Recommendations for Snow Blowers for Tenant to Use

[Ronda R.]

I have a triplex in Akron Ohio. This is my first winter and living in California I have some learning to do on snow removal and snow blowers. I have a tenant that just moved in that I am giving a break of $50 a month year round to maintain the yard, including snow removal.  I am shopping for snow blowers. Would love some advice on a brand or something that has worked well for you. I also am wondering about salt. I hate the idea of throwing salt everywhere and having it wash away into the streams. Isn't that bad for the environment? I know to much salt kills vegetation. 

[Russell Brazil]

Not under any circumstance would I give or recommend a snow blower to a tenant. When I was fresh out of college I worked in an emergency room.  Every snow storm that happened we treated people who cut off parts of their hands from sticking their hands into clogged snowblowers trying to unclog them. I would not want that liability on me as a landlord.  They can dispose of the snow however they please, but I am not mentioning snowblower to them.