Snowblowing a driveway in Colorado with a Yamaha YS 828

[JasonsLawnCare1]

get ya a toyota tacoma 4x4 and then you won't have to snow blow the driveway anymore. you can just drive over it. lol

[zeekzilch]

@JasonsLawnCare1

I agree - it would sure be a lot more fun!

[19320000000000]

Very nice video; I was wondering how well the yamaha compares to the Honda snow blower.

[zeekzilch]

@19320000000000

Thanks! But, this particular Yamaha snowblower is about ten years old so I'm not sure what modern stuff there would be to compare it with?

[mike866]

I'm jealous of that guy. We had to dig out the old fashion way...with shovels. Even light snow is pretty heavy when you have over a foot of the stuff. Funny thing was we had tons of snow in Golden, but we headed up to the mountains this morning and they hardly got anything...one of those weird upslopes I guess. Have a great Christmas!

[zeekzilch]

@mike866

Sorry to hear about the shovels - I have three different neighbors always competing to do my driveway so I get by with a limited amount of shoveling. They're a great bunch of guys who love those machines! Merry Christmas to you two as well!

[andrewbarrett42]

Thats a clever machine.

[zeekzilch]

@andrewbarrett42

It's actually a pretty old snow-blower, probably a decade old at the time of this recording.

[andrewbarrett42]

@zeekzilch Really,I,ve never seen one before,we don,t have them here i don,t think.

[zeekzilch]

@andrewbarrett42

Does it snow where you live? What country, state, or province are you located in?

[andrewbarrett42]

@zeekzilch I live on the coast,Blackpool in England and its very rare to get snow here,I do love the stuff.Last time we had a deep snow here was back in 1996.You can see on one of my videos with my dog playing in it.

[zeekzilch]

@andrewbarrett42

I looked at your vids of Sam but didn't see any snow. I also saw your video of the "Intimadator" in Virginia and reminds me of the one I rode at Universal Orlando just a month ago except the Intimadator looks a lot higher! Although I haven't been to Blackpool my wife and I did drive down M6 from Glascow to Liverpool for obvious tourist reasons! ( rogerwendelldotcom/unitedkingd­om.html ) You are lucky you don't get as much snow as we do here in Colorado!

[andrewbarrett42]

@zeekzilch Its the English setter vs poodle video the one with the snow.what did you think of England when you visited.I,ve nearly been all over America and I personly think it is better than England.

[zeekzilch]

@andrewbarrett42

We enjoyed England immensely as it is so different than north America due to its much longer history. I think we stayed in a regular bed and breakfast that was older than my country! And, of course, England's history includes its huge impact on much of the rest of the world.so that, too, is of keen interest to us.

[andrewbarrett42]

@zeekzilch I,m very surprised that you loved England,I have heard many Americans say when they come over to England they hate it,they find it a dull third world country and very cold and the servise is terrible.You are from Colarado,thats one part of America I have,nt done,I would love to visit there.I want to go to Messa verdi national park.Its cliff dwellings,have you been there?

[zeekzilch]

@andrewbarrett42

@mike866

Americans, in general, don't travel outside the country very much. But, the ones who do always seem to enjoy the U.K. - London's culture, bike rides in Ireland, hiking in Scotland, I hear a lot of good reports from fellow travelers. Although Mesa Verde is 700 kilometres (435 miles) from my house I've been there many times and love the ancient mystery in it!

[andrewbarrett42]

@zeekzilch Yeah I really want to go there Mesa verde,I saw it in a Lassie film years ago,thats how I found about it.

Well Americans don,t really need to travel because you have the best ofeverything there,hot weather,beaches,mountains,nati­onal parks and the best theme parks in the world.

[zeekzilch]

@andrewbarrett42

Thank you! I'm very proud of my country and love it here. But, I still enjoy seeing other parts of the world as I just returned from Russia in September, etc. I do hope you get a chance to see Mesa Verde someday but would encourage you to visit it in the fall or winter as it is VERY crowded with visitors during school breaks, summer, etc.