Suncast SP1400 20-Inch Snow Shovel/Pusher, Navy
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Product Feature
- Ribbed Steel Core handle
- Blade 20" x 10", Length 52"
Product Description
SUNCAST" POLY SNOW PUSHEROverall Length: 52"Blade Size: 20" W x 10" HColor: Blue Blade, Black HandleRibbed BladePoly CoatedD Grip handle.Poly snow pusherRibbed 1-1/8" Steel Core R HandleAngled Rib PatternRibben Steel Core HandleSuncast SP1400 20-Inch Snow Shovel/Pusher, Navy Review
This is a great all-around shovel for most types of snow besides powder. You'll probably need a steel ice-scraper for breaking up the really hard stuff, too.~ Here's the deal: if you try to get ONE shovel that will handle every hard-packed patch and plow-furrow, then you'll end up with something too heavy for easy use in the straightaways. An 18" to 20" wide shovel like this is big enough not to be wasting your time with a lot of unnecessary throws, but small enough not to make each load of wetter snow too heavy. This shovel is light, and the handle is long enough so that you don't have to bend over too far to load it up. And unlike a lot of pusher-type shovels, the blade is angled enough so that the load doesn't slide off when you pick it up off the ground. And the blade is thin enough to allow it a little flex, which comes in handy in some pavement-scraping situations (the angle of the blade allows it to be used in something like a canoe-paddle stroke).
~ The handle-length is important so you don't have to bend over too far. That's the principle behind those curved-handle ergonomic shovels, but the long, curved handles interfere with throwing accuracy, and they add weight. They're designed for people who shovel snow in laboratories, not in the real world.
~ I shovel out my apartment building on a busy street in Boston-- a long, wide sidewalk in front, six parking spots in the back, and the snow has to be thrown some distance from where it's shoveled, but snow-blower won't work here. Constant pedestrian traffic packs the snow in front (even in the wee hours). I have a lot of experience with adverse shoveling conditions, and this is the shovel I reach for again and again. I also have a grain shovel for the harder chunks and plow furrows, a steel ice scraper, and a pusher-type shovel for scraping thin, hard-packed snow that doesn't require the narrow steel scraper.
~ I get about 1-1/2 years out of one of these, and I don't look for anything more durable, because that would mean something heavier and less flexible. The weight of the shovel is unproductive dead weight that you have to move for every throw, as is any snow that sticks to the shovel. To keep the snow from sticking to the shovel, I allow it to reach ambient temperature before I start to shovel, and I spray it with WD-40 (I hear PAM works, too). After several storms, when the plastic begins to wear and curls up at the edge, I trim the curls off with a utility knife, cutting a slightly convex edge (about 1/4" longer in the center), and round off the corners so they don't snag. A handsaw or hacksaw will do the job, too.
~ For a minimal-equipment setup, get one of these and a steel ice scraper, but if you're lazy like me, get this and the scraper, plus a grain shovel (e.g., Ames True Temper 1681500 or 1680000) and a sturdy pusher shovel with a blade that's angled only slightly relative to the handle.
~ Snow-shoveling is hard work. Be lazy. Make it easy. Get the right tools.
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