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More Snow!
Dec. 2nd, 2007 01:32 pmI went out this morning to see where the snowblower was broken and discovered that it was only jammed up on a piece of stick. I removed the stick and then did about 2/3 of the driveway and the sidewalk to the south of the driveway, including the next two neighbors (the next neighbor is the one who would do my sidewalk if I wasn't around, and he usually also gets the neighbor on his other side, so I did them both). Then I sheared a bolt on the left side of the auger.
Meikles True-Value doesn't stock shear bolts or roll pins. They sell snow blowers, but not the parts people are most likely to need. I went further up Sherman to Dorn, and when I told them that Meikle's didn't carry them, you could see the "Idiots!" going through the guy's head, but he didn't say anything.
There are 4 sizes of "standard" shear bolts. I bought three of them (I figured I didn't need the ones for a "compact" snow blower), and now know that my snow blower takes 1/4" x 1-3/4" shear bolts.
I got the rest of the driveway done and all of the sidewalk, but sheared the right-side bolt as I was finishing the plow berm at the crosswalk. Off to Dorn, where I returned the two extra bolts and bought three more spares (one for right away and two for the next storm).
Everything is now cleaned up and sanded & salted, and it's snowing again, but lightly.
With wet, heavy snow, the driveway, 400' of sidewalk, one curb cut, breakfast, and two trips to the hardware store takes about 4 hours. Not bad, considering I could have had to shovel (in which case I wouldn't probably have done the extra sidewalks).
Meikles True-Value doesn't stock shear bolts or roll pins. They sell snow blowers, but not the parts people are most likely to need. I went further up Sherman to Dorn, and when I told them that Meikle's didn't carry them, you could see the "Idiots!" going through the guy's head, but he didn't say anything.
There are 4 sizes of "standard" shear bolts. I bought three of them (I figured I didn't need the ones for a "compact" snow blower), and now know that my snow blower takes 1/4" x 1-3/4" shear bolts.
I got the rest of the driveway done and all of the sidewalk, but sheared the right-side bolt as I was finishing the plow berm at the crosswalk. Off to Dorn, where I returned the two extra bolts and bought three more spares (one for right away and two for the next storm).
Everything is now cleaned up and sanded & salted, and it's snowing again, but lightly.
With wet, heavy snow, the driveway, 400' of sidewalk, one curb cut, breakfast, and two trips to the hardware store takes about 4 hours. Not bad, considering I could have had to shovel (in which case I wouldn't probably have done the extra sidewalks).
