My mailman caught me trying to chisel ice off my driveway with a kitchen spatula

Used to just throw down buckets of salt and hope for the best every winter. Then last month during that -35 freeze I was out there at 6am with a pancake turner trying to chip away at a 3 inch ice sheet. My mailman rolled up, laughed, and handed me a $30 ice chipper from Canadian Tire. That thing saved my back and now I actually prep my driveway before it snows. Anyone else got a weird tool they swore by after a neighbor or delivery person showed them the way?

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rileygonzalez20d ago

Real talk though, @wade438, is an ice chipper really that much better than a good shovel? I've been using the same flat shovel for ten years and never felt like I was missing out. Sounds like overkill for a little bit of ice, but maybe I'm just too stubborn to try something new.

grant_ross2725d ago

Oh man, same! My neighbor saw me scraping with a dusty shovel and handed me a metal scraper. Game changer.

wade43825d ago

Heard a similar story from my buddy down the street. He was using an old putty knife and cussing up a storm until his son came over with a proper scraper. Took him less than half the time to finish the driveway after that.

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