| Parts of the country got buried in snow over the past | | | | deposit area. When each truck bed is full of snow |
| few days. Here in Indianapolis Mother Nature was nice | | | | drive the truck to your dumpsite, and drop the snow |
| to us. We only got a couple of inches. Still, that's | | | | off out of your way. Another excavator working at |
| enough snow to tickle my gray matter into creating a | | | | the deposit site can pile the snow to provide more |
| project you can use for playing with your remote | | | | room for the dump trucks to do their job. |
| control construction equipment. | | | | While those trucks are off dumping their loads keep on |
| RC construction toys aren't just for building things you | | | | working with the excavators at the work site, piling |
| know, and this plan promises hours of fun for radio | | | | snow off to the side, and progressing towards your |
| control construction hobbyists. It's a snow removal | | | | snow removal destination. Later you can return to |
| activity that makes you laugh with pleasure, rather than | | | | these piles, and remove them too. |
| sweat from bending over a shovel. | | | | Once you have the snow cleared as far as the |
| You don't need much snow to perform this project | | | | excavators can dig bring in the loaders and continue |
| because even as little as an inch of snow is enough to | | | | your removal project. Pick up the rest of the snow |
| put your different construction toys to work. | | | | along your path into the buckets, and deposit each full |
| You'll want to include a walking path from your door to | | | | bucket into the dump trucks for hauling to the dumpsite. |
| the mailbox and driveway, the driveway itself, the | | | | Continue this remote control construction operation until |
| sidewalk, and any other paths you normally travel | | | | your path is clear of snow, and you have access to |
| along at your home. | | | | every spot you want to reach. |
| First you'll need to clear an area for depositing all the | | | | Next fill the dump trucks with ice-melting chemicals to |
| snow you move out of your way. You'll want a space | | | | distribute along the paths you just cleared. Use the |
| large enough to maneuver your dump trucks, and big | | | | front loaders to scoop the chemicals from the trucks, |
| enough for dumping all the snow those trucks haul for | | | | and spread them along the path so no ice forms, and |
| you. | | | | nobody slips and falls, injuring him or herself. Use the |
| Start removing the deeper snow with your RC | | | | excavators for scooping the chemical from the truck |
| excavators. Just like digging to prepare an area for the | | | | to the loader to give yourself more RC playtime if you |
| foundation of a building, dig the deep snow a bucket at | | | | like. |
| a time. Continue this effort until the snow is shallow | | | | Give yourself a break. Don't sweat over a shovel, |
| enough that the excavators can no longer fill their | | | | grunting and heaving that snow out of your way. |
| buckets without digging into the ground beneath. | | | | Use this remote control construction project, and turn |
| As you grab each excavator bucket with snow place | | | | that snow removal job into a game. |
| it into the dump trucks so they can haul it to your | | | | |