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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a snowblower (8hp 27", so a modest beast) I blow out around 8 of our neighbors; driveways. I wouldn't lend it out. For many reasons. They are finicky and can get bogged down with too wet of snow and you can scorch the drive belts easily if you overload it. If you walk too fast you can overload the auger. Rocks can get wedged in the auger and you have to get them out carefully. Managing the discharge chute is a continuous process so you don't throw snow onto cars, windows, kids, etc.I've got 50 years of experience doing that.  Most important, the snow at 9am Sunday was something the snowblower could handle. T[b]he snow with 4" of sleet mixed in was not blowable. So they missed the window of using the snowblower anyway.[/b] [/quote]
+1 saw my neighbor trying to use the snowblower on the icy snow this morning. They were having a hard time.

This thread reminds of a thread a while ago about how someone thought it was rude for their neighbor to not offer to plug in some of their electrical chords into the neighbor's generator when the power was out, as if they were entitled to it.  The consensus was for the OP to get their own generator.

In this case, the neighbors should also get their own snowblower.

DH and I just talked about getting one for next year.

it's one thing if the neighbor is elderly or incapable; it's another if they are young and able bodied.  FWIW, we are in our 50s/60s, and we shoveled our own snow while watching our  neighbor use their snowblower.

Seems the neighbors were entitled.
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