Hi John, thanks so much for showing this. seems very impressive. I want to make one for myself. Can you let me know which drum you bought. I cannot seem to find any good one at reasonable price. Can you give us a link for the drum ?
Yeah Brian, it works just as good with the wet heavy snow as well. It's easy to make, and the hardest part is to find a good push shovel to attach it to; but once you find the right pushing handle, you'll see how great this home-made shovel works.
Yeah, this shovel works great even in the wettest heaviest snows; it's just the most perfect shovel I have found in the 60 years I have lived so far. Make one you'll see for yourself!
John Turner i'm in the process of making one right now, and your video helped a bunch! The shovel gets under the snow and curls it, thus keeping the weight up and moving, rather than bogging down the shovel. Genious! Thank you so much for sharing!
What you see in the curve is the same for most part in many plows, some makers go with a more extreme curve at the top of the moldboard as it is called in the industry.
All you did was what The Snowplow Shovel snow pusher is but made your own with taller moldboard and attached it to a metal pusher shovel, HDPE which is what the drum you cut up is made of and UHMW-PE which the SnowPlow shovels are made of are most versatile and low friction plastic.
Yeah, it was just a simple idea I thought of after watching a lot of videos on homemade shovels. It surprised me however in its performance. I am 66 yrs old and this is the best shovel i have had in all my years! I just wanted to inspire someone else to make a simple shovel of their own. It's the perfect angle on the curve and the plastic is very rigid and wears well. I hope you can find a good push shovel to attach the piece of barrel to, and you can have your own great snow remover. I paid $10.00 for the barrel and I can make 8 shovels out of it; however all I need is one!
Quick reply, yeah I read the other comments before I posted this so knew somewhat how young you are these days, like I said in a reply in another comment that is the perfect curvature you want, some makers like to add a bit more curve at the top half to help throw it forward a bit more. Sadly with a shovel or pusher you would be hard pressed to figure a way to curve it so it scoops like the Fisher XLS wing plow but with a slight width curve to reduce side spill. Then again if you put this at a slight angle you can windrow like larger machine plows. Do not push yourself beyond your limits, you seem to still have more youth to live and got yourself a more reliable plow now on a nice low budget.
Hey LumpyLanny, the idea is to make one of your own. You need a 55 gal blue plastic barrel, cut that in half, then cut one of the halves into quarters; finally find a good handle to mount one of the quarters to, and there you have it! It's a homemade shovel project. Good luck Lumpy!!!
Pure genius in its simplicity. Just letting you know; I am going to "steal" this idea ;)
This method is better than any other on the market. The easiest way, is always the best way. Thank you John for the video!
im getting a 42inch blade with my new dr field and brush mower
I hope you patented the idea before someone else takes your idea and makes a huge profit out of it.
Loved your video by the way!
John, you get an "A" for effort...great job!
This was what i was lookin for , thx mate
you are a grate snow man .
Dry snow .... it looks great
Wet snow ... betcha it's a pisser
John, I see a great business idea in your shovel. great video!
Yeah, I thought that this would look good sitting on the shelves of the hardware stores too.
Awesome idea.
Cheap and best Brilliant idea .
this is awesome thanks John best vid so far (y)
Can you show us how you made it
Hi John, thanks so much for showing this. seems very impressive. I want to make one for myself. Can you let me know which drum you bought. I cannot seem to find any good one at reasonable price. Can you give us a link for the drum ?
after 8 years hows it working today good maybe
Great job but what about heavy wet snow , how does it handle .
Yeah Brian, it works just as good with the wet heavy snow as well. It's easy to make, and the hardest part is to find a good push shovel to attach it to; but once you find the right pushing handle, you'll see how great this home-made shovel works.
How does it do in the heavy wet stuff? Looks cool!
Yeah, this shovel works great even in the wettest heaviest snows; it's just the most perfect shovel I have found in the 60 years I have lived so far. Make one you'll see for yourself!
John Turner i'm in the process of making one right now, and your video helped a bunch! The shovel gets under the snow and curls it, thus keeping the weight up and moving, rather than bogging down the shovel. Genious!
Thank you so much for sharing!
What you see in the curve is the same for most part in many plows, some makers go with a more extreme curve at the top of the moldboard as it is called in the industry.
Yeah, I didn't invent the curve, the curve is in the barrel design itself, all that is needed is to quarter the barrel and wallah!!!
All you did was what The Snowplow Shovel snow pusher is but made your own with taller moldboard and attached it to a metal pusher shovel, HDPE which is what the drum you cut up is made of and UHMW-PE which the SnowPlow shovels are made of are most versatile and low friction plastic.
Yeah, it was just a simple idea I thought of after watching a lot of videos on homemade shovels. It surprised me however in its performance. I am 66 yrs old and this is the best shovel i have had in all my years! I just wanted to inspire someone else to make a simple shovel of their own. It's the perfect angle on the curve and the plastic is very rigid and wears well. I hope you can find a good push shovel to attach the piece of barrel to, and you can have your own great snow remover. I paid $10.00 for the barrel and I can make 8 shovels out of it; however all I need is one!
Quick reply, yeah I read the other comments before I posted this so knew somewhat how young you are these days, like I said in a reply in another comment that is the perfect curvature you want, some makers like to add a bit more curve at the top half to help throw it forward a bit more. Sadly with a shovel or pusher you would be hard pressed to figure a way to curve it so it scoops like the Fisher XLS wing plow but with a slight width curve to reduce side spill. Then again if you put this at a slight angle you can windrow like larger machine plows.
Do not push yourself beyond your limits, you seem to still have more youth to live and got yourself a more reliable plow now on a nice low budget.
Where can I buy one of your shovels?
Hey LumpyLanny, the idea is to make one of your own. You need a 55 gal blue plastic barrel, cut that in half, then cut one of the halves into quarters; finally find a good handle to mount one of the quarters to, and there you have it! It's a homemade shovel project. Good luck Lumpy!!!