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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 11:23 am 
I just saw a post on facebook urging Seattleites to buy their snow shovels now. Every time there is a snow event there, snow shovels sell out. My question. Do you throw them away afte winter is over? What happens to all those snow shovels?

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 11:44 am 
It must be the millions of people fleeing California that are buying them. wink.gif

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 12:07 pm 
treeswarper wrote:
My question. Do you throw them away afte winter is over? What happens to all those snow shovels?
rotf.gif Yeah, we stash ours where we can get 'em again!

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 12:28 pm 
This place which is not close to Seattle, came with several snow shovels. Since all looked like torture devices, I advertised them on the local website as free and they were snatched up. I brought my own stuff with me but not from California. The Yooper Scooper did come from Wisconsin and was made in the U.P. Apparently the Seattle home sellers do not leave snow shovels for the Californians.

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 12:52 pm 
Seattle law requires people to shovel the sidewalks in front of there home and business within 12 hours of the last snowflake or suffer a fine starting at fifty dollars for homeowners and two hundred fifty for businesses.

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 1:12 pm 
treeswarper wrote:
What happens to all those snow shovels?
I use mine as a zipflbob.

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 1:19 pm 
Meh, just toss it. Gets in the way in the summer months. These things are supposed to be disposable anyway. Just buy a new one if need be.

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 1:56 pm 
We had a similar discussion last Winter. The consensus was that today's snow shovels are so cheaply made (true) that they usually break and are thrown away. the answer to no having to buy a snow shovel every year was to purchase a grain shovel for snow removal, which is much more durable. (true). Plus with all the people moving here from CA, the demand will be greater than the supply.

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 3:46 pm 
Ok, better take down this thread also. I thought last year's was what kind of snow shovel do you use, not where they disappeared to during the off season.

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 4:33 pm 
Used ours to shovel bark dust in summer, have had it for years. The last one I lost was shoveling church parking parking lot at another nwhikers wedding.

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 4:35 pm 
treeswarper wrote:
Ok, better take down this thread also. I thought last year's was what kind of snow shovel do you use, not where they disappeared to during the off season.
Touchy, touchy, cabin fever already kicking in? I edited my post to read "Similar discussion last winter"...I will attempt to be more PC in the future, my apologies. When we get powder, I use a shop push broom.

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 5:01 pm 
Use it to throw the dog poop back to the neighbors it came from.

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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 6:06 pm 
Cyclopath wrote:
Use it to throw the dog poop back to the neighbors it came from.
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PostFri Jan 10, 2020 6:25 pm 
Maybe they get broken during spring glissades? They are also good for fanning a reluctant barbecue.

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