Currently live in Dubuque, and this is accurate.
Dubuque is my hometown. Went back this weekend and holy **** did they have a ton of ice covering everything. Got hit with snow on the drive back Sunday and it sounds like they got it again last night.
Do we need a Legend of Boxster's Shovel? Boxster versus the snowblower?Even though I was born half-man half-shovel I am thinking of firing up the smaller snowblower today. Neither Little Fran or Big Chuck have been used this season up north here in Gopher country.
To reignite the snowblower debate. My two stage ate right through it while my neighbors single stage kept choking out.
Residential streets across the CR metro have not been touched so not much is happening today. Three neighbors got stuck on our street trying to get out while I was clearing our driveway.
To reignite the snowblower debate. My two stage ate right through it while my neighbors single stage kept choking out.
Between Sunday's snow, chipping away at the ice/slush glaze that's frozen to the driveway, and last night's snow...I'm officially over winter. Up until mid-January was pretty mild but we've packed an entire winter into the last four weeks.
Maybe we'll get a real spring this year.
Do we need a Legend of Boxster's Shovel? Boxster versus the snowblower?
I wonder if it will get bad
I was in Dubuque on Friday for work and thought maybe the streets dept and had just said “**** it” and stopped even trying.
A “real spring” for the past decade is just large amounts of rain compounding the snow melt to create massive flooding issues.
Currently live in Dubuque, and this is accurate.
Kirkwood closed for the day, may open for night classes.
I hope they can open for night. They've missed so much class (I think they've met once in the last 4 weeks) that it starts to open an argument for refund.
When I lived in WI, the landlord bought a single stage for the property so he wouldn't have to make the 50 minute drive to clear snow. That cured me of ever wanting to use a single stage. What a piece of garbage. Any snow it's useful for can be done more quickly and easily with a shovel.What debate? If you want a single-stage snowblower, just get a broom and call it good.
All of the Dubuque posts gave me a 1970's flashback. Drove from Mpls to see gal in Dubuque during a big snow dump. Could not get up Loras so went around backside via Grandview to high ground and worked my way down to get to the house on the hill on Prairie Street. Rear wheel straight six Nova that weighed about 100 pounds with cheap general purpose Coopers for tires.
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I've decided it is just easier to take a shovel and push everything to the end of my driveway and wait for the plow to push all the road snow into the same spot and then take the 2 stage and go through it. My drive faces downhill slightly so pushing the snow is easy and quicker than blowing the entire drive.Residential streets across the CR metro have not been touched so not much is happening today. Three neighbors got stuck on our street trying to get out while I was clearing our driveway.
To reignite the snowblower debate. My two stage ate right through it while my neighbors single stage kept choking out.
Agreed. I don't even have a snowblower. I chuckle at my neighbors who fire up their two-stage for 2 inches of snow. I best them with my shovel every time.People who need big snowblowers have really small hands.
You look like Jack from "This is Us"All of the Dubuque posts gave me a 1970's flashback. Drove from Mpls to see gal in Dubuque during a big snow dump. Could not get up Loras so went around backside via Grandview to high ground and worked my way down to get to the house on the hill on Prairie Street. Rear wheel straight six Nova that weighed about 100 pounds with cheap general purpose Coopers for tires.
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Agreed. I don't even have a snowblower. I chuckle at my neighbors who fire up their two-stage for 2 inches of snow. I best them with my shovel every time.