Anyone come up with a better way to get snow off the roof?

Scottyb · Post by **Scottyb** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:32 pm

I have been standing in the bucket of my 350b loader to reach the top of this roof. It works but...I need a better way, I have lots of roof !

shinnery · Post by **shinnery** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:06 pm

How did you get all that sugar up there, anyway??
Bryce

Paul Buhler · Post by **Paul Buhler** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:34 am

I've used one of these as well as roof rakes like you. The electric blower works reasonably well unless the snow's particularly heavy. I use a 100' power cord, wallow to the ridge and work down towards the eaves so I don't fall off the roof. I usually do the last bit with a rake from the ground.

Snow's nice, but what a pain when you need to move it.

This other product looks interesting too, but I've never used it.
http://www.roofrake.com/Productpages/roofrakerazor.asp

Scottyb · Post by **Scottyb** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:20 am

Paul, I really like the look of that roof rake razor. I have about 4000 ft2 of roof between the 3 family cabins and garage and it looks like a winner.

Scottyb · Post by **Scottyb** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 8:20 am

Paul, I really like the look of that roof rake razor. I have about 4000 ft2 of roof between the 3 family cabins and garage and it looks like a winner.

Lu47Dan · Post by **Lu47Dan** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:31 pm

Go to steel roofing and than slam a door hard

Dan.

Paul Buhler · Post by **Paul Buhler** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:42 pm

Scotty
It looked good to me too. I have a few 6/12, 9/12 and 12/12 pitch roofs and any thing that would let gravity do more of the work is a plus. the 12/12 roofs are pretty easy, the shallower ones mean more work.

The razor looked like it allow you to work "under" the snow so you don't have to put in as much energy lifting the rake's head. What I also thought was nice is that the aluminum extension poles I already own seem to fit
Good luck. We're getting a predicted 18"-24" today into tomorrow night; we already have about 9" new. I'll be raking some of mine too.
Usually around here at this time of year, I'm more concerned with sap flow than roof raking - but the skiing's still great! So it comes down to choices.

Paul

gus · Post by **gus** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:53 pm

If it isn't to heavy, a leaf blower works great. The bigger the better.

Paul Buhler · Post by **Paul Buhler** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:58 pm

Gus: You're bragging. Powder that dry rarely exists here. I've seen some of the videos using a blower to move snow. I wish we had more of that kind of powder - if we did , I wouldn't need to rake anyway - the roofs can handle those kinds of load.
Paul

Scottyb · Post by **Scottyb** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:28 am

The snow here is all dry. Until this week we never had one single day above freezing since early November (and a near record 30 days colder than -30) now the risk here is that all that snow on the roof gets wet and in March - April we will sometimes get that wet stuff on top. If it is not cleared soon we could have 6 feet of heavy stuff up there. Every spring we have someone we know loose a roof during a late storm. One plus having long cold spells, you do not have to wash vehicles for months at a time!

gus · Post by **gus** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:14 am

Just tell the wife to get you a beer first then get up on the roof and shovel it off... Holler when she's done and you'll put the ladder back up for her.

jtrichard · Post by **jtrichard** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:23 pm

Richard here in southern California What is this "SNOW" of which you speak?

oldtanker · Post by **oldtanker** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:37 pm

jtrichard wrote:Richard here in southern California What is this "SNOW" of which you speak?

Frozen rain. What are these mud slides and earth quakes you folks talk about?

Rick

Paul Buhler · Post by **Paul Buhler** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:31 am

If it is not cleared soon we could have 6 feet of heavy stuff up there.

That's a lot of snow! In some years I'll see about 3' piled on the roofs, but thaws usually reduce this depth.

After this week's storm I'm looking at about 2' on the roofs and I'll be raking the eaves before tomorrows forecast rain showers - for those in warmer places, this minimizes ice dams and lets the water drip off the roof rather than back up under the shingles - and down the inside walls.

Best wishes for a Spring that's not too wet and muddy.

shinnery · Post by **shinnery** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:16 am

With just hundredths over a half inch of moisture since the first of the year and only about an inch since October we would take any precipitation anybody wants to send us. In any form. LOL
Bryce

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