Wheeled Snow Shovel

Wheeled Snow Shovel MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous Combine a 40-in wide shovel a bicycle wheel and a pair of long 8-ft 4-in wooden handles and you’ve got a back-saving “wheeled snow shovel” Patrick Walsh came up with the idea as a way to make the job of shoveling snow less strenuous “You just push it using your legs and not your back ” he says “You use your body weight to push down on the handle instead of your back and arms ” He used 1 1/16-in thick sheet metal to fabricate the shovel which is 5 in high at the back and has a replaceable cutting edge The oak handles bolt onto aluminum angle iron brackets on back of the shovel A pair of angle irons extend from the handlebars to down below the wheel Both angle irons are bolted to the bicycle wheel’s axle using the original axle bolt An angle iron brace at the top of the handlebars provides reinforcement “It works like you’re pushing a wheelbarrow except that it’s easier ” says Walsh “I use it on my 300-ft driveway and sidewalk and on a 40-ft sq apron in front of my garage It really works great on light snow because I can cover a big area quickly “I made the handles by glueing two 3/4-in oak boards together and then sawing them down to 1 1/4 in sq Then I tapered the top part of the handles until they were round ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Patrick Walsh W8590 Norway Road Elroy Wis 53929 ph 608 462-5560; ptannw@gmail com

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