"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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The standard square point dirt shovel is best for snow, it will also chop
ice. It won't break your back either. The big blade snow shovels work
fine
with 1/2 inch of snow, but are nearly useless with a 2-3 foot drift.
Not that I have had to shovel much snow here in NC, but I did living near
Lake Erie, long ago.

I like the new snow shovels with the funky handles that allow you to work
standing up straight. I have a very bad back, (two unsuccessful surgeries)
so that is the first consideration!
A spud bar and a flat scraper is what I use on ice.

Best of all, in NC, if you wait one or two days, 90% of the time, the snow
will remove itself!
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Jim in NC