Driveways and Windrows

[dewline]

I don't own a car. I don't drive. But I live in a house that has a driveway, and that driveway has to be kept clear enough to get at least a single car/van/truck/police cruiser/ambulance in and out safely enough. Which, these days, often falls to me, with snowblower and shovel(s).

Overnight, the city's snowplows re-complicated that process. With a metre-tall hard-packed windrow. I think I managed to clear enough of that obstruction, but one of the household shovels had its handle grip snap off in mid-chopdown, and a second is about to have its plastic "blade" break into pieces sooner or later. This is not going to be fun to deal with, I expect.

(Have since found that handle grips are available as a separate product.)

Comments

[cmcmck]

We don't own a car either, but nor do we own a driveway as our hardstanding is at the rear of the house.

[jhetley]

And the city plow always comes by *after* you finish clearing the end of the driveway. It's a Rule.

[dewline]

Yes. It is a rule.

[thewayne]

I am very familiar with what you're going through and feel for you.

[agoodwinsmith]

That stuff left by the plow is brutal - so packed and icy. Not only do you not just walk into Mordor, but you don't just shovel the windrow. Ugh.

[dewline]

The windrow was definitely packed this past weekend. Also: ugh.