Garandman
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Balaclava and ski goggles. Good googles have double layer lenses that don't fog up easily.
Snowblowing with snowmobile helmet
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Toyboy
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I've started wearing ski goggles this year but heck, I thought getting a cloud of fresh blown snow in the face was part of the process:laughing: When your sitting out there in the open like me, you learn real quick to blow snow with the wind, not into it.
RoyJackson
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That's the plan but sooner or later (probably sooner), that wind will shift or you turn into it and get covered.
CDN Farm Boy
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Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Even if it means a couple extra trips out the lane to always have the wind at your back. Even with a cabbed tractor, I don't know why anyone would try and blow the snow into the wind when they have a choice. Suburbia is a bit different when you are very limited on where the snow goes. I did 600-700 driveways on the 29th
hvacman
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I use an open face helmet with a curved face shield. Wear a balaclava underneath. The face shield stays clear of fog. The blown snow can get under the shield but not to the point of not being able to see. Feel safer with the helmet on.
That is a lot of driveways. What was the average time per driveway?
civilian
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If he spent 1 minute per drive, that is 10 hours of clearing drives, not allowing travel time in between drives. Hopefully he had a whole subdivision to clear.
super55
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Snowmobile helmets work great. It's a lot easier to lift/drop the visor than with goggles. The only thing I don't like is the limited amount of peripheral vision.
aczlan
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My guess would be a townhouse type subdivision where you have a 8-10' wide x 20' long driveway and it is cleared with a 7-8' blower.
Back in once (or twice) and off you go.
Aaron Z
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I was out for 20 hrs, so give or take 2 min a drive average over the whole storm including travel. The main area I was working was 10 km or so from the shop and I had to go back twice for fuel.
When using my regular tractor (Case 120 Maximum with a 92" inverted Normand) in any given route I average 40-45 drives per hr including the drive between them. This time I was using a Case 85C with the same blower and undersized turf tires so travel speed was (just guessing here) 20% low and it was REALLY hurting for power plus I was bouncing all over the place helping others catch up and hitting missed drives/complainers rather than sticking to one specific area. That 6-700 also includes repeat visits to the same place throughout the duration of the storm. Drives are either 1 or 2 cars wide which means 2 or 3 passes wide. Single or double length adds negligible time difference as it's a difference literally of a few seconds to pull an extra car length once you are lined up and going. The company I drive for has about 5000 customers. Most of our drivers are in the 25-30 drives per hr. There's only a couple of us over the 40/hr