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These days, companies like Stihl and Makita sell multi-heads. These are battery-powered motors that can drive a variety of common landscaping attachments, like string trimmers and hedge cutters.
Uniquely, Makita also offers this Snow Thrower attachment:
The business end is 12" wide and can handle a 6" depth of snow at a time. Tiltable vanes on the inside let you control whether you want to throw the snow to the left, to the right or straight ahead. The company says you can clear about five parking spaces with two 18V batteries.
So how well does it work? Seeing is believing. Here’s Murray Kruger of Kruger Construction putting it through its paces:
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