A 71-year old man's method of shoveling snow from a driveway - Amazing!
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- čas přidán 2. 12. 2019
- You just might learn something by watching this way of shoveling snow. Snow about 8" deep, temperature 28 degrees F. Cold and windy!
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Did not expect the views of my snow shoveling video to jump like this! Thanks for the comments and likes everyone. And yep that's me playing fiddle in the background. I'm about to turn 73, still shoveling (but getting help from my son!) and fiddling.
You play that fiddle like a dream the sound is so Beautiful. I’ve always wanted to learn to play but they tell me that I can’t. It broke my heart 😢. They say that cause I can’t move my first two fingers the way I would need to and I’m right handed. Even though I’m not able to play I still love listening to those who can. Much love
I would like to be the first one in advance to wish you a happy birthday. Hope I can be as strong and resilient as you are at the age of 72.
Greetings from Belgium 🇧🇪
We moved to Arizona nine years ago so we don’t have snow anymore. Most of the time I don’t miss it. On occasion I remember going out late at night to shovel, no people, no cars, just moonlight and the quietly falling snow. Good memories. 😀
I just find simple work and chores so calming and grounding these days. Normalcy and the simple things in life make me tear up now...am I just getting older?
@@ginap2225 I think it’s that (me too) and the fact that our world is falling apart. I want to just take my daycare kids to the park to play. It’s so sad for the children.
Smart man. He takes his time. Knows better than to overexert himself. Much respect.
Stopped shovelling drive way a long time ago. Had my driveway redone and had installed underground pipes
filled with glycol and water combo, heated and circulated with a pump to melt the snow and ice.
The smart way to handle old man winter when you live in Canada.
Ciao from Little Italy 🇮🇹 Montréal
I just did something like this this morning for my patio and I’m almost 80. Older people think and work smarter. 😀
Indeed! There was an experiment, I forgot what exactly, but what I recall is that as people get older, their bodies start to optimize their movements. So what young'uns do through brute force, older people do through cunning.
Yes we do lol
Settle down man
I agree! I'll be 60 in June and decided to get a snow blower. Beats shoveling by a mile! ❄️❄️❄️
I am a 73 yr. old widow. I have to now shovel myself and this is exactly what I do. So much easier.
Same here I’m 69.
What’s the mind like at 73 and 69 years old
@@thegamingcasper101 same as yours
@@LockDownOnSparta well from when I was a child to my current lvl 20 my mind has changed I want insight on what it might be like in 50 years.
Your taking in all the data and processing it I’m sure somethings great will happen maybe become more efficient with thinking or idk something
Speaking as a 73 year old man,slow and steady wins any race. Especially shoveling snow.
As an old guy myself, I enjoy the irony of having to take baby steps to get the job done. ✝️🇺🇸🦅
and it only took 2 minutes wow
Wayne, also in pleasing their woman........:)
I, also, am an old fart.
I leave it and drive over it. That way, I'm less likely to slip when walking over it. Some people never learn.
Stopped a bit suddenly, is that where he had his heart attack?
He doing the smart way and didn't lift too much, we have to pay attention to our elderly💝
ELDER. This man is no elderly.
True. But, the first thing he did was clear a path in the middle to the ground to walk in. Notice how his shoes never got wet?
I just use a snowblower. Smarter way.
Ima remember this next time I hit the gym
@harout k I did not actually. And your assuming everyone humor is the same? Thx I never knew. Good day to you
The method is logical and the way i have shoveled my whole life. Now being 71 and shoveling smow is great 👍👍👍
I'm a 66 year old widow with a long driveway that is also a steep hill. You have given me two great tips: a better shovel and a better technique.
We also have a long, steep driveway and a self-propelled snow blower saves us!
As a ups driver I thank you sir! 70 years old and has a clean driveway. I see people half your age with snow piled in the driveway all winter long. Help keep your delivery drivers safe and remove snow from your property we really appreciate it!
