When I lived in upper WI I had an old snowblower from the early 1980's. It was a pull start, oil guzzling, smoke spewing, piece of wonderment. It sounded like steam engine but it could cut through 5 feet of snow like it was butter. The neighbors would wake up at 6:00 am at the sound of me clearing the walk and driveway. They would just stare at me through their front window with eyes of death.