i had to shovel the Apron to the driveway. that took half the day alone. it was to thick for the snowblower and it would just clog. i must have moved 1000 pounds of snow lol. Im sore as hell !!!
Come on Alex, you're a young man. Suck it up cupcake and shovel.
Using a snowblower isn't as easy as it looks, as you have to use a lot of body English to move them around and make sure you're not on the windward side.
On the snowblower front, unless you're using one of the little single stage snowblowers, a two staged unit shouldn't have a problem.
I've got a big Ariens snowblower. It's a heavy duty machine weighing in close to 300 pounds. Once you get into the snow pile, let the auger do the work, take small bites. Works much better that way and you won't break the shear pins.
We had 30 inches of snow in the last storm. I started snow-blowing after the first 6 inches was on the ground. Used it twice on Friday and three times on Saturday. It's a lot easier to handle that way. The county came through in the middle of the night and left me a 5 foot tall mound blocking the driveway. Took about 20 minutes to clear.
BTW, how did the snow tires workout on the Volvo?