Re:Ask HN: What sucks about snow shovels?
by brk on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @03:03PM
(#466384)
There is usually a compromise made between being optimized for pushing, or optimized for lifting.
Some sort of configuration that allowed you to lock the handle so the shovel part was tilted up for pushing, and then you could set the handle to be more upright to lift/throw.
Some sort of configuration that allowed you to lock the handle so the shovel part was tilted up for pushing, and then you could set the handle to be more upright to lift/throw.