Very cool.

Yet I shan't be surrendering my snowblower anytime soon :-)

About 20' of my driveway is situated between my neighbor's house and mine, making the jab n' toss method of snow removal impossible. I have to "snowplow" this area to either the street end or the backyard end which adds an hour to 3" of snowfall.

I came up with a brilliant way to clear the snow. I buy a sheet of heavy mil black tarp. When the snow starts to fall I lay out the 10' x 30' sheet on the driveway. As it gets 2-3" on it, I drag it out to the back, dump the snow and put the tarp back on the driveway. It takes all of 45 seconds.

2 problems: snow on plastic has a co-efficient of friction of like 0.00000001 which is very treacherous. Second problem is that if there is any freezing rain (like Cincinnati got on 12/22 on top of the 12" of snow), the tarp effectively becomes a permanent part of the driveway until the first thaw, at which time there is also 12 pounds of dog poop.

But, effectively applied, it's cheap and it works fast.

Ever since my son bought me a 6 hp Sears Craftman self-propelled snow blower, 5 forward speeds and two in reverse, I've actually looked forward to my beloved New England Northeasters.