. It must sound the the end of the world.

[@l337pwnage]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 Oh, ok, I remember seeing that before. That is a mean machine. :) I didn't remember it being VW powered. Gotta watch for low hanging utility lines when using that. ;)

[@bnumber8]

Funny commentary breaks! I also got the riddle right.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Thank you! That wasn't a particularly difficult riddle though. I'll try to do better next time. BTW, people have commented that Enduro batteries do well in cold weather. I haven't purchased any myself yet, but I will!

[@NutmegThumper]

I know it’s fun to shoot the snow as far as possible but I sometimes send it horizontal to avoid the wind. On the dams, it’s a sign that your attic is not insulated enough. The snow shouldn’t melt if the attic is cold.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Two comments I've had a lot. You're not wrong. The horizontal chute thing is tough, because the drifts at the end of the driveway get too high for it, and I'm basically lazy and unwilling to change the angle of the chute multiple times while I snowblow. To my own disadvantage.... With the roof.....what a pain that has been. Initially, the house had almost zero ventilation. There were a couple of ceiling vents, that's it. So, we added insulation, gable vents, soffit vents, and a ridge vent. We installed a gable fan, but that failed, and was just recently replaced. In fact what we have now is a ceiling fan up there that spins slowly, but moves the air 100% of the time, and a gable fan that runs on a timer. The house still gives off some heat that rises into the attic, that can't be fully avoided, BUT there's no way we'll enjoy a mold problem now (we did a few years ago). I keep a thermometer/humidistat in the attic and monitor that. Haven't had a significant snow since the two fans were installed, but I'm curious to see how we do. I'm not sure I have the guts to test it out to see if we still get ice dams....I have been faithfully roof-raking since 2015 when we had such terrible problems, and it scares me every time it snows.

[@NutmegThumper]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 Thanks for the detailed reply. We had gable vents and no soffit vents. When we resided the house they added soffit vents and a ridge vent but I had them remove the gable vents as I had read that you should have gable OR soffit. With both, the gables likely are interrupting the soffit to ridge air flow. You can look online for info. The fans sound excessive but you are the one that had the issue and it’s your call. Good luck!

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

@@NutmegThumper We're waaaaaay overkilling it!! But when I hear that fan at night....that's like a lullaby to me. :) Thanks very much for your comments, I do appreciate it. I blows me away that people have looked at any of my videos.

[@BEV0323]

Wow, I certainly am glad that's not here where I live!!! I am sooo thankful it doesn't snow here in the south, like that!

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

There's been a lot of comments like that, and I get it. I really do. There's a lot to like about the southern states, but the heat and humidity in the summer...ugh. My dad was from WV near the VA border, mom from VA near NC. WV was ok in the hot summer months, but Virginia was "I gotta get out of here" kind of hot at the height of it. Plus, depending on where you are in the south....Tornadoes and hurricanes. Thank you no. The expression we have up here regarding foul weather like this storm is "Snow melts". Plus you guys all have poisonous snakes. I can do without copperheads. Still - I did love visiting those places as a kid.

[@mjf-vv5xj]

Don't know how y'all can live there with all that snow I know I couldn't deal with it Nothing but respect for y'all

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Sometimes I don't either. I had to drop my son off somewhere this morning. it was 17 degrees out. There was no wind, so it wasn't too bad really, but steering wheels do not feel great when it is that cold. Even when you're wearing gloves (which, trust me, you want to do), the cold will eventually get through.

[@oceanlover1663]

Nice to see another snow update. :)

[@simoneastland]

We had news of that storm in the UK. In Europe it was the opposite and dried up business for thousands who rely on snow at their ski & boarding resorts. PS, do they make electric snow blowers in case diesel powered ones maybe contributing to future stores?! Not saying that's totally true by the way! 🌨 ❄

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Hi Simon - There have been some ski places in difficulty around here as well, which I know is hard to believe. There are electric snowblowers, but the existing generation is just not capable of handling this level of snow....at least not in one charge.

