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[Bentley]

I think I would have to have a high volume, tankless water heating system installed in my garage to deal with that!  It would be worth the $20 in propane not to have to shovel.

[Bar-B-Lew]

My wife used the snow blower, but it did take her 3 hours.  We have an indoor hose connection in the garage that has hot water running to it.  She used the hot water with the hose to melt a layer of ice that was about 5ft spot in front of the garage that she had trouble plowing.

You could use your tractor to move the snow.

If you were talking the patio area, that isn't getting shoveled.  I will wait until it melts.  It is supposed to rain Friday.

[BigDave83]

Woke up this morning with probably another 6 or so. I have a guy that plows my driveway, cheaper and easier than I could do it.

I just clean out from in front of the garage doors.

[Bentley]

I was thinking the hot water for the people on the street in the photo you posted.  I have some fine bucket skills on my tractor, but even I don't have the cojónes to try and clear to close to a car!

You could use your tractor to move the snow.

[Bar-B-Lew]

Ah, I get it now.  Most will use a broom to brush of the top and sides of the car and then will have to shovel the snow around it to a pile in front or back of the car as they can't move to the sidewalk.  The video mentioned that there was an open parking spot on the street that people were putting their snow on a pile there.  That much snow in a city with tight quarters like that is a big challenge for removal.

[pmillen]

Ah, I get it now.  Most will use a broom to brush of the top and sides of the car and then will have to shovel the snow around it to a pile in front or back of the car as they can't move to the sidewalk.  The video mentioned that there was an open parking spot on the street that people were putting their snow on a pile there.  That much snow in a city with tight quarters like that is a big challenge for removal.

I lived in a neighborhood like that in Bismarck, North Dakota.  We had a wide enough boulevard to pile the snow on between the street and sidewalk.  It stacked up so high that I'd use my snow thrower to move it from the boulevard onto my yard.

[Kristin Meredith]

I guess they are expensive, but one of the best snow removals I have ever seen was on TV a year or two ago in Boston.  They dump the snow into a big hopper and it quickly melts it into water and flows down the drain.  No build up on the streets or packed in cars or sidewalks.

[pmillen]

They dump the snow into a big hopper and it quickly melts it into water and flows down the drain.

What drain?  The curb storm drain?

[Kristin Meredith]

They dump the snow into a big hopper and it quickly melts it into water and flows down the drain.

What drain?  The curb storm drain?

That's what they showed.

[Bentley]

Boston hot water snow removal.

[okie smokie]

Boston hot water snow removal.

Darn Global Warming! 

[MysticRhythms]

It looks to me like they hauled the snow to another location and then ran it thru the melter.
My city takes forever just to get the plows thru after a storm, I can't imagine how long it would take of they were hauling it to a remote location.

[Bentley]

That was not the video I wanted.  The 1st one I saw they just moved the melting unit to the area they were clearing and did it on site.  Could not find that video.

[Bar-B-Lew]

Ice storm missed us last night, but looks like it got half of the country.  How is everyone doing in the middle part of the country?

[02ebz06]

Ice storm missed us last night, but looks like it got half of the country.  How is everyone doing in the middle part of the country?

Hadn't fully recovered from Sundays snow, and got and inch or two last night.
Still very light snowing.