There is a sad lack of respect out there. Snow on sidewalks, intersections of sidewalks and streets and driveways is just one sign of it. Some of us even clear the slush from the street in front of our driveway.
Thank you for the deliveries.
Yep so true....
In their defense they are probably working 3 jobs to pay the bills lol
Hey UPS guy..., my driver is always at the top of my mind when i clear my rural driveway. What would work for my AWD vehicle won't work for his truck, and I want to keep him happy!
Tromping through 6 inches of snow is actually SAFER than walking on the driveway the way HE left it!!!!
And that's why he's healthy & active at 70+, "keep moving everything else is practice for the grave, and you'll never hear your critic's" - my 98 year old grandpa...
god bless your granddad
Jim Fixx was an outstanding runner, till he stroked out while running..Shoveling is not the way to exercise ..He'd get enough exercise behind a snowblower too..work smart
@@lathamarea1437 You over stated, daily movement is important, but over exertion is harmful.
@@lathamarea1437 he is cheap for not buying small blower, i bet he eat expired food
I’m 63, and I couldn’t do this if I tried, after a few surgeries on the lumbar spine, I’ve gone mechanized. Even with a snowblower Mrs Dick B still worries. I can’t win. Word to anyone and everyone DO NOT SIT DOWN. Keep doing what you do, because once you stop, it starts to go, and go quickly.
I'm 66 and I work out a lot. I love shoveling snow because it's such a great cardiovascular workout. My man is badass and has a good shovel and good technique.
Yeah. I'm 70 and I look forward to clearing my driveway and walks just because I get some exercise I normally wouldn't get.
I shovel my driveway in a similar fashion. I'm 65. Keep it going!!
This is a VERY SMART man! Probably a real craftsman back in the day too! Theres NOT many of him left!
Things we can learn from older people: Endurance, patience, perseverance, persistence, tenacity and the ability to suffer without whining and complaining. My respect to our older generations. Greetings from Germany.
Hi from central alberta canada. right, and enjoy your veggies and various spices/peppers....clean thinking = clean fuel input = a long lasting productive body....good day, sir...
@@petersack5074 Definitely something I should put more effort into. Thank you for the suggestion.
@@fatdad64able Wonderfull ! someone with an open mind, for improvement......GOD guide you into what's best for your body.......
Good job, and those shovels with the offset pole make the job easier on the back, less need to bend over. If it's a blizzard, I go out every couple of hours and shovel rather be than waiting for the snow to stop.
That is exactly what I do too!
I used to wait for it all to stop but then sometimes it would turn to ice and it was much harder to deal with at that point.
Those bent handle shovels are a godsend to us old guys with bad backs.
I have been using one of the bent handle shovels for years and they sure make a difference.
@@ralphchristianson I don't shovel snow any more because I live in a condo now. But I could get the job done in half the time with one of those shovels, when I was still in my house.
CZcams algorithm: wanna see a guy shovel snow?
Me: hell yeah!!
I know that feeling at 0:48 when you turn around after the first shoveling down and realize "man I've got some work to do". It's why I invested in a snowblower. But even then sometimes you gotta get the shovel out for that heavy packed snow. Nice technique.
I’ve done this all my life.... I grew up in New England.... that’s the way to do it! Good for him!❤️👍
The "fiddle" is awesome !! Thank you !!
We had an older neighbor across the street from us when I was growing up, every snow storm he'd be out every few hours clearing away his steps, walk and driveway. He was kind of OCD about it, but when the storm was over you'd look at his house and it was clean like it never snowed at all!
He passed away recently, a medication change made him wander off on a cold night. He only lived with his wife, and she was asleep.
Neighbors thought it funny, but that's the way I used to do it, too: periodically going out there and sweeping with just a broom while it's still coming down-- when it's still light and fluffy.
My sincere condolences to the wife.
How sad.