[@The_JEB]

"ok honey, hear me out: a skidsteer with a snowblower attachment"

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I'll ask my wife if that can be my next car!!

[@RudyF6]

You need a cab on that blower. My walk behind got one before the second time I used it!!

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I don't know if I could achieve the same level of hating snow removal if I protected myself from the elements, but a number of people have suggested that....so, as we turn the corner in to spring, maybe I'll look around to see what's on sale.

[@kellwood1404]

Brilliant snow blower. Ty.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I only wish it could go that fast.

[@jims146]

If I may suggest the use of roof deicing cable. These also can be run down the gutter and downspout. It can be a DIY project, or any roofer can install the cable.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

That is on my list for sure. It has been for a while. There's no way I'm getting on that roof, my legs will turn to jelly, so I'd have to hire somebody. thing is, we have a lot of length to run, and I'd need to add outlets, so it is a pricey little project. Still, someday......

[@smert_rashistskiy_pederacii]

Lot's of snow is quite beautiful view... unless you have to remove it. Especially in a manual way. But why 4:56 do you open car doors BEFORE you cleaned car completely? You are no kid and you live there almost all of your life to get enough experience with the snow.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Yep. You're 100% right. I knew it would happen even before I opened the door, but I had two weak reasons for doing it! One, I didn't want to bore my viewing audience anymore than I figured I already had, and two, I've been going crazy trying to find where I put those books to give my daughter and I got a little impatient. (I still have no idea where I put them, and the books are huge). Would probably have been ok had I opened the door super slowly. As it is, now the rest of the world knows - you open the door and the snow gets vacuum sucked right in there.

[@michaelheurkens4538]

I live on a northern Alberta farm. It can be a calm-wind day when you start snowblowing, but invariably the wind swirls around you from all directions even when 200 feet from anything! I think God has a sense of humour and laughs when he does it! He likes to build snow mountains too, I guess; drifts 3 to 6feet deep and 100feet long some years. Anyway, That's why I use hand warmers in my mitts, a good scarf and snow goggles suitable for skiing on my no-cab tractor/snowblower. You might want to cut a bit off the bald tip of that snow brush. It will work better for the mirrors. Cheers.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I can hear the laughter from heaven every time the wind gets in my face or down in my jacket. I've put warmers in my mitts before, it can get nasty. A few people have suggested goggles, and I may just have to do that. Love the suggestion on the snow brush....I gotta find a good replacement first though!!

[@johnwilson9167]

Wow...wind swirl...good times...just like North Dakota...feeling your pain...my ariens has heated grips and drift cutters

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Heated grips. That would be pretty nice. The wind swirl..... It swirls around the house, so basically no matter the wind direction I'm going to get snow in the face, it is just a question of whether that happens at the top half of the driveway or the bottom half. Very refreshing.

[@jamesbondero6170]

When you're snowblowing, the wind doesn't blow....it sucks! 😁

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Ten times out of ten.

[@revdfp]

Rush is a Band! YEAH!

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

100% That's actually the name of a website/blog where a guy posts news about the band. Been my favorite band for 40+ years (and counting)!

[@oceanlover1663]

Are you all setup for snow videos for this coming winter? 😊 i haven't forgotten about you.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Ha! I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be! We've had a little bit of snow this week, came a bit early. We got two or three inches overnight on Halloween, it started just after the kiddos in the neighborhood wrapped up their trick-or-treating, so I'm glad they got that in. My snowblower has a flat tire and my son took the bike pump to college with him....I keep forgetting to get a new one!!! By the way, oceanlover, while they're terrible videos, I do have a couple of Stone Harbor, NJ beach vids posted from a couple years ago of me making sand castles, etc. I try to keep my belly out of frame....

[@mikeznel6048]

Snow melts away. Tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires and mud slides don’t. I’ll take snow any day over the other options. We’ve had over ten feet of snow since November. I can see my grass right now. It’s pretty wet and muddy but it’s all gone and the house and all of our other property is still here. GO BILLS!!!

