John Deere Snowblower

Oh, hi. How you doing? I'm Tim McCarter from AskTheBuilder.com and look what Mother Nature

gave us. A lot of beauty, but also a lot of work. I want to talk to you today a little

bit about snow blowers and boy are they fantastic machines. This is really, really a very cool

snow blower. I want to tell you a little bit about it first before we get going. And one

of the things though, and I'll be right back because I just left it inside the garage

so don't go away. Are these fans, whoa, see? That's why we need them. These are really

cool devices. These are ice cleats, so before you start to use one of these snow blowers

you actually have to take these really cool devices and you put them on the bottom of

your boots or your shoes so that you don't slip while you're actually using the snow

because believe me, it's really, really slippery. But I want to tell you a little bit about this snow blower first

This is an amazing machine. Here what a snow blower is It basically just like a lawn mower in a way You know how a lawn mower cuts grass and it shoots the grass out away from the lawn mower That all really a snow blower does But it has kind of a different blade It got these augers that are out

in front of the chute and they spin and they basically kind of funnel and chew through the

snow and bring it back to a high speed impeller that actually shoots the snow up through the

chute and puts it some direction that you control. And that's what's really cool. The

chute on the snow blower, it's controlled to where you can make it go through 180 degrees

so that the snow will either shoot left in front of you or to the right of the direction

you're traveling. And there's another control that shoots, that controls how high the snow

comes out of the chute. Very, very cool. Very easy to control those as well. Another thing

you need to understand about these snow blowers, they're a lot like a car. In other words, they

have a transmission that allows you to go forward different speeds and of course in reverse

when you need that You use the lower speeds when the snow is deeper so that you don choke the front of the snow blower with snow and as you have less and less snow you sometimes can go faster On the side of the snowblower up front you got these little adjustment pads that allow you to

adjust the depth of the cut and that's very important that when you are working

on a nice smooth pavement like concrete or blacktop the snowblower can actually

pick up the snow so that the pavement is almost perfectly clean. One of the things

you absolutely need to do before you start the snow blower is absolutely take the time

to open the owner's manual, read the owner's manual, and be very aware of all the safety

recommendations. These machines can be dangerous, you can't get hurt, it's like any piece of

power equipment. You have to respect it, but as long as you use it in accordance with the

way it's supposed to be used, you're going to be just fine. Woo! Wow! Tell me that isn't an awesome machine that's going to save your back. I'm telling

you right now that snow blowers like this one they can really make actually what considered a job or work a lot of fun I telling you right now and also remember you can use these things day or night This particular machine and many of the

other snow blowers, it comes with a nice headlight that allows you to illuminate and see exactly

where you're going at night. And a couple of final tips. Make sure before the snow season hits at

your home that you go ahead and clean and sweep your driveway. Get rid of all the branches, the

rocks and all kinds of other things that can actually jam up the augers or jam the impeller

You don't want that to happen. You do that and you're going to have a smooth, clean driveway

in no time flat. I'm Tim Carter for askthebuilder.com. If you want to discover more home improvement

tips, go to askthebuilder.com