24 in. Sleigh Shovel

Not sure that the Garant would be the best tool for that. There are products which are designed specifically for clearing snow off roofs. They are typically called "snow rakes" or "snow roof rakes" and have extendable handles so you can work from the ground.

Breaking up those impacted piles with a small steel shovel and then using the sleigh shovel to transport the snow works best for me!

My guess is the bulkiness of the sleigh costs more to ship. I had mine shipped to the nearby Home Depot store to save the shipping cost. I thought it was a very convenient option.

Don't twist your back. Lean into the handle pushing more into one side, causing the snow scoop to spin. Then direct to where you want and lift the handle to dump the snow. Just don't collect too much snow in the scoop. Another method I use is to load the scoop with snow, then drag it backwards like a sled on snow to an area to dump. Spin it and then tip the handle up to dump the snow.

This snow scoop works well on a sidewalk when the snow is more than 3 inches deep. Once I slide the sleigh to where I want to dump the snow, I pull back quickly to unload.

The thing works great for a short distance push, such as across a sidewalk width or two. Once it fills up it can be hard to dump when the snow is wet and heavy. I like mine, but I too have a bad back and shoulders. I sometimes have to take small "bites" to keep from over exerting, specially when the snow is wet or deep. When the snow fall is very deep and/or heavy, I just use my snow blower.

Technique is the key with this product. Not hard to pick up, but does take a little practice. This product will get down to near concrete. The residual snow/ice is thin enough to melt very easily with direct sunlight on a cold day.

The answer should be yes - but not really. Garant has gone to a cheap clip system in the poly shovel handle. You push the steel handle into the holes in the sleigh shovel until the clips engage. The problem is, the tolerances on the hole and the handle do not allow the handle to slide all the way in. I just jammed my handle in as far as I could get it and it stays on since, in use, you are pushing the sleigh forward and basically pushing the handle down into the hole -- it doesn't come out. Getting the handle out again is not a job you really want to do every time you use it. Maybe once a year for summer storage, but not with every snow. This is the story with the model #78051 they are selling here. The old model #16009 allowed you to remove the handle fairly easily.

Yes; it simply has plastic snaps that lock into place that allow it to be adjustable length, now I keep mine on the longish side so that it garners more length to be able to get more angular leverage to fulcrum off the ground even with snow loaded so that this is quite a bit more snow removal ergonomically efficient on a actual snow removal efficiency standpoint; one can also attach a second snow sleigh shovel also as well so that the total combined snow removal width is widened from twenty four inches to a total of fourty eigh inches width; that has got to one of the widest width snow sleigh removal shovels that one can potentially create for oneself; now simply connect two snow sleigh shovels together in parallel side by side by connecting the two handles that project at a forty five degree angle via two foot half inch diameter section of wooden dowel rod along with two half inch to one inch worm drive adjustable hose clamps; simply screw the adjusted tight enough to not allow any slippage; and then simply use another three foot half inch diameter wooden dowel rod section attached to the indented cureved in part of each of the snow sleigh shovels; so that they are connected and braced together to offer stability when both of them are connected and pushed forward together also as well; now one can then potentially move up to forty eight inch width swath of snow with a single snow removal pass at a time; which is an incredible boom to snow removal efficiency indeed; try it and one will be thanking me later trust me; it only take six half inch to one inch hose clamps and one four foot section of half inch wooden toweling to be used as indicated above; now one will be able to cut down ones snow removal time by literally one half quite easily; cost wise it costs two Garant 24 inch sleigh shovels and six half inch worm style hose clamps and one forty eight inch section to be cut down for a three foot section for the push bar indented curved handle grip and the remaining wooden dowel section used to assist in clamping the snow sleigh shovels side by side in order so that they are fastened side by side in parallel with each other.

This is good for a couple of inches of snow or a small area to shovel. If any thing bigger to shovel or a lot of snow a snow blower is better. I love this pusher its great.