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Ride Your Own Snowblower
While many of us spent the winter pushing our snowblowers up and down the driveway or sidewalk, Howard Davis created a way to ride on his, reports YorkRegion.com.
Troubled by a gimpy right knee, Howard needed a gimmick that would allow him to do his own snow removal without walking. A grandson Christopher of Innisfil, near Barrie provided the machine. Howard did the rest.
“An engineer might not approve, but it works,” he says.
The attachment took 10 hours to complete with the transformation occurring in Howard’s side yard workshop where he spends much of his time.
“I’m a tinkerer,” he explains. “I enjoy fixing things.”
The 28-inch, 10-horsepower blower can handle almost any depth of snow, says Howard.
“Should I fall off the seat, the landing would be soft,” he said with a laugh.
Photo by liz west
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Fred Carr on March 5th, 2011 4:34 am
Where is a picture of him riding his innovative snowblower?
Greg Zimmer on March 5th, 2011 7:20 am
OK – I second Mr. Carr’s comments: where’s the picture of the innovative riding snowblower?
D. Palmer on March 6th, 2011 3:15 pm
Good article. This is a great way to help your neighbors and have
extra income at the same time. But you need different snow throwers for different depths of snow and distance you need to throw it.
Angela Shupe on March 7th, 2011 9:21 am
Sorry everyone, the article did not include a photo and there was no website for his invention (that I could find). Unfortunately, we are left to use our imaginations. Unless, of course, you would like to create your own riding snowblower and take a picture? I imagine that would be a fun project. ;-)
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