Best Snow shovel known to man or ice?

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Best Snow shovel known to man or ice?

Postby Frog Pond » Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:33 pm

I'm looking to speed up my efforts at clearing the pond. Right now I have a 4' wide snow blower for the big stuff. But cleaning up after that with a standard 2' wide shovel takes way too long. Any thoughts on who makes the best and widest shovel for clearing the ice?

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Re: Best Snow shovel known to man or ice?

Postby Matt » Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:10 pm

buy another shovel like the one you have and rig them up side by side. sometimes you can find 3-4ft wide shovels online too. i found one at a garage sale a few years ago.

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Re: Best Snow shovel known to man or ice?

Postby Chris » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:28 am

Manplow shovels are expensive...but they are AMAZING! they use them at the Pond Hockey Classic in Meredith and 2 people can easily clean one of those rinks in about 5 min on skates. They scrape down to the ice well...I am going to buy one next year! http://www.manplow.com

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Re: Best Snow shovel known to man or ice?

Postby Frog Pond » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:36 am

Any thoughts on the SnowPusher Lite? www.snowpusherlite.com. I think it might be too "lite". The ManPlow appears to be a bit more rugged, but only 36" wide.

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Re: Best Snow shovel known to man or ice?

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Re: Best Snow shovel known to man or ice?

Postby Frog Pond » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:42 pm

Thanks Joe. One can never have too many weapons when combating mother nature. Perhaps 1 this year and 1 next year (so the wife won't notice).....

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Re: Best Snow shovel known to man or ice?

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