I used to use a gas-powered machine when I lived on the east coast, and it might have been an 8 or a 6 HP, not sure. I was OK doing it in my driveway and front sidewalks and on other walkways, but I wwas always a little nervous doing it on the public sidewalk. I think I even put saw horses at either end to try and discourage anybody from walking on it.
Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: wstep...@everestkc.net Phone: (816)803-2469 ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Berry <scottbb1...@gmail.com> Date: Monday, March 1, 2010 1:49 pm Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric snowblower > Bill, > > Do you run the gas snow blowedr at the same speed as a sighted > person or do you slow it ddown a bit. I am not suggesting that a > blind person can't run it but more for me it's scarry for me to > run. My father let me try his and it was a bit too fast for me. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Gallik > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 18:53 > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] electric snowblower > > > > Scott, > > From your question, I'm surmising you don't think a blind person > can operate a gasoline snowblower? Oh contraire my friend, I am > the only one here and even if I weren't I'd still be in charge of > clearing the snow with my 8 HP snowblower. > > Certainly a blind person isn't going to be quite as efficient as > a sighted person probably duplicating effort several times. But > I've developed a system for clearing the snow from the garage area > parking and my friends tell me I do an incredibly good job of it. > > Now the sidewalks are simply a matter of feeling; I can tell > when I've strayed off the sidewalk from the feeling that comes > from the snowblower housing sliding on grass instead of sidewalk > concrete. And the deck (when I decide to pull the machine up > there) is very easy to tell. > > I've been known to put an auxiliary hood over my head backwards. > This is a real hoot because passing motorists (at least 1 out of > 3) slows down to rubber neck. I do it on exceptionally cold days > and I figure, "Why expose any flesh at all?" > > So, my answer to your question is a definite "YES," a blind > person could run an electric snowblower! > ---- > Holland's Person, Bill > - "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a > misprint." - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