The best way to clear snow by hand is to use a snow "scoop", which pushes and scoops the show, and then you tilt it back and slide it over the snow to where you tip it and dump it. I started using one in my home state of Alaska, in my youth. Then spent 16 winters in northern Illinois, using a snow scoop all winter, every winter. The beauty of it is that you never have to pick up the snow, you just slide it.
Sort of like snow 'sleigh'? czcams.com/video/Pskor5FNB7w/video.html
These bent handle shovels are great for us old guys! I am 75, live in Maine, and shovel snow all the time...often heavy wet snow. One trick I don't see in this video is rather than hefting a shovel full of snow I often take a medium,bite with the shovel and then just either drag the shovel back towards me and the area where I will be depositing it rather than lifting the shovel and tossing the snow a much greater distance. In other words drag/slide the shovel closer to the spot where you will empty it. Saves a lot of heavy lifting and tiring tossing!
Also from Maine. Gotta love the snow we got last night!
I'm 79 and that's the way I've been doing it for years. Two storms dropped about 13 inches on us in four waves last week and I shoveled three times. Btw, I don't have a son to help.
I was today years old when I learned that I shovel snow like a 71-year-old! Layers, not lifting too much at a time, and slow & steady wins the race.👍
I can't get my 90 year old mother to quit shoveling her drive. Told her to find some kid but she says no one wants to make any money. She is in better shape then any of her children and I know she is smart about doing it but I still worry about her. Oh, and to answer why I don't do it.... she lives 2 states away.
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@@kevinkelly1529 Really? Grammar police? You must have a field day on CZcams.
My grandma was in her late 80s and we were still telling her "Grandma stay off the roof!" She was still cleaning out her gutters. Stayed active until about a month before her 90th and passed from pancreatic cancer a few weeks later. Loved her dearly ❤️
You just knew someone was gonna give you grief lol
Didn't cross my mind til you said you were 2 states away
But what I was thinking....
Go grandma way to stay young and healthy
@@kevinkelly1529 ,
Grammar Nazi
This is great. I've never seen anyone else shovel this way but myself and I'm 39yrs. Cheers!
Good technique and good ergonomic shovel. In 20 years I'll be 71, I hope I'm doing as well as this fine chap!
I'm 73 and I've been shoveling this way for a few years, being retired I have a lot more time than muscle power.. If it's a lot of snow I make a single path up and then use my electric snowblower to do the rest - it's not quick but it works.
This guy is an animal works harder than 99% of my generation unreal
@@paulmunro3175 I'm 33 and yea most of us are lost and the one coming behind us makes us look like the baby boomer gen hahaha
You nailed that one!!
Guess it is where the term Snowflake came from¿
He dresses a lot better also!
You are telling me that 1% of your generation works¿ ha
Or that your generation collectively puts in 1% effort¿ ha.ha.
You funny... "Human". 😒
Glad to see other people using this method! I'm 35 and have been shoveling snow like this for years lol. Just realized one day that the snow is lighter this way😊
Very smart man took a little at a time. Don't overdo it he did good for a 71yr old. God bless him.
I am glad to see somebody else knowing how to properly shovel snow
I’m glad I watched this video, it was just what I needed.
Brilliant. I shoveled my fair share of snow growing up in the Rockies, but no more. Would have loved knowing this technique. Fiddle is great as well. Thanks for sharing.
Nice job, oddly relaxing for some reason. It's a blessing to be able to have the health to do that.
That is what I call "economy of effort". Spot on!
The whole key to effective exercise at an advanced age is planning and slow execution and the a relax!
That has been my motto about all types of work all my life.On the gear shift of life R isn't reverse or race(for me)its real😄😄
Another key is *not* thinking of 71 as an “advanced age.”
Wow, I didn't think videos on CZcams actually showed something getting accomplished.
Best video on CZcams Sir.
