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WhatIsThisDoingHere t1_jaxel1t wrote

Reply to comment by overdoing_it in This is an old school NH snowstorm. Good to see! by ReauxChambeaux

You have a gravel driveway. That’s what happens when you have a gravel driveway. It’s not a question of ‘doing it carefully’, it’s simple physics. The snow freezes to the material on the top layer and it all gets pushed up by the plow.

You might be able to find a guy who would be willing to put shoes on his plow to lift the blade off the surface, but that would leave behind a layer of compacted ice on the entire driveway that I’m sure you would be equally displeased by and fire him too.

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overdoing_it t1_jaxkioi wrote

Ice is fine, that's what I do with my snowblower. Leave an inch or two of compacted snow and let it freeze. It doesn't make it any more difficult to drive in and I either use shoe spikes or there's enough snow left on the surface that it isn't slippery.

I put cat litter down around the area leading to my door if it gets really slippery so delivery drivers don't slip.

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