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Same thoughts. 1) Snow melts, 2) Go Bills!!!

[@snoopysrc]

Dave awesome video job well done

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Thank you!

[@594bolt]

You need a cab for your snowblower. I bought one last year and it's way better when windy.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

My wife agrees with you. I guess I do too, except I'm cheap and would rather whine about it.

[@robertmatthews4285]

I found that a cheap full-face snowmobile helmet is wonderful for snow blowing.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Somebody else suggested goggles. I'm certain you're both right - but how would I whine about it if I addressed the problem? Still.....that might be worth doing.

[@RedogZuk]

Sweet movie. Pro tip. Point your output spout 90° vs up in the air 🤠👍🏼

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

One other person suggested that, and I'm sure you're both right with the suggestion. Not that I'll do it probably, I'm obstinate and old, but I'm sure you're right! Well, now you've got me thinking, so maybe I'll try it.

[@Random-bm7ho]

Clear out every few hours, not a big deal. The people that just sit inside and wait till it stops snowing are the ones that suffer.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

When there's a big snow I'll do that sometimes, in fact I did it with the big November storm we had (the one that caused the NFL to move the Bills game to Detroit). This storm happened over Christmas, and I just didn't feel like it on Christmas. Gave myself the gift of not clearing the driveway.

[@Mike-vt6nc]

To me that looks like a fantastic morning I’ve never experienced that much snow but it still looks like fun lot of work thou that’s for sure.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

When I was a kid it was a blast. We'd play football in that stuff, or use a driveway to play hockey and check each other into the snowbanks. As an adult....how much longer until April/May.

[@jasonbitter1]

What size snowblower is this?

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Its an Ariens model 824. The engine is an 8HP Tecumseh, and the bay is 24". Solid performer!

[@jesseg6708]

good snowblower

[@mikereinhardt4807]

It was bad, but in less than a week most of it was gone and melted. Crazy weather and only in Buffalo!...

[@russellstephan6844]

Ice dams occur because interior house heat melts the snow on the roof in specific areas only to refreeze when away from the hot spot. A properly air sealed and insulated attic means the roof deck stays at exterior ambient temperature. Then, snow and ice can cycle between the melt/freeze naturally. Ice dams are a symptom of a problem. Correct the actual problem and the symptom disappears.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

This house has been a pain in the backside with that. When we bought it, there was literally zero ventilation in the attic. I think there was a ridge vent, but the soffit vents.....the builder ran the plywood right over them, and that's just how it was for the 15 years before we bought the place. We had no appreciation for roof ventilation when we bought the place, we just always had icicles. Then 2015 came and we developed massive ice dams. Massive. I didn't see them in time, I was driving home from work at night so I never saw them until I came home from an errand during the day and saw these massive ice dams. I addressed it as best I could, but was too late. $22K and nearly a full year later the repairs were completed. So far, adding roof vents, hole-sawing through the plywood so the soffit vents can vent, adding insulation, adding gable vents, ensuring that bathroom vents are piped outside, and walking around up there with a heat gun to find and address hot spots have not done the trick. We did install a gable fan, it operated at variable speeds depending on humidity and temperature, but the electronics failed after a couple years and it stopped operating, Plus, in retrospect, the fan was useless in winter. It triggered at 80 degrees and/or at 60% humidity, and in cold weather you seldom get either of those conditions. We are currently replacing it with a direct drive gable fan that will just run X hours a day on a timer, and we've added a ceiling fan up there that runs 100% of the time, so there is constantly air flow. Hoping we will be in beautiful shape for next winter. With all that ventilation and air movement, I would be stunned if we formed an ice dam like that massive thing we had in 2015, but I'm kind of unwilling to test the theory. I'm completely paranoid about ice dams as a result of 2015 and the amount of damage we had, so I roof rake every time we get snow. I don't have the guts to let it ride and see what happens.

