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Ride Your Own Snowblower

By on March 4, 2011 in Ideas

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

    Where is a picture of him riding his innovative snowblower?

  • Greg Zimmer

    OK – I second Mr. Carr’s comments: where’s the picture of the innovative riding snowblower?

  • http://snowthrowershop.net D. Palmer

    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.

  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    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. ;-)