[AT] Snoow load

[CBear81438 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/8/2005 8:09:01 AM Central Standard Time,  
rasmith4 at juno.com writes:

Be  warned however, that they can be dangerous.  Folks have been killed and  
others injured when using these things.  The snow often comes off the  roof in 
large sheets that weigh several hundred pounds, landing on the rake  operator.

Richard
In Central NY




If it is an unsulated steel roof, would running a big space heater  
underneath do any good for an hour or so.  I used to watch the snow run off  my steel 
building roof as we ran every heater we had just to keep from freezing  to 
death during zero deg weather...
 
Cecil in OKla