Born and raised in Florida so I have NO idea how you have the energy to do that EVERY time it snows!!! 😜
Yeah,it sucks !!!! Good exercise though. I do have a snowblower,but often just shovel.
Nicely done. It's a good way to get a workout & fresh air. I'm only in my 60s but enjoy it too. Help the neighbors too...young folks w/cars stuck in the snow mostly. : )
Respect! You reach your goal calmly and systematically. But when I see our older neighbors shoveling snow, it's okay for me to go help them. That's how I was raised.
Love the music! A man who fiddles and shovels snow, you can't beat that. One thing I've added to my snow shoveling technique is to switch sides periodically so I'm not always throwing to the left, even though I prefer throwing that direction, as it looks like you do.
Excellent job shoveling the snow! This is called the stair step technique, learned it on my own when I got old. It actually does not take longer, and you do a good job.
Raised well...lives well...strong boy...strong man.
I’m impressed sir.
You GO sir!! In my 30s and my back just can't.
Age, not far behind this wonderful man, and I too still shovel snow! We were raised to work, over the years you learn a short cut, per say along the way!!! 😉
Intelligent, efficient, effective and perfect. Well done. Impressed I am. After the snow we had last winter I bought a cordless snow shovel that makes it so much easier. No more lifting shovel fulls. It works pretty good with way less effort. Haven’t had to shovel more than once this year which is terrific.
Snowblowers only work sometimes. Thick, heavy, wet snow is shovel time. Just takes patience, and, like this guy, don't try to move too much at one time.
@@talltimber4577 sounds like a lot of work to me 😁. My maintenance is done whenever I lean the shovel against the house. I also live in a place where it generally doesn't snow a lot, maybe 12-15 times per season. Now when I had to dig myself out every few days in Vermont, that was different.
Not saying it isn’t good exercise because it is. I get enough exercise at the wood pile in the winter. Lol 😆
Good to know the difference between the snow.It makes sense,your advice.Good tip,thank-you
Get a bigger snowblower
I have found out that I can shovel by hand a lot faster than using a snowblower.
We 70 year olds are still able to work hard!.
Isn't the point of life to LEARN from those who have experienced life before us? Hats off to you, gentleman! I would love to sit by a fireplace with an icy cold Diet Coke, some buttery popcorn and just pick your brain and listen to your life stories! We don't treasure family, or friends like we should. And as a Licensed Massage Therapist- I am so proud of your beautiful body mechanics while shoveling the snow. All around- FABULOUS!
I'm 72 and live where there is no snow. I'm content to have a cup of coffee and just watch. Good job, bud!
The fireplace is lit and his lass has a wee dram waiting for him. He’s definitely done this before.
🤗😉
A pro 100% 🏆
Sounds like the life
I started shoveling my driveway like that in my 30s and been doing it for 25 years. I guess I was an old soul. Hope to keep shoveling well into my 70s just like him.
RhumRunner41...I used this technique on a recent nor'easter that swept up the coast and hit us hard here in Pa. Just out of the blue this method of shoveling deep snow came to me. And here you've been using the same technique for decades. Goes to show our humanity. How much alike people think!
I’m 60 and I have been doing this exact same method for decades & decades!!!
Thanks laddie. At 71 I needed to see that !
Sir, you are an inspiration to all of us who are having to grapple with the challenges we face daily in dealing with a body of diminishing returns.
...getting old is not for the timid.
Bless him with longevity
Brilliant thank you so much for showing us all young and old how to do it the correct way. I will definitely adopt your way of shoveling snow. Make it a whole lot easier for me. Again thank you so much
I found this very satisfying! You have the proper shovel and the proper technique. I cringe everytime it snows and have to watch people shovel driveways that have the wrong shovel and have no clue how to use one. It's amazing how many people can screw up something as simple as shoveling a driveway. 😎
Interesting! We just had and continue to have snowstorm after snow storm here in N.E. Pa. This same technique I used in shoveling out the parking lot from a recent snowstorm of near two feet. Start several inches from the top and work downward. Goes to show people do think alike!