[@russellstephan6844]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 Here's a video I put up a number of years ago concerning DIY attic insulation baffles. It might be of some use to you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHOWZWljo8ySbrM

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

@@russellstephan6844 Thanks very much, Russell - that's an interesting idea. Good way to allow continued airflow up and out. We haven't had any snow since the fans went in, but if we continue having difficulty I'll definitely come back to reference this. One of my contractor friends has a story about being asked to look at a house because they had an ice dam problem. He went, it was a brand new house, and whomever did the insulation did the spray on stuff, which is great, but they did it - everywhere. "floor" of the attic, ceiling of the attic, sides of the attic, right to the sheathing. Apparently it was visible coming out of the little holes in the soffit vents. Hard to imagine. He said it was 70-80 degrees up there, of course there was no circulation and air had nowhere to go. Bonus, the furnace was in the attic for some reason.

[@russellstephan6844]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 This video is a *must* for anyone in need of understanding attics, attic insulation, interior conditioned air, an exterior unconditioned air. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpWboa1_qplofJo

[@oanna1221]

Wouldn't it be easier to use electric heaters in attic? To melt off excess snow?

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Yes and no. There are some big negatives to that. One is that you'd be heating the part of the roof over the house, but the eaves that hang over the side are still very cold. So you'd melt snow down to the eaves where it would freeze again, and all of a sudden you have an ice dam, where water will build up as it melts, go under shingles, get in the house, and wreak havoc. The other is that I think you'd be inviting moisture into the attic - warm humid air - and that's a recipe for mold. So the idea is that you insulate the attic to keep it as cold as possible up there, and that you ventilate it to keep air on the move. The house will still lose heat up into the attic, but usually not at a problematic rate. I hope I've explained that well. Oh - the heat tape you see on the eaves of some houses is kind of the solution to what you're thinking. That gets placed along the roof, over the eaves, and is run in the gutters and downspouts as well. That melts the snow off the edges to prevent ice dams, and makes sure the water has a place to go in the gutters, etc. Thing is it is pricey to install, I would need extra outlets, etc.

[@markg.2501]

Capt Obvious here: Although having the chute tip pointing up like that is quite dramatic.....Tilting it somewhat more downward will result in less snow in your face. Your welcome.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I don't doubt you're right. The reason I keep the chute up is because I'm not sure I can get the snow all the way to the lawn from the middle of the driveway, and of course when the snow is wet and heavy that's more of a concern. This stuff was powdery. I haven't changed the position of that chute in....ever. Years ago I had a snowblower that could barely move anything and was constantly getting clogged. I kind of had to keep that one up high to make any progress, and I guess the habit transferred to this one. So, in spite of my obstinate old man behaviors.....I might take you up on your suggestion and drop that angle a bit next time around.

[@maraudermitchelli]

Mike I also have a KZbin channel and posted blizzard videos, you did an excellent job, so did your snowblower. You have a great attitude and perseverance. 😊 Go Bills and #3 stay way and get a new snow brush for the next storm. 😊

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Thanks very much! I think I've posted something like 8 videos, and until the November storm the most views any of them had was maybe 150. When the November storm whacked us, I did one because the storm was pretty unique, plus my daughters' friends at college kept asking how it was back home. I figured my daughter and a few of her friends would view it. Then 135K views later....crazy! But fun! Go Bills! Glad #3 is back home and doing well, and I'm hoping I can find a new wooden snowbrush.....

[@maraudermitchelli]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 Good for you Dave ride the wave of success stay warm

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

@@maraudermitchelli Ha! Thanks - you stay warm as well!!

[@Rickster2791]

Thats why you go out and do the driveway 2 or 3 times instead of once.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I do that when we get real snow. Kidding - this was real enough!. I'll do that from time to time, but this one was happening over Christmas and I had nowhere to go the 26th (couldn't have gone anywhere the 26th anyway), so I just let it go. Not using the snowblower on Christmas Day was my little gift to myself.

