I don’t mind shoveling a few times to even out the load. Shoveling a foot of heavy snow is how I mess up my back until the 4th of July

Yea same here. I'd rather do it a few times than grind out one awful time.

For the drive way, my process is to clear it early in the am, after the sun has risen. The dark asphalt absorbs and radiates heat back, melting new snow. Every couple of hours, spend a couple of minutes to keep it maintained. Science!

And its safer. God forbid EMS needs to arrive during the storm. You want it to be easier for them to get in

All relative to the size of your tractor.

Always have to go back out and redo the end of the driveway because the snowplow drives by 5 min after I've taken off my boots and snowpants. Always.

This snow cleaned up easy too

That's pretty easy to do each storm.... just wait for it to stop snowing and see the radar is clear.

Pretty easy when Doppler radar exists.

Yeah, but when you do it by feel- timing it right while it's still coming down - it's super satisfying

As a southern Maine resident (don't dare say Mainah) by way of Atl, I must say this is my goal every time. Thank you for sharing!

AWD + Salt is how I’ve done my driveway the past few years. I shovel a little but mostly salt, awd, and patience haha

We went out at around 3. Light snow, no wind. Driveway looks nice. Heavy snow can eat a planet of dicks, though...very hard to shovel.

Hopefully it'll melt a significant amount today.

Lol yea I did exactly that at 2pm yesterday

Inb4 it melts down a little so now that 18 inches weighs a ton

You shovel? I just give it 2 days to melt 🤣

This happened to me exactly I felt like Nostradamus

Lol my dad plowed the driveway once early morning, we plowed it again later in the day, and then in the evening bc we use an ATV and a side by side. Had to roof rake the garage twice so it doesn’t cave in (it’s already bowed pretty bad) and did the neighbors house twice. Only shoveled the deck and dog pen once tho. Got my workout for sure

Same

Yep I go out mid storm before it’s packed down, then clear up the last few inches once it’s just about done snowing

My absolute unit of a snowblower did it all in one run

I made that mistake with storm. Had to pull our spare car out forcefully with the truck.

The 2 4 wheel drives made it out just fine, the little RWD got buried because the ground was a little melted when this snow started falling

I'm a Maine resident of 20 years by way of Kansas City by way of Atlanta (midtown). Welcome compadre!

This was probably the heaviest snow I've ever had to deal with. Almost slush, but with the bulk of actual snow. It kept going at a good clip until about 4-5pm in my area.

Shoveled around noon because it looked like it was winding down. Glad I did in the end, if I had waited till 5 to one-shot it I'd be in a world of pain today.

Where was everyone where it stopped so early? I'm in Kittery, it was coming down in gobs until nearly dinner time

I am totally with you on this. I snowblowed around noon-thirty and didn't have to again. Unfortunately my neighbors with northeast facing driveways did not have the same luxury. Yesterday afternoon while it was still coming down I noticed a little sun trying to break through the clouds and my driveway just melted like crazy. They were like, wait, you never went back out, how is it shoveled?

Energy Efficiency right there.

Do your thang Sun.

Thank you kind stranger. Been here about 6 years Gwinnett Native. Beautiful place love it.

This right here. I was so pissed this morning after the snow plow decided at 3 am to widen the road a little more and blocked up my driveway with chunks of ice. All that work for nothing.

I’d rather shovel 4 inches three times than 12 inches once.

Talk to the dense slush pack that slid off the roof... And the horrible compacted banks the plow left in the driveway...

Yep. Snowblower is key. My driveway would take me a few hours to shovel, and that’s valuable skiing time!

Plus a decent Ariens blower is like $1200 and lasts 10+ years; cheaper than a plow guy (plus no lawn damage), and cheaper than your hospital/chiropractor/specialist visit from blowing your back out on the plow line.

Where I live the snow was light, fluffy and clung together well. Made shoveling go by fast.

Well it wasn't for nothing. If you hadn't done it at all, it would have been that much harder to do it all in addition to the inevitable chunks of ice that always come at the end regardless.

It was different in different parts of the state. Heavy junky stuff in York County where there were intermittent periods of rain to weigh it down. I guess it was fluffier the further north it got.

Yup. I even always try to do that "special hack" of snowblowing the snowbank about 100 yards before my driveway to keep the driveway from getting plowed in, but it never works.

Gotta keep up with the storm. Multiple trips out makes the work easier!

I waited until noon today. Perfect timing!

Shoveling multiple times is really the same amount of work. I have a neighbor who gets rid of the heater banks for me...I shovel a space for 4 cars and paths to many animals.

Some people even have heated driveways.

Yesterday was okay. And early this morning. I shoveled some this afternoon. Holy moly.

And some have dirt roads.

Same here. The neighbor even complimented it today. He was in awe I never had to slow down or shovel. I have a simplicity and it was worth every penny.

At 40 degrees I can back up and stop short and the snow slides off my car.

Honestly felt nice to plow and shovel snow that wasn’t snow and slush shit. Plowed so smooth

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If I shovel several times during the day, even once an hour during a heavy storm, I can use a push broom instead of a shovel. Really helps my back.