The wind was blowing from the left to right: that’s why his first row was more on the left - so he didn’t have to fight the wind shoveling left and had the wind to help while shoveling right. Still hard work.
As a 47 year old lady, i enjoy shoveling ❄️☃️. He's doing a fantastic job too here😊
Very nice work! And excellent fiddle playing too! I enjoy shoveling the driveway, too.
Fantastic job I hope I can make it to 71 amazing 👏
I'm almost 68 and that's pretty much how I do it, except with a driveway that's 100 ft long I might widen it a little bit each day instead of all at once. I have also joked about having all of my neighbors park in the driveway then pulling out after the snow stops. We'd all pull to the same spot along the curb and the brush the cars off into a pile.
You did a great job. I had to watch to the end, I was expecting the snow plow to come by and do what he does best. CHEERS.
I assume you mean the snowplow would come by and leave a 2 foot pile of hard, compressed snow at the end of the driveway as it passed by? That’s what always happens when my street is plowed. 😤 And always right after we’ve finished shoveling…. 🙄
Love this! I'm only 63, I'll try this next time we get another blizzard in Texas again.
Well done! My dad is 86 and would do it as well twice a week through winter though 😉
GOOD for him. Glad to see he still is able to do it.
Never lived in snow county but I was very intrigued watching this plus at same time entertained by the fiddle 🎻 music. Thank you for sharing.
Way to go fella 👍 there's lots of time to rest when we're down under ! 72yr old 🇨🇦
You're from an era when they produced intelligent human beings. I'll use this technique. I love shoveling snow!
This is one of the major reasons I moved to South Texas after I retired. Shoveling the driveway in the cold is no fun. This must be early in the season, by early March I had four or five foot mounds on each side of the driveway. And the pile at the end of the driveway on the right hand side, that comes courtesy of the snowplows that clean the streets and pushes more snow into your driveway. Bless you old timer I feel your pain.
I have that shovel and I use that method on my driveway and sidewalk for 2 lots. 76 yrs old, strong back but sensitive lower back. My stance is different. 1. knees slightly bent. 2. back straight and very slightly bent forward. 3. use arms to lift and throw snow in one motion. I use the same pattern. 1. clear a center row. 2. use the stance to crabwalk along the row. 3. clear one side and then the other. 4. do step 1 at each edge for cleanup. Usually good for up to 4 inches of snow. Anything deeper is done by a snowblower guy on our block. He also plows our street and the street behind us. Haven't used the snowblower in 3 years. Very important to me that I avoid any lifting with my back otherwise I am out of action for 2 days. Too stubborn and cheap to hire someone to shovel. Here in my Detroit neighborhood no teens going around to shovel snow. Sometimes when we get a light dusting of snow I use the leaf blower so the neighbors can see the sidewalk. I love that bent handle shovel.
Slow and steady wins the race. We all need to be watching and listening to our elderly.
You have to pace yourself and have a routine like this guy. I'm 64 and have been shoveling my own driveway for years. My driveway is a little longer and takes time but I pace myself and know when to stop and take a break. Dress in layers and don't overexert yourself.
Over exertion is what does a lot of people in. We want to get the job DONE, and we "attack" it. Between the physical strain, and the effects of the cold... it can be a quick way to find out how susceptible you are to heart attack.
Slow and easy, take breaks... the snow isn't going anywhere.
Great technique, take a little at a time !! That's the way to do it !!
Exactly how l do mine oh about 60 yrs now and works every time Good job old timer!!
I've been doing it that way also for year's. Slow an study when's the race. Except this year got a snowblower out of the trash gave it a tune up. And it took care of 2 ft snow drift with no problem. Much respect to that man.
Love it he will show older folks how not to have a heart attack shoveling snow......good video
you just gotta pace yourself! nice technique by the way!
