Snow Blowing

Drew put the Cub Cadet snow blower to work for the first time this season. It is slower than our old one.

It is a bit different than our last one, and time will tell if it will do as good a job as it's blade shape is a bit different.

Once Drew left the driveway and started snow blowing a path around the house and in the backyard for Toby, the snow blower got bogged down with snow. Drew had to clear out the snow half a dozen times so it would go up through the hopper. He only had to clear the old snow thrower once in 20 years. Mixed reviews on this new one... Bummed. UPDATE: IT BROKE A SHEAR PIN IN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF USE! We will need to keep at least a dozen shear pins on hand for each winter's use of this beastly machine! The company we bought it from is going to pick it up sometime and put a bolt in where the deepest shear pin is so we won't have to deal with that one (as the machine has to be dismantled to get at the nefarious pain.) UPDATE ON THE UPDATE: A bolt couldn't be installed, just supposedly stronger shear pins...We''ll see... Now we are planning on going outside and picking up stones along the edge of the road before each snow to avert snow blower damage.