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Clearing-width planner

Measure the surface you actually clear, decide how many passes you are willing to make, and see which clearing-width band the arithmetic points to.

1. Your measured surface

Take a tape to the surface rather than estimating. Include any apron or parking pad you also clear. These example values are illustrative, not a product claim.

2. Passes you will tolerate

The calculation assumes about four inches of overlap per pass, because no machine clears its full stated width without leaving a ridge.

Your result

Suggested clearing width

Enter your measurements and calculate.

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What this planner does not do

This is arithmetic on the numbers you supply: surface width divided by effective clearing width, allowing for overlap. It does not account for intake height, snow depth, drift patterns, slope, surface type or the compacted ridge a street plough leaves at the end of a driveway. It is not a recommendation for any specific machine, and it makes no claim about how any listed product performs.

Use it to narrow a band, then check the access width, the storage space and the manufacturer’s manual for the exact model. Read our methodology for how our ratings are calculated.

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