I love shoveling for the exercise and fresh air. I have a good snowthrower but I'd say half the time I'll shovel it. Im 54 and shoveling was my 1st way of earning money as a kid.
Me too. To young to get a job but when it snowed, my mom would let me go shovel even past my bedtime. If it was Friday, I’d get up early n go shovel same driveway because it snowed all night.
@@jeffzachow8006 right on Jeff👍
That's just plain old good work Pap. Thanks from Philly.
No wasted movement or wasted scoops. Hats off to him.
@@timlemerande7592 are you also 71 years of age. If not then you can’t talk if you are how is your back legs he’s seem to be just fine cause he doesn’t over do it.
My uncles dad passed away shoveling his driveway when I was younger. Heart attack. He was my neighbor 4 houses down - my dad heard the call on the local scanner radio and ran down to help before medics arrived but he had passed. R.i.p. Leave the hard work for the young guys - no offense. Take it easy when you're at old age.
Especially if you do nothing strenuous for months and then exert yourself.
Eat some beans instead of always eating meat. Your arteries will stay cleaner preventing a heart attack.
@@theycallmemisterwheat7118
Not if their uncle is a half-sibling to their parent, meaning they had separate fathers.
@@theycallmemisterwheat7118 this is random but someone else just asked that on another video I just watched. Its most likely a half or step sibling in their family connection.
@@theycallmemisterwheat7118
It would be a step-uncle if they were not related by blood, like the uncle & this person's parent being step siblings.
And the uncle's dad would be a step dad to the uncle if they weren't a birth parent.
All could be options, but by the way it was mentioned I'm betting the uncle & this person's parent are half siblings whom share the same mother with different fathers.
All my siblings are half siblings, and each of their siblings are half siblings to them/eachother as well, but we don't announce that unless details are needed for context.
Same with step-family, we don't really use the "step" title unless context is needed.
Hopefully I explained this well lol, and maybe the commenter will clarify it at some point!
I'm elderly and this is how I shovel. I take my time and pick up lighter shovelfulls. Saves on heart attacks and old muscles.
Strathspey and Reel Time Medley would help while shoveling to keep the rhythm going during the shoveling.
I am turning 71 in March and living in Florida missing shoveling the snow. Loving to shovel I feel was passed down through my Mum from Gweedore County Donegal as my Grandfather was great out in the peat bogs at outpacing others cutting the peat.
Great job...that is the same way I do my very large drive...on a step hill. Thanks!
He is enjoying the out doors . Plus he is 71 don’t see a problem with this at all
I love it how he takes a little break at the end of each run. Use it or lose it. A little physical work everyday keeps you young.
Not afraid to work, keeps him young and in shape!👍
I'm his age..We had 7in snow here in Nebraska..So been doing lots this ..
Our neighbors just paid us kids.....but good for this guy staying fit.
good job grandpa!! 💗
im 37 and run my own shovel business and got to a clients house the other day with a 5 foot plow bank and 3 feet of snow and wanted to cry. i literally just took it layer by layer and finnished faster than a day full of energy! haha
He'll outlive us all. I'm 78 and use the same routine. Unless my neighbor gets up and snow blows it before I wake up.
53 and that’s my technique too. (If it’s deeper or real cold, I pull out my snowblower 😉)
Always laugh when my boys waste a ton of energy trying to use the shovels to plow the snow. It’s gets so heavy, and it spills off the shovel so they keep having to go back . And back and back. Lol
Looking good!!
Well done sir, work smarter not harder. God bless and I hope your shoveling for years to come..
Pay attention folks, when this man's generation is gone, all common sense goes with them.
Not speaking of all of us but you know, the 40 year olds and younger that just know how to look at an iPad, iPhone and computer screen who haven't done a hard physical day's work in their life.
I'll need to remember this technique. I'm "only" 58, but I've got some issues now and can't just "muscle" my way through mass quantities of snow anymore. Thank you.