[OT] Snow Thrower

[Owen Densmore]

At the last FRIAM, several folks mentioned wanting to know which snow  
thrower we bought.  Here's the critter:
   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005OQMG/102-9266426-1206509
.. and yes, the 1 day delivery worked fine (we have Amazon Prime but  
I think you can always pay for the 1 day delivery and its worth it if  
you're covered with snow!)

We've cleared two very large/long gravel driveways with success, and  
even though they say it shouldn't be used on gravel, it worked fine.  
It is very basic: not self propelled or 2-stage design.  But we  
really wanted to avoid the alternative: a heavy, touchy gas system.  
This is quite light (easily picked up by its handle just beside the  
chute) which is very nice when getting into tight spaces.  It threw  
the snow far enough in every case we encountered.

We were surprised it could handle the large (2 feet) snow fall, even  
though its designed for much lighter use.  Its "the little engine  
that could" sort of thing.

Not perfect, but small, light and doesn't have all the drawbacks of gas.

Epinions has several reviews as well.

     -- Owen

Owen Densmore   http://backspaces.net

[Stephen Guerin]

hmm..does it come with software to solve the snowblower problem :-)
http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0603026 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owen Densmore [mailto:owen at backspaces.net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 1:46 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> Subject: [FRIAM] [OT] Snow Thrower
>
> At the last FRIAM, several folks mentioned wanting to know
> which snow thrower we bought.  Here's the critter:
>    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005OQMG/102-9266426-1206509
> .. and yes, the 1 day delivery worked fine (we have Amazon
> Prime but I think you can always pay for the 1 day delivery
> and its worth it if you're covered with snow!)
>
> We've cleared two very large/long gravel driveways with success, and  
> even though they say it shouldn't be used on gravel, it
> worked fine.  
> It is very basic: not self propelled or 2-stage design.  But we  
> really wanted to avoid the alternative: a heavy, touchy gas system.  
> This is quite light (easily picked up by its handle just beside the
> chute) which is very nice when getting into tight spaces.  It
> threw the snow far enough in every case we encountered.
>
> We were surprised it could handle the large (2 feet) snow
> fall, even though its designed for much lighter use.  Its
> "the little engine that could" sort of thing.
>
> Not perfect, but small, light and doesn't have all the
> drawbacks of gas.
>
> Epinions has several reviews as well.
>
>      -- Owen
>
> Owen Densmore   http://backspaces.net
>
>
>
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[Owen Densmore]

What a cool paper!

     -- Owen

Owen Densmore   http://backspaces.net


On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:54 PM, Stephen Guerin wrote:

> hmm..does it come with software to solve the snowblower problem :-)
> http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0603026
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Owen Densmore [mailto:owen at backspaces.net]
>> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 1:46 PM
>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>> Subject: [FRIAM] [OT] Snow Thrower
>>
>> At the last FRIAM, several folks mentioned wanting to know
>> which snow thrower we bought.  Here's the critter:
>>    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005OQMG/102-9266426-1206509
>> .. and yes, the 1 day delivery worked fine (we have Amazon
>> Prime but I think you can always pay for the 1 day delivery
>> and its worth it if you're covered with snow!)
>>
>> We've cleared two very large/long gravel driveways with success, and
>> even though they say it shouldn't be used on gravel, it
>> worked fine.
>> It is very basic: not self propelled or 2-stage design.  But we
>> really wanted to avoid the alternative: a heavy, touchy gas system.
>> This is quite light (easily picked up by its handle just beside the
>> chute) which is very nice when getting into tight spaces.  It
>> threw the snow far enough in every case we encountered.
>>
>> We were surprised it could handle the large (2 feet) snow
>> fall, even though its designed for much lighter use.  Its
>> "the little engine that could" sort of thing.
>>
>> Not perfect, but small, light and doesn't have all the
>> drawbacks of gas.
>>
>> Epinions has several reviews as well.
>>
>>      -- Owen
>>
>> Owen Densmore   http://backspaces.net
>>
>>
>>
>> ============================================================
>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>>
>>
>
>
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