48 Inch Polar Pusher

I love this 48 inch snow pusher! I have 50' x 60' cement turn around area and a 400' drive. If the snow is not real deep the Pusher is wide enough to do the job reasonably well.

Nearly impossible to put together. The curve on the blade is much shallower than the curve on the brace. Even after following the directions on the brace (which are different than the very wrong directions on the piece of paper that was jammed in the box (hey do everyone a favor and leave that paper out of the package)) the bolts do not line up with the nuts at all. The last two top ones are nearly impossible. Gee whiz, hire an engineer next time instead of letting the accountant design it! Edit: After trying to use this thing, it’s the worst. Changing from a 2-star review to a 1-star. The angle of the blade is so upright that it doesn’t push. It just chatters across the surface. Maybe it’s better on concrete, but on asphalt it is absolutely useless. I have a 36” pusher from a different manufacturer and it has a different blade profile and pushes across my driveways with ease. Don’t make the same mistake as I did and buy this.

I purchased the 36 inch Marshalltown snow pusher. Shoveled off 1-3inch fresh powder snow on a decent sized driveway in 20 minutes. Would take twice as long doing this with my snowblower with 28 inch bucket. The driveway is a two car garage with a turn-out then narrows to single lane. Very happy with how it worked, and a Made in USA product! Could probably handle a bit deeper snow before switching to the snowblower. Got most of the end of driveway plowed in part, but finished with the regular snow shovel were ground is rough. Nice thick sturdy plastic construction. It does lack a metal edge, but nearly all the snow pushers I was looking at don't have a metal edge. The Marshalltown show pusher will get hung up on compacted icy spots that aren't bare concrete (same as a regular small snow shovel). Gave up using the Marshalltown snow pusher on brick walkway, but still struggled on the brick walkway with my regular metal edge snow shovel. Needs assembly of 5 bolts to attach scoop to bracket, then 2 self tapping screws onto handle. Got a bit frustrated with putting in bolt then trying to thread the nut, it worked much better to place nut in first then bolt threaded very easy. The self tapping screws needed a good deal of elbow grease to enter into very small predrilled hole in handle. Not too bad though on assembly. This is my first time using a wide snow pusher, so I am not able to compare to other brands. Summary, well worth the cost for the time savings of cleaning up a small snowfall.

This looks like a well made heavy duty plastic and fiberglass tool with quality nylock hardware. Problem is the stuff is rattling around in the box and the hardware pack was torn open with the pieces loose, and some hardware missing missing out the corners of the unreinforced box. I used my own from the shop, but come on. For an expensive shovel, can you put a few pieces of foam or wrapping in the box and use a better hardware bag so it survives shipping? I want to buy American and will pay some extra, but I’ve bought junk in this past from China that was packaged better.

Right away I was disappointed that I had to assemble my $69 30” shovel. It comes disassembled with a couple of pieces of hard plastic, a number of screws and bolts and nuts, and a fiberglass handle. The plastic is UHMW which is a very strong plastic (which is good) but one of my pieces was slightly warped and did not align with the other piece for the bolts to pass through properly. It was an absolutely pain in the ass trying to get these holes to align due to the strength of the plastic. Maybe I was just unfortunate and it was a fluke that my piece was slightly warped. Had I not badly needed a snow shovel, I’d have thrown all the pieces back in the box and sent this thing back. I eventually was able to use my weight and a work bench to get the one piece to just barely allow me to get it lined up. So now I’m tightening down these screws, by hand tools, and as they’re tightening, I notice the plastic “giving”. Again, I’m doing this with my damn hand and a Phillips head. So I gave up a little on the other bolts and didn’t tighten them down as much (so now I’m sure they’ll come loose some day and I’ll lose them in the snow). Anyway, the handle now needs assembled to the blade and it simply comes with two little screws to hold it together. We’re talking about a 30” snow shovel with the snow’s weight against your weight on two little screws into a piece of plastic and fiberglass. Yeah. Lastly, I misread something that was important to me when I purchased but later learned I simply read it wrong. I thought this item was made in the USA, which is why I was somewhat ok with paying the high price it was, when in fact, it’s manufactured in the USA with global materials. Having said that, I’m completely lost because nothing came assembled. If all the materials come from other countries, and it wasn’t even assembled here, what is the “manufactured in the USA” aspect of this? I’m very displeased with the product, but again badly needed a snow shovel ASAP and all of the shovels were sold out locally (believe me I tried everywhere), so I kept this so I could do what I needed to do and I can look at this shovel in my garage as a lesson learned. I’m giving it a 3 instead of a 2 because at the end of the day, half of this decision to purchase this shovel was my stupidity wherein I attribute the rest to the product description. Additionally, until the screws all fall out, it did do the job.

This is probably the best plow/pusher I've ever used. It cleans up the concrete so well, even after the snow was driven on once or twice. A great tip for using these is to angle the shovel and push the snow to the side. If you want an all-rounder shovel that is good for pushing, scooping, and is forgiving on uneven surfaces, this shovel probably isn't for you. But I'll happily get a second shovel for scooping if it means I can clear my driveway in 5 minutes or less. It took me a few tries to align the holes on the pole, so make sure youhave patience and maybe a rubber mallet to tap on the handle

Well, I had hoped to try this out in the snow. I’m a pretty handy person, but this was harder to assemble than it should be and looks to be. The screws don’t tighten as well as I’d like and still spin, but trying to put the pusher head onto the handle is impossible, even after using some water to give it some slip, it still won’t go onto enough for the holes to line up. Using a hammer didn’t help either, and I’m tired of fooling with it and I give up. It does not go onto as easily as shown in the video. Now my hands are red and blistered from dealing with this pusher. I’m sending it back and going straight to my local hardware store to buy something already assembled. The only plus is it’s made in the USA.

It was a real struggle to get all the bolts in, and I'm usually very handy at those things, but it lasted all winter and did a great job the times I used it.