We had plenty of drifting, so the amount of snow is difficult to measure, but it looks like about 8 inches. The solar panels had a solid 8 inches on the upper panels, and 6 on the lower. It took a long time to move with the blower, and I couldn't move the snow at the top. I found that pushing powdery snow with a blower generates static electricity. You can feel it working on your back, and if you touch anything, like these panels, you get a real jolt. I added a wire from the blower to drag behind me as a ground strap. I got enough that my heart was jumping around a bit, but it's OK now. We blew frequently to keep a clean path around the house and a path in the dog yard.
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We no longer have gasoline blowers. An experiment using the 18 volt hand held blower as a powdery snow removing tool cost us the blower because the autopsy revealed the impeller shattered in the cold.
Depending on what we get today, we might repeat the test with the 40 volt hand held blower that is kept warm and dry in the basement.
Your trial worked well.
We ended up with around seven inches of snow, it was fluffy on top, but the streets and drives started with a bit of slush.
The 40 volt hand held blower did a great job of clearing the car under the carport, and a fair job on the back porch. Everywhere else the snow was beyond its ability to blow away.
The snowthrower got a good workout.
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