Yeah, "disoriented" that's what I was the day I put the little backhoe through the plate glass window at the rental place I owned. It made a really good noise though.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Hodges <tomhod...@fuse.net> Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:51 am Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Driveway Alarm > Disoriented, is what I was, the day I ran the snow blower in my dad's > driveway and filled up his garage with snow. > > > > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of David Ferrin > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:51 AM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Driveway Alarm > > > > > > Same here, although I manage fairly well when shoveling there is > something > rather disorienting when it comes to managing a snow blower. Now I > have some > > minimal usable vision but the fact is when everything is white > like my > house, neighbor's house, and both garages it some times gives me > vertigo is > the closest I can describe it. Before moving here at my dad's > house I didn't > > have that problem as there happened to be plenty of markers I > could judge > by, bushes trees ETC but here life can get interesting. > David Ferrin > www.jaws-users.com > Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RJ" <rjf...@verizon.net <mailto:rjf110%40verizon.net> > > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 10:45 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Driveway Alarm > > Good luck, I gave up on the snow blowing a while back, went I > started into > the woods and had to get some one to get me and the blower out. My > driveway > is only 650 feet. > smile > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 23:06 > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Driveway Alarm > > I have been considering a snow thrower again however similar > concerns to > yours and the outrageous cost of a desirable unit put me off. I > share my > drive with a neighbour, it is 32 feet wide and a little over 85 > feet to the > road. I can't run a noisy machine 85 feet in a straight line and I > worry too > > about where the snow is actually flying, wouldn't want to throw a > chunk of > something through a neighbours car window or a passing pedestrian. > > All that notwithstanding, I had thought of setting a 4 foot length > of iron > pipe into a bucket of cement, 30 pounds or so, one at each end of > the run > with a light rope pulled between and use that as a guide. Maybe a > little > tedious moving the standards at the end of each run but it might > require > only 12 or 15 repetitions to cover the full 32 foot width. The > other problem > > of course is that most of these machines now require both hands on > the > clutches to keep the thing in motion which leaves at least one too > few for > additional guidance. > > So far this winter we have mostly only had a couple of inches at a > time > although nearly every day but a big dump and I am going to be in > trouble. > We used to have a chap with a plough on the front of his truck but > that > isn't an option this year and my neighbour objects to having a > front end > loader on the new lock stone pavers. > > Like Bob, I expect you would need a very loud alarm to hear over > the roar > of a snow thrower and the ear covering required to keep the ears > from > freezing. Just why it hasn't become popular to make those engines > quieter > eludes me. Like those quad bikes and them darn special stinger > mufflers they > > now seem to like on snow mobiles, sound like screaming farts on > helium. > If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Hume > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:38 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Driveway Alarm > > It's funny that you'd mention this, as I have been considering a > similar > project. When I snow blow the drive way, I am often alerted by the > family, > that I am no longer in the driveway, but actually in the street. I > have been > > considering setting a couple of treated 4 by 4's at the end of my > driveway, > one on each side. I know that there are units that make use of a > beam, that > when it is broken can set off an alarm. I would like the alarms to > be > mounted on the poles as well, to alert me to the fact that I am > near the end > > of the driveway. Has anyone else done something similar or have > any > suggestions. Thank you in advance for your contributions. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Franklin > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Driveway Alarm > > Dan's messages on wireless bad thing detectors have got me > thinking about > other wireless devices that can be used around the home. One such > device > that I have considered purchasing for a while is something to > alert me when > someone or something comes up my driveway and into my yard. Has > anyone had > any experience with any of the commercially available driveway > alarms? If so > > what brand or model do you like or dislike? Are they fairly > durable and > reliable or do you have to throw them away after 6 months, like so > many of > the wireless door bells on today's market. > > Thanks for any info that you might be able to provide. > > Paul Franklin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:28 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] multipurpose tool > > I own a Gerber as well. I like it very much, but I prefer a Swiss Army > knife for the size. Although, I stopped carrying those as well, but > recently picked up a UtiliKey from ThinkGeek.com it is quite > literally the > size of any of the other keys on my key ring. 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