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Ames True Temper 1641200 Arctic Blast 18-Inch Lift-Rite Aluminum Snow Shovel | 
 enlarge | Brand: Ames True Temper
Category: Home Improvement
Buy New: $34.99
New (3) from $34.99
Rating:  7 reviews
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.5
Dimensions (in): 53 x 18 x 7.5
MPN: 1641200
Model: 1641200
UPC: 049206164123
EAN: 0049206164123
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Ergonomic handle design reduces back strain and hand fatigue | | • | Steel wear strip for extended blade life | | • | Wide, ribbed poly D-grip for added comfort with gloved hands | | • | Quick-connect system for simple handle attachment in seconds | | • | Blade size: 14-1/2 by 18 inches; Overall length: 53-1/2 inches |
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Product Description
Arctic Blast, 14-1/2" x 18", Aluminum Shovel, With Wearstrip, 38-1/2 " Steel Ergonomic Handle, Replaces Model# 1639400.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Good Idea...35 Cents Short January 4, 2009
Bradley H. Loose (San Francisco, CA)
This is a decent shovel. It has great leverage and can handle snow that is not too heavy (the aluminum construction is light and cannot handle heavy snow). The problem is that the handle is attached to the shovel with a cheap sheet metal screw - which lasts about 15 minutes. I have since bought a larger screw and it lasted another 3 minutes. So, if you buy this shovel, be prepared to drill a proper hole through the other end of the handle and attach the shovel to the handle with a bolt, lock nut and washer. Then you're all set. But Ames could have spent another 35 cents on the shovel and saved you the hassle.
 How good is this shovel? I really don't know... January 4, 2009
monoblocks (Seattle, WA)
Since I was snowbound here in town and unable to get off my hill down to a local Home Depot or Lowe's (who probably would've been cleaned out by then, anyways), I got the bright idea to use the internet and ordered this shovel from Amazon, and let UPS do the driving. I thought I'd get in a couple of days since I'm a Prime customer, and this white stuff was supposed to stick around for several more days, anyways. Great deal, right? well, I couldn't have been more wrong.
Amazon shipped it out promptly, and lo and behold it was in town within a day or so. And there it sat in a local terminal, because it turns out the carrier used for this, Fedex, was nearly as crippled as I was in terms of driving around in all this snow and ice. Worse yet, as I sat here at home fuming over where the @#$!#&@&** my new snow shovel was as the snow was piling ever deeper, Fedex apparently decided that it (the shovel) really needed to get in tune with Elvis and sent it on a vacation to Memphis, TN(!), where again it sat for a few days before coming BACK to Seattle.
By now all hopes of actually USING this shovel has fallen by the wayside, since most of the snow was turning itself into H2O by the time the thing got back into town. But believe it or not, the WORST part is still yet to come, since the shovel again SAT in Fedex's warehouse for nearly another week. Yesterday, Jan. 2, I finally complained to Fedex directly (avoiding asking Amazon about yet again, since they don't seem to have much interest--or pull with Fedex--to try to figure out what in blazes is going on). Guess what...I got a Saturday delivery, Jan. 3, of the wayward, vacationing snow shovel! Er...big whoop.
So, now I have no snow to try it on, so I can't discern whether or not this thing was worth the headache and aggravation I endured in getting it here. Instead what I've learned is that I lost complete faith in Fedex as a delivery service (they also managed this holiday season to lose a set of 5.1 surround sound speakers I ordered as well). I've also learned that Amazon's customer help department--at least in terms of wandering snow shovels--wasn't much in the way of help after all; perhaps there's not all that much snow in Bangalore, or wherever Amazon offshored their CS department to. And I've learned that you really CAN'T fully rely on the internet to get the job done when the chips are down. Brick & mortars still have their rightful place in this world, even if those wimpy cable tire chains didn't make it any easier to get down to them during the worst of the snow. (I could've walked down to one, I suppose, but it was so warm and SAFE sitting here behind my keyboard).
Back on topic, what I CAN say about the shovel is this: the painted finish is pretty cheap; the blade came pre-scratched down to bare metal. It's lightweight, and the aluminum blade seems AWFULLY thin. As much as I hated (and huffed and puffed) using my totally inadequate 9" flat-edged steel shovel with its too-short handle for clearing off the various walks and drives around the house, it at least has the heft to stand up to the use and abuse. I'm not so sure I can say the same thing about this True Temper model.
Next time it snows around here (hopefully NEVER), I'll amend this review...as long as I can REMEMBER where the $#%%*&! I stashed this blasted thing in the meantime.
 Snow Shovel usefull as Leave Shovel! December 28, 2008
John T. Rule (San Leandro, CA United States)
The tree in front of my house shed it's leaves so much that I had to pick them up by hand to put them in the barrel after raking them up to a pile. This shovel does a much better job. My friend does not like his snow shovel because of the bents, making it somewhat awkward.
Ames True Temper Arctic Blast Shovel December 24, 2008
James Hunter
Buyers should be aware that this shovel is a very soft aluminum, and consequently, if you have any ice or hard packed snow to shovel, this shovel will bend quite easily.
 Ames Light Aluminum Snow Shovels November 26, 2008
V. Lam (Wellesley, MA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Lift-Rite 18-inch aluminum is a snow shovel that I have been using for the last ten winters. It was well designed for the lifting of heavy scoop of snow as well as pushing snow. It's light and egornomically designed for the easing up of its user. Ames really did a good job on manufacturing the product. It makes one want to proclaim made-in-the-US of A with an exclamation. I recently bought online a new shovel from Amazon to replace my two old and worn ones. They now even designed it a little better than the ones ten years ago. Although the cost is more expensive, however, I am sure it's well worth it. By the way, I also bought a 24-inch aluminum snow pusher made by Ames from a local store to replace my existing ten-year old worn one. 11-25-2008
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