[@made2last842]

I grew up in OP. Where abouts are you? I now live in West Seneca by the South Gate Plaza.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

We're pretty close to the Armor-Duells exit.

[@made2last842]

​@@moosewhizzerdave2066 I know that area well. I grew up off of Highland Av across from the library. We take Armor Duells to get to my in laws in Hamburg and to go to the fair.

[@greatnorthern706]

We just had another storm in Minneapolis and have had about 50” of snow already this season. You folks are getting that in one storm! 😂 Does the snow melt in Buffalo or stick around until spring like it does here?

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

We are down to grass again. Same with the November storm - it was basically gone within a week. The continued efforts downtown have been to mitigate the gigantic mountains of snow that resulted from the initial cleanup efforts. Now that we're in January, we might be cold enough to hold on to a blanket of snow for a pretty long time.

[@Romey43623]

Wow! Feet of snow in January in western New York?!? If that was Atlanta, you should be pissed.

[@squamishfish]

Check out snow storm Kitamat British Columbia Canada ,

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Ugh. That does not look like fun.

[@terrydougherty7078]

Why not get better insulation into the eaves to stop ice dams, and my dad taught us always snowblower discharge with the wind, even if you need to re-position to the opposite end.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

This house has been a constant battle with respect to ice dams. In annoys me to no end. We've added insulation and venting, both of which should do the trick but don't. We're leaking heat somewhere. Presently we're adding a ceiling fan into the attic and are putting a gable vent in place on a timer, so we're going to keep that air moving, keep it nice and cool up there, and I think that will help prevent dams....I sure hope so. With respect to the snowblower, I would go with the wind 100% of the time except for two things. One, I don't want to encase the car in super-packed-driveway-snowblower-snow, that's really hard to remove from the car, and two, the wind swirls, so I can't always guess where it is going to come from. So the short answer is I go with the wind as I can....

[@PixelVibe-RGB]

I'll say like @oceanlover1663: "Nice to see another snow update. :)". But I would rather say: "Nice to see someone other than me shoveling all this snow".

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

A more honest comment was never created.

[@timstrong5438]

What's with the 10 year old $5 snow brush. All kidding aside I am about 40 minutes away in Canada we got hit pretty good but not like you did in the south towns.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I bought that thing at a gas station a long time ago. I guess I'll have to go to amazon for a replacement and then give this one a nice celebration-of-life ceremony. Next time I'll be in Canada will be for an ice-out canoe trip in Algonquin. Already planning my route!

[@Zindo.Majesty.HisMajesty]

Down south we’d wait for that mess to melt.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Later in the season, when we're sick of clearing out driveways, we do the same. For this snow you'd kind of have to wait a while...

[@tonicamaro8683]

funny that 3 days later the snow was mostly gone..lol..

[@jebucha]

I got tired of the wind blowing snow in my face while clearing the driveway so I bought a pair of snow/ski goggles, problem solved.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

My neighbor does that. I don't think I can get properly annoyed by the process if I don't have the snow blowing into my face.

[@dennispalmer6007]

The same question could be asked of the people that live along the Mississippi and prone to flooding, or the people in California who have earthquakes, or the Gulf were every year they get hit with hurricanes. At least here if you use common sense and unless absolutely necessary you stay off the roads, you will still be alive when the storm ends. Of course there is always the heart attack from clearing the snow.

[@thegreatnorthwoodswithbb2863]

Oh yeah seen plenty of days like that

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Opening the garage door is such a depressing moment. Somehow, no matter how many times you go through it, it is always deeper than you thought it was when you were looking from inside the house.

