I must be doing something wrong. Is there some trick? I had less than an inch of snow on my driveway and all it did was push the snow.
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I'm going to answer you straight forward, the way the one I have works is, I plug it in to a extension cord. I plug the extension cord into a 110 - 120 volt outlet. On the handle of the snow blower you press the button on the left side of the handle and then pull the trigger. The one I have throws snow around 10 to 15 feet straight in front of the machine. I hope this helps, if your doing all this and it isn't working send it back.
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Not enough snow. At least a few inches required for snow to blow up through. Blower. Love the snow joe, now in our third year, works great, we do not use with just an inch, blades will hit paving, not a good idea, use with three or more inches, and use caution with heavy slushy we're snow. Don,t gigive up
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I would suggest talking with customer support at the manufacture. I have not used mine all winter but will be using mine at least by May. I am waiting for the snow to melt.
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Dan did a great job of answering your question. Keep an eye othe temp.....there are times I still need to add snow to keep it around 80
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It work fine, a little snow means nothing to it. Just make sure you bury it in ground before the snow or your snow thrower will eat it up like I did with mine! $60 shredded to snow dust!!!
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Check the extension cord to make sure it's still good. Is the little key near the plug on the snowblower turned to the proper position? Is there some frozen snow or ice blocking the blades from turning?
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Make sure to remove snow before it gets to 6 inches. It is a single stage and does not do well beyond 6
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Did it get too cold? We left ours outside one night, and it didn't work the next day. Toro customer service says it may have frozen. We'll try it again, but we're close to returning it. What good is a snow blower that has to come into the house at night?
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My husband has used this only twice since we purchased it. He says the SnowJoe doesn't work very well when the snow is wet. He thought it even shorted once since he was only able to do half our 80-foot driveway when it just shut off. It snowed earlier this week and while he was able to do a little more with fresh, powdery snow, i'm not sure if you can easily cut through the big snow piles. You might need several passes.
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Mine works great. I think you will really like it. I love mine. Particularly with the snow this past winter. There is some trial and error involved in installation but not too bad.
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Well, it weighs 11 pounds or so, but I suspect that was not really what you were asking. I suspect that you want to know how hard it is to push when it's got snow in it. I can't answer that precisely, because I would need some sort of testing device to do that. And, of course, it depends upon how much snow you have in it. It is somewhat harder to push than a regular snow shovel, but I don't think it is overly difficult to push. Remember the old push lawn mowers? I would compare it to those, assuming your blades were reasonably sharp.
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If the blower works properly, raise the skis before it snows so that the cutting blade stays above your gravel. You should not have a problem. If your drive turns to mud and ruts, you may have to ift over the ruts by pushing down on the handles. However, I bought one from Amazon them selves and it pulled very hard to the right. Local Husqvarna shop looked at it, agreed with me but said the factory would not warranty it. I talked to Amazon and they sent me an entire new blower. It is worse. Be careful where you buy one. I originally had one I bought locally. It is a straight running, good machine. I bought the second one for my cabin in the forest. It does the job but is a lot more work. If the blower works properly, raise the skis before it snows so that the cutting blade stays above your gravel. You should not have a problem. If your drive turns to mud and ruts, you may have to ift over the ruts by pushing down on the handles. However, I bought one from Amazon them selves and it pulled very hard to the right. Local Husqvarna shop looked at it, agreed with me but said the factory would not warranty it. I talked to Amazon and they sent me an entire new blower. It is worse. Be careful where you buy one. I originally had one I bought locally. It is a straight running, good... » Read More If the blower works properly, raise the skis before it snows so that the cutting blade stays above your gravel. You should not have a problem. If your drive turns to mud and ruts, you may have to ift over the ruts by pushing down on the handles. However, I bought one from Amazon them selves and it pulled very hard to the right. Local Husqvarna shop looked at it, agreed with me but said the factory would not warranty it. I talked to Amazon and they sent me an entire new blower. It is worse. Be careful where you buy one. I originally had one I bought locally. It is a straight running, good machine. I bought the second one for my cabin in the forest. It does the job but is a lot more work. « Show Less
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I only had issues once and this was due to the snow and ice mixture. The other times it cut right through the snow. Once you get one strip done you can usually get some traction.
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Push power only. Depending on the amount (depth) of snow and type of snow (really wet or dry/powdery) the auger might help pull it along somewhat (probably in depths less than a few inches) but that's just a guess (haven't yet used it in the snow!)
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sorry but i have only used this on my driveway and can tell you this, it just disappears.
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No problem, you can push the snow if you have the strength. It is for me push and lift. The shovel will last forever.
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I have a 2 car wide 75ft long driveway and in January we got 8 inches of wet heavy snow. I ran out of juice when I was about 90% done. Recharge took a couple of hours then was able to finish with no problems.
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So far I've not had to bother with clearing just an inch or two of snow--the sun comes out or it rains soon after and the snow's gone. I'd probably not bother getting it out with a little snowfall, so I really cannot give a good answer.