Guides

• Why Storm Depth Matters More Than Snowfall for a Snowblower — Annual snowfall is the number people quote, but how deep a single storm gets decides the machine. Measured across 3,206 US towns.
• Snowblowers on Gravel: Why Single-Stage Is Wrong — On gravel, a single-stage auger scrapes and throws stones. In 912 US towns that changes the answer to a two-stage machine.
• Single-Stage or Two-Stage Snowblower for Your Town — Single-stage machines choke on storms above about 8 inches. How often that happens across US towns, and where a cordless one is enough.
• What a Winter of Snow Weighs on Your Driveway — The median snowy US town drops 36 inches a year. On a two car driveway that is 4.7 tons lifted by hand, from NOAA normals.