How bad is keeping your car outside in snow compared to in a garage or carport instead?

Posted July 13th, 2009

Cincinnati O asked: How much worse is it to keep your car parked out in the snow rather than in garage or carport? Is the only difference the pain in scraping it and cleaning it off, or is it actually bad for the car to be in the cold snow like that? Anything [...]

Who is responsible for snow removal at a rental property?

Posted July 5th, 2009

ref322 asked: I rent the second floor of a house. It is snowing today and I don’t know if we, the 1st floor or the landlord is responsible for shoveling the snow. Anyone know?Vicki

How do you get snow not to stick on your snow plow?

Posted June 4th, 2009

ryan asked: I have a fisher snow plow for my F-250 and some of the pant has warn off. I was wondering if they make a product to stop the snow from sticking. I also bought it used and someone decided to paint it the same color with a spray can. Even with light snow [...]

What is the best snow blower for a 100ft plus straight driveway?

Posted May 26th, 2009

Jeff M asked: I’m buying a snow blower for my dad for one of his Christmas gifts. What would be the best one?Amanda

Do I need to buy rim together with snow tires? What are the problems if I buy snow tires only?

Posted May 12th, 2009

learner asked: I bought and installed snow tires last year and threw out old tires since they were worn. In the spring, I bought new set of tires and have snow tires unmounted.
Now winter comes again. I want to have the old snow tires mounted. I heard somewhere that the rim cannot afford too [...]

How is the easiest way to kill a snow blower?

Posted April 13th, 2009

whit asked: My dad has this old crappy snow blower that hardly works. He does not want to get rid of it and my ma wants me to kill it. What is the best way of going about doing it and making it unnoticeable. Should i bleach the gas tank. I was going to put [...]

How much tread would snow tires need to pass inspection?

Posted March 17th, 2009

Adam H asked: I have snow tires on the back of my S-10, they’re at 6/32 right now. That should pass inspection, right? I know for regular all-seasons it’s usually 2 to 4, but I didn’t know if the standards were different or whatever. Thanks…Robin

Snow is melting and uncovered a hole in the top of my septic mound?

Posted February 10th, 2009

pamomof4 asked: We just moved into a home and it has a septic mound. It has been covered with snow and now that its melting we found a large hole (about 2 ft in diameter) on the top. What I really want to know is if it just needs to be filled with [...]

What is the difference between snow tires and all season tires?

Posted January 10th, 2009

ilovebobsaget2 asked: I am wanting to put new tires on my car for winter snow and ice. I was looking online and there are snow tires but also all season tires. What’s the difference? Are you only supposed to have snow tires during winter? Do you have to change your tires [...]

Snow removal from a roof of a house, good or naughty?

Posted December 6th, 2008

trey6z asked: I am getting conflicting advise on removing snow from the roof of my house. Some have told me that the snow creates too much pressure for the roof and must be removed. This sounds reasonable because in Minnesota we can acumulate up to 3 feet of snow on the roofs over [...]