Shovel snow off driveway with a piece of plywood

[mysteryowl]

Fast forward to 53 seconds into the clip:

Have you tried this?

[we can do it]

1. Heavy wet snow would destroy cardboard.

[mysteryowl]

2. I think he is using plywood

[we can do it]

4. My bad, but the weight would be too much for most people.

[HubertHeaver]

5. Heavy wet snow would destroy the plywood.

[2naSalit]

13. Heavy wet snow would stop him in his tracks

especially if it's more than 6 inches... or if there's frozen base underneath from freezing rain that fell before the snow. Works great if you have a nice smooth driveway and fluffy, dry snow.

[htuttle]

3. That would only work on 1 out of the 12 kinds of snow we get in Wisconsin

Today we are getting something called 'Wintry Mix' (which should be some sort of candy sold by Brach...) that consists of 1 part snow, 1 part freezing rain, and 1 part regular rain.

When it lands on the ground, it freezes to create a hard, slippery shell. You need a pickaxe to get through it, not a piece of plywood.

[SunSeeker]

39. OMG. I'm never moving out of So. Cal.!

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't survive a Wisconsin winter.

[enough]

6. Nice snow, we rarely see snow like that. Nt

[Marie Marie]

7. Tricky!

[doc03]

8. If that was wet snow it would weigh a ton. Ok for a inch or so of

nice fluffy dry snow I guess. We rarely ever get that kind of snow.

[Ohiogal]

9. You'd also have to have

a nice, smooth, driveway.....

But that sure looks like a clever idea!

[OregonBlue]

10. You could do it with several kinds of snow if you added handles to the plywood to make it easier to

maneuver and hold on to. Great idea really.

[mysteryowl]

15. Oooooo, Handles!

[targetpractice]

11. There was a video recently...

... Of a guy who strapped a 60" HDTV box to the front of his riding lawnmower... He sealed the bottom with package tape to keep the water out... It was genius.

I'll update this post if I find the video...

[mysteryowl]

14. Hilarious!

[OregonBlue]

21. life hacks. I love 'em!

[akraven]

12. Our snow is so "dry" we just sweep it off!

Never thought to try plywood; it'd be faster!

[NutmegYankee]

23. Leaf blower.

Sadly in southern Connecticut it’s usually wet and heavy.

[akraven]

28. We use that, too!

It's just more fun to sweep - because your partner in crime (spouse) usually "gets in the way" and the game is on!

[rickford66]

16. We don't shovel or plow until 4" or more.

[mysteryowl]

17. Then you could benefit from a set of handles, per OregonBlue comment #10.

[rickford66]

18. If I fitted the plywood to the plow on my truck

maybe it would work. But not as good as just the plow.

[mysteryowl]

19. Obviously.

[rickford66]

20. Have a heart

[NutmegYankee]

22. LOL That's just a dusting!

Try 1-2 ft of heavy wet snow!

[marked50]

24. Shoot with that little amount on the ground just wait until tomorrow, when it

will all be melted away.

[virgogal]

26. Ridiculous!

[question everything]

27. He is lucky the snow did not come on top of freezing rain

and he operates on a straight land.

As soon as we started shoveling we kept falling. Until I really hit hard.

[akraven]

29. Try it all in Fairbanks, AK at 40 below.....

LOL!

[mysteryowl]

30. Beautiful picture!

[akraven]

32. Thanks, spouse took it. To us, it's just home. nt

[Moral Compass]

31. Will work for a couple inches of dry powder

This would stop working once the snow got heavier in either inches or consistency of the snow. The weight would kill you if it was wet and heavy.

[LuckyCharms]

33. You know, you could cut a 4 x 8 sheet lengthwise...

to maybe 3 feet instead of 4 feet to reduce the weight. To further reduce the weight, you could crosscut it to reduce it from maybe 8 feet to 7 feet or 6 feet.

You could then rig up some sort of handle system to make it more manageable. You could then cut a shallow bevel of the bottom to aid in the snow removal. Then maybe even put a metal lip on the bottom.

Thanks for posting this...this is actually a good idea in my opinion.

[LakeSuperiorView]

34. Ridiculous. That isn't snow, that is a minimal amount of dust...

For that, a leaf blower would work easier. Or just wait for it to melt.

We got upwards of 8" of snow within the last day and a half that was much heavier than that. That sheet would have crumbled in the first foot, if you were strong enough to push it.

Useless hack.

[mysteryowl]

36. Ha

[Rebl2]

35. Would work

with dry fluffy snow, but not a heavy wet snow.

[JohnnyRingo]

37. I don't know what that light dusting of fluff is,...

but that's not what we call snow in the Ohio snowbelt. That plywood wouldn't make it two feet.

[Nitram]

38. When it's that light and dry you can use a leaf blower.