Recent content by green.willow

Hey Ray, I am on the far other side of The Cities. I really don't want to have to do this work myself, but it's been awful trying to find reliable help. The guy I found last winter did a decent job of clearing the snow- he had a skid loader (? something like that), but I was lucky he didn't...

I can easily get it out of the garage. Just will have to move the mower to the back and the blower to the front in the autumn. Thanks for thinking of these things. This kind of mistake could be critical.

I am overwhelmed with all the kind advice. I'm going to print this all out and do a little analysis. I like the idea of trying machines out to see how they handle for me, buying local, heated handles (!) and some sort of cab/protection from the wind. I am much more of a whimp about the cold...

Thanks for all the thoughts and advice. Here are photos. https://mydriveway.shutterfly.com/pictures#n_5 I took them when we had cars in the drive to show how tight it gets. The green truck is about five feet from the garage doors. Our lot ends approximately at the end of the retaining wall...

Thanks for all the quick responses (and even the ones about moving to FLA). I'm in Minnesota. We have a small lawn- it takes 14 minutes to mow with our self-propelled mower. The neighbors are, unfortunately, not the kind to offer a lending hand. I'd even buy one them a snowblower if they'd...

I am 61 and my husband is 71, not in good health and has never been mechanically inclined. We live at a dead end with a tight turn-around. As the snow accumulates in the winter, backing out of the garage gets more and more difficult unless we do a really good job through the season of keeping...