Shovel handle key to painless snow removal: researcher

CBC News ^ | Dec. 13, 2013 | CBC News

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

They need one with a teaspoon on the end of it.

The SNO-Easy has a small scoop, and you basically use only your arms, in an easy, efficient motion, to use it.

[cableguymn]

evil polluting non green devices are not even considered.

[Hot Tabasco]

I can understand the concept but the reality is that those foreign made shovels and all the others made today are nothing but crap..........

You want a good shovel, find a straight wooden handle, wide steel bladed snow "pusher"........

The handle ain't gonna break and the shovel head ain't gonna bend or break either. It'll last you a lifetime.......

Gotta go shovel snow now, see ya...........

[cableguymn]

Then your neighbor does not know how to operate the machine.

no way square foot to square foot a shovel is faster than a proper snow blower.

[Ray76]

I prefer to do it manually so I breathe out a lot a carbon dioxide. That works up an appetite so I go in an have a rib eye steak from one of those methane farting cows.

[ThomasThomas]

Keep all the snow on nearby mountains is how we do it. It is close by if you want it.

[null and void]

Perhaps the best invention since the Ames Bend!

[BenLurkin]

Excellent invention.

I think I’ll get one to shovel the snow from around my hovel.

Oh wait — there isn’t any snow around my hovel.

Never mind.

[Nuc 1.1]

Fixed my snow shovel problem. Moved to Phoenix.

[bikerman]

flamethrower would probably work better.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I live in Alabama. Not an issue here.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

One key is to Wax the shovel. Snow slides right off and doesn’t stick.

[Carriage Hill]

Takes a little getting used to, but it works:

[Vigilanteman]

The square-points are great when you have the heavy slushy stuff especially. The small scoop to long handle ratio is ideal to save on the back.

But they take too long for the light fluffy stuff. This is where I use a wide scoop, even plastic is OK.

SW Pennsylvania "blesses us" with all types. Another trick I use a lot is keeping the driveway as black as the ace of spades before the snow falls. This absorbs heat from the sun and starts melting the stuff even in the low 20s. The Mrs. will often take the wide plastic shovel out and just push off what little is left just before sunset. She's not keen on the square point. That's a substantial shovel by weight even without the snow. If it is required, I get to do it when I get home at night. She does have a hot supper waiting when I'm done, though.

[concentric circles]

You need one of these. If you've been good, it'll fit in your Christmas stocking.

[mrsmith]

Total garbage.

If the points of force, fulcrum, and resistance are the same distance it makes no matter the shape of lever.

What utter superstitious garbage!

(The shape could improve the orientation of the shovel- and probably does- but not “the lifting component of shovelling”)

[ExCTCitizen]

I have a better way of painless snow removal, Florida.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Our neighbors are in Fort Meyers.

[TChad]

That looks good. It’s not available on Amazon, which surprises me.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I chose Door #2, Monty. It’s been great except for the fact this place is thoroughly infested with liberals.