light snowblower

November 12, 2005 10:51 AM

Suggestions for a lightweight, but capable, snowblower?

I need to buy a snowblower which I can use to clear the moderately heavy snows of central New Jersey from a short driveway, but which can also be used with good effect when I'm away by my skinny wife or our middle-aged nanny.

posted by MattD to Home & Garden (2 answers total)

There was a snowblower question a couple of weeks ago; you might find some useful advice there, though it wasn't focused on lightweight models. Unfortunately, it seems like the tradeoff between weight and power is pretty uncompromising.
posted by mr_roboto at 1:08 PM on November 12, 2005

Yeah, I'm in the Philly burbs (similar snow levels to Jersey) and I had to dump the lightweight model, just not worth it.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 4:28 PM on November 12, 2005