I'm glad I went out and cleaned the taters earlier, because having another few inches of better ratio stuff on top of that would have been a mess, especially with the wind blowing it all back in the face... decided against the shield on the new blower, which would have probably been the best attribute of it, first gear is so fast, the blower bounces instead of putting along, and the new "smart steering" technology has me fighting the blower on where I want to go, as opposed to where it goes, gonna take some getting used to...btw, still poundtown here, vis is a few hundred yards for over an hour now.