I have a pea stone driveway. Is there a setting to raise it about an inch off the driveway, or can it be lifted easily as you're pushing it?
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Unfortunately, there is no setting to raise the snowthrower, and although you can lift it easily enough, to keep it at a particular height would be tiring after a short period. Though it is a nice little machine, It really is meant for asphalt driveways, and I believe other people who have reviewed this snow thrower have recommended against it for any type of loose stone driveways.
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This snow thrower certainly is light enough to tilt back slightly, but honestly, you would have to be pretty diligent to make that work and not throw a bunch of rocks. I have several places in the front sidewalk where the thrower needs to be tipped a bit to ride up over concrete edges. There is no setting to raise it up but you could replace the back wheels with slightly bigger wheels. If your driveway is very big, I would suggest you keep looking for a unit that would more closely meet your needs. Even with this nice light unit, it does take quite a bit of work to clear snow without having to pay attention to the pitch! Good luck! This snow thrower certainly is light enough to tilt back slightly, but honestly, you would have to be pretty diligent to make that work and not throw a bunch of rocks. I have several places in the front sidewalk where the thrower needs to be tipped a bit to ride up over concrete edges. There is no setting to raise it up but you could replace the back wheels with slightly bigger wheels. If your driveway is very big, I would suggest you keep looking for a unit that would more closely meet your needs. Even with this nice light unit, it does take quite a bit of work to clear snow without having... » Read More This snow thrower certainly is light enough to tilt back slightly, but honestly, you would have to be pretty diligent to make that work and not throw a bunch of rocks. I have several places in the front sidewalk where the thrower needs to be tipped a bit to ride up over concrete edges. There is no setting to raise it up but you could replace the back wheels with slightly bigger wheels. If your driveway is very big, I would suggest you keep looking for a unit that would more closely meet your needs. Even with this nice light unit, it does take quite a bit of work to clear snow without having to pay attention to the pitch! Good luck! « Show Less
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It does not have shoes as they call them on the gas powered ones. You can lift it and walk with it but personally I would not use it on a pea stone driveway. I think the wheels might sink in the stone.
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It is easy to lift...not so easy to keep it at an even height. Pea stone drive way and ANY snowblower sounds like a very difficult way to stay happy. If the pebbles don't jam or wreck the snow blower they won't do car paint or windows any good... (It might be worth figuring out a way of putting a slider on the bottom of the blower to make sure it stays up a little. Otherwise...be careful.)
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There is no way to set the height of this snow blower, but it is light enough to lift as you are pushing it.
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This snow thrower certainly is light enough to tilt back slightly, but honestly, you would have to be pretty diligent to make that work and not throw a bunch of rocks. I have several places in the front sidewalk where the thrower needs to be tipped a bit to ride up over concrete edges. There is no setting to raise it up but you could replace the back wheels with slightly bigger wheels. If your driveway is very big, I would suggest you keep looking for a unit that would more closely meet your needs. Even with this nice light unit, it does take quite a bit of work to clear snow without having to pay attention to the pitch! Good luck!
1355862
You fill the base with sand or water, so it's pretty heavy and stable. It should work on a slanted driveway. It may be more susceptible to tipping with with strong winds.
668287
NO. You can't get the trailer up high enough with this. you would have to add about 2 more inches by having a board or something else to drive up on first. then onto this. I had to jack the trailer up as I was near heat exhaustion and didn't think of the other idea until after I about killed myself trying to jack it up in 110 degrees. I even wrote a complaint about it.
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probably, it comes with little risers that lift it about 4-5 inches off the ground.
883705
Raise it all the way up, and then it will release and allow you to lower it.. Hope this helps �
1176445
Part of my driveway is gravel. I do have to push down on the handles to slightly lift the front end of the snowblower to avoid picking up too much gravel. This would a problem with any snowblower in my opinion. Overall I really like my Husqvarna. It does a great job. --ST
2176380
Raises the tire approx. 3". Keep in mind, if you're running any bigger than 32" tires it won't help. In fact, put the money towards a bumper with a tire carrier.
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It should have no problem. I bought this Husqvarna late last spring and have been using it this winter. I have a 4 to 5 inch step up going from my driveway to an adjoining paver patio. I just tilt the snowblower back to get the intake above the patio height and it just drives itself right up.
82563
Yes these can raise it. Just be careful and place rubber pads on the futon legs and on the raisers so it doesn't move.
1958348
If you are using to spread gravel on a driveway, you don't need any extra weight. You can add a cinder block to the back of the blade if you need. I did not use any added weight doing my drive that is at least 250-300 yards long.
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It raises the plow about 6-8" high off the ground. If you are wondering how much weight it will lift I can't answer that but I know it has no problem at all lifting my warn 60" tapered plow and seems like it can handle much more. In fact if I run it all the way down it can push the front end of the 4 wheeler up off the ground.
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Mine did that and it was too close the road ! I started using it for a driveway watch .I moved it up the driveway about 6 ft. works great.
1730491
there is an extender that you can find for this. it also raises the unit by a few inches.
868843
we have a moderately sloped driveway... it goes up it just fine (though, certainly slower than it does going back down the driveway!).
1038939
I really don't know, since I just push it anddont worry about lifting it. This is the only snowblower I've owned so I don't have a comparison. It works well on flat or downhill, but my driveway has a sight incline and it doesn't have the power to throw and pull the incline too.
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Yes, you can raise it to 8" or so from the top, and lower it nearly to the floor. Pretty easy to do, just takes an Allen wrench and 10-15 minutes of time.
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I set mine up on the driveway. You can use Hilti anchors or you can put the legs in 5 gallon bucket, then fill the buckets full of gravel.