Customer Reviews

Bully Tools 92200 Heavy Duty Sidewalk and Ice Chopper with Long Steel Handle

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This item is how ice chopper/scrapers should be made. One piece of steel from handle to blade.
It's more expensive (but worth it) than the cheap ones that have a life expectancy of a storm or two.
I keep the chopper blade in a bucket of sand that has a little vegetable oil mixed in with it.
This prevents the blade from rusting.

I bought this last winter because I had been out of town during some snowfall and returned to find an inch-thick layer of ice on my driveway and steps. A regular snow shovel didn't even make a dent in the ice.

This tool actually does the job. I lift it up about a foot, then just let it drop down onto the ice, and the weight does the rest. Some days it works better than others, but basically if I chop parallel to the edge about 5 inches in, then continue parallel, the ice comes off in little squares about 5 inches across and an inch thick. Sometimes it requires multiple hits, and sometimes the ice does not detach from the surface of the driveway, but in general it works slowly but steadily. I used it again this winter after our New England ice storm, and it cleared the steps without too much effort.

I used the tool the way it came. The blade is not especially sharp, and I have not tried to sharpen it (I don't own a grinder). It might work even better if sharpened first.

This heavy duty steel chopper weighs about three to four pounds and has a wide blade that chops through ice easily then be used to scrape it away and completely clear the icy area. It is much better than earlier models with wooden handles and thinner blades.

This version of the old dairy-barn scraper works really well for breaking up ice on sidewalks and driveways after winter storms. It's well constructed with the scraper welded to the steel pole which is topped by a rubbery grip. It's heavy enough to let the tool do a lot of the work--just raise it up and let it drop; or put some force behind it for thicker ice. If the cutting edge were a little sharper, it would help when side thrusting along the borders of an ice sheet--but it does a good job as it is.

Definitely an improvement over lighter scrapers attached to wooden poles.

This is the best ice chopper I have used. I usually purchase the cheaper/lighter ones. They last (I have given them away) but the recent weather in NE required I purchase a new one. So I went for the real thing. This chops thicker ice than any other I have used. It is heavier, but just lift and aim, the force of the weight does much of the work. Highly recommended.
I must add that I am pleased that amidst a country full of foul weather, this product arrived promptly.

We had some big snow storms in Southern MD this year and we had quite a bit of ice in our gravel driveway that took a long time to melt. I remembered I had an Ice Chopper in my youth and thought to look at Amazon to see if any were available. I found and ordered one, which arrived in time to let me chop some serious ice in a short time. Once the ice was chopped, it melted away much more quickly. Great tool!

This is a beast!!

It is heavy enuff to smash thru the ice...

Get this one..

It is the best out there for the price!!!

I was so pleased to get this product. I had something very light and rusted out before due to much use. The one thing I noticed on the chopper was the weight. Whether you need to scrape the ice or chop it, it does the job. It is very well constructed and does the job quite nicely.