[@thegreatnorthwoodswithbb2863]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 I remember one storm we got 44 inches of snow... Went to leave for work in the morning open the porch door and it was maybe two inches toward the top of the door I could see through.... Had to go out the kitchen window onto the deck swim to my bronco push snow with the headlights to my main road until I planted it in a 15 ft high snow drift.... Manage to get out but hit it so hard it jumped the timing my 302 V8 bronco... Finally made my way to the main highway got to work had to park on the road walking to the mill the snow drifts were amazing

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

@@thegreatnorthwoodswithbb2863 Brutal. Years ago I worked at a place that is about a thirty minute drive from here. One morning we had a pretty cruel snow going, lots of wind, lots of snow, miserable. BUT, I didn't get a call that work was closed, so off I went. The closer I got to the place the worse it was - closer to the lake, and lots of open area so no shield from the wind. I got there after about an hour and forty-five minutes....as they were making the last of the phone calls to everybody to stay home. Took another hour forty-five to get home. Good times.

[@thegreatnorthwoodswithbb2863]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 Good times hey? 😂 Only reason I went in I was volunteered to do the plowing of the parking lot at the Mill LOL. I want to say it was back in the early 90s nowadays my butt would just stay home

[@95Dap8]

hard working farther

[@garyhoffman1517]

I’m from Lake Huron at Rogers city Michigan and my son says its the same way for lake effect snow 👍👍👍love it 😂😂😂😂

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I'm looking forward to June....

[@brucesmith656]

Did anybody see al gore and his disciples talking or helping these people

[@LayzeeGiant]

Literally anywhere would be a better place to be then Buffalo.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Ohhh, I dunno. I find it a pretty nice place to hang my hat. We enjoy a nearly complete absence of hurricanes, tornados, and wildfires, and I can't remember the last time we had a drought followed by a rain storm so bad that there were mudslides and widespread flooding like in California. We're also nowhere near the Mississippi which seems to lose its temper every couple of years. Bonus - no poisonous snakes.

[@sammythompson3694]

You should wear an open face motorcycle helmet with a tinted face shield keep your head warm and you can wear your glasses 🤓.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

A few people have suggested goggles, and you're the second to suggest a motorcycle helmet. I may have to rethink my headgear for next year....

[@The33rdRevolution]

Anyone else wonder if he would wipe the plate off or not? Opened the hatch without brushing the plate and I thought well he prob did that on purpose smart move, would hate to give the crazies your address, then slams hatch exposing the plate and doesn't blur it out. I personally like to brush around the door opening before I open it keeps the blowback lower. I'm in the midwest and we had negative degree days, as low as -30.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

In another vid I had a bunch of still photos and I blurred it out in the stills. I haven't any idea how to eliminate it in the videos, that's why it was still there, but yeah, I'd much prefer not to show it. At the same time, if anybody wants to come steal some snow.... Now, you guys in the midwest, with your temps and wind combined, I'm not sure I could take that.

[@The33rdRevolution]

@@moosewhizzerdave2066 I'm absolutely terrible at editing. But if you use windows movie maker there is a tab called visual effects and it has blur in there and I saw somewhere about blacking things out through text use but like I said I'm very bad at it myself. As for the snow, this past storm is the worst I can remember as far as wind. We had drifts of up to 4 feet with spots showing grass still not far away. Then it was 50 degrees like 5 days later.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

@@The33rdRevolution Thanks for the tip - I'll figure that out next time. We were similar with the temps here. During that storm it was around 4 degrees, a few days later, 40.

[@Franisboche]

Those are rookie numbers

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I've definitely cleared out deeper snow, but this was...memorable. I find that each storm has its own flavor, and somehow that flavor always taste's like ....blank.

[@robert7365]

Die Dachrinne ist das wichtigste was du frei machen mußt. Sonst staut sich das Wasser .

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Eines Tages hoffe ich, Heizkabel auf dem Dach und in der Dachrinne zu haben!

[@lars277]

At least you bought a Toyota.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I do like that RAV4. 130K miles, just changed out the drive shaft. Hoping to get another 70K out of it.....

[@donaldbarber5160]

Go Bills!

[@dickymiller7196]

GoPro Enduro battery 😂

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

I'm writing that down. During the November storm I had some that were only getting 5-10 minutes. Infuriating.

[@sleepsstars4526]

Хм... Каждыгод такая хрень....) обычно мы матери коммунальные службы.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

До лета осталось всего несколько месяцев...

[@MrMcgooOG]

Move

[@leadfoot8593]

Come on man you supposed to be on TV on the news crying for help save me save me what you out there doing cleaning up by yourself? we aren’t trying to encourage this independent behavior man you’re a victim,

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Welllllll, you kinda have to appreciate the totality of the storm. Orchard Park is east and a little south of the city of Buffalo (16 miles, 20 minute drive). We had a pretty nasty amount of snow and wind, but it was a level we were able to deal with over a day or two. I don't know if you have any geographic familiarity with this region or not, but downtown Buffalo got whacked. Much more snow than us, and the winds were much stronger there as well. Storms like this can by super-focused, and Orchard Park did NOT face the worst of this storm by a longshot. The area between the city of Buffalo and roughly Niagara Falls is where the worst of this was, with more snow and way more wind. Heading south, along the lakeshore, people have homes, small cottages, etc. That's where there was flooding with the lake being driven in so hard. But the main area that had trouble was downtown. There, power was lost for an extended period of time (days), and most of those folks can't afford generators, so they were in real trouble with really low temps. The street clearing is where it gets really difficult. Where I am, in the suburbs, the lots are larger, there's someplace to put the snow. Downtown its a bunch of row houses, so the houses are right next to each other (no place to put the snow), the roads are narrow, and there's mostly on-street parking, so even for the plows there's nowhere to put the snow, and additionally, there were cars stranded all over that had to be moved out of the way first. In my neighborhood, they run the plows, we clear the driveway, life goes on. Downtown, with a snowfall of this magnitude, it takes way longer to get that done. Days longer. In this case, checking stranded cars for people, moving stranded cars, clearing streets, then using bucket loaders to clear the mountains (ok, not mountains, but massive, massive piles) of snow made by the plows. We're melted down to grass now, and the snow is melted downtown too, BUT, I saw on the local news a day or two ago they are still using bucket loaders dumping snow into big trucks to reduce the mountains of snow. If they leave it in place it'll be June before it melts (literally), those mountains block portions of roads, interfere with drainage, create driving hazards because you can't see around them, etc. So its kind of an unholy mess to deal with. That's why more trucks, and equipment in general were needed to clear it. Sorry to write an encyclopedia response....this was only supposed to be a couple of lines, but I'm afraid I'm never brief when I write.

[@colonelJ77]

must be nice to wake up the day after the storm during daytime hours to clear your driveway.... youtube...don't recommend this crap

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

You'd prefer a night time video of clearing snow during the storm? Maybe that makes for good content, I dunno.

[@jayevday23]

What a joke! You waited until the end instead of maintain. So much for the 6 ft. the liberal weather channel who promotes climate change said.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

If you can come up with a good reason to go out and screw around with the snow on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day when the wind is howling in single temps and the snow is still falling I'd be interested to know it, but I could think of no good reason to go out in that crap, especially when the plows hadn't been through, and I had nowhere to go. I don't know what the snow totals were regionally for this December storm, but as indicated in the video, the people north of us are the people who were hardest hit, as in the city of Buffalo, Amherst, Tonawanda, Grand Island, Niagara Falls. They got hammered by this storm. We were just south of the bullseye for this one, so for us it was just a heavy, nasty, wind-driven snow storm. I'm not sure anybody had six feet of snow this time, they might have in Grand Island and Niagara Falls, the storm sat on top of them forever. The problems downtown were the loss of power for an extended period in single digit temps, narrow roads that are difficult to clear especially with stranded cars all over, and having nowhere to put the snow. If snow total is your preferred measure of climate change, then you need to go to the November storm from this year when we had six feet. But fair warning, you won't like that because 1) It was November, and Orchard Park's average snowfall for November is around 4" for the entire month, and 2) you won't see six feet of snow laying on the ground. Snow totals are measured by the hour and added together, it isn't the grand total resting on the ground when the storm finally passes. Snow sinters (compresses).