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At Apartment Therapy, we believe the more personal you make your space, the happier you will be in it (and that goes for the time you spend caring for the roads leading up to your space, too!). In today’s video, Grandpa Carl shows us his hand-built custom snowblower cab, which he invented and built for less than it would cost to buy one commercially.

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At Apartment Therapy, we believe the more personal you make your space, the happier you will be in it (and that goes for the time you spend caring for the roads leading up to your space, too!). In today’s video, Grandpa Carl shows us his hand-built custom snowblower cab, which he invented and built for less than it would cost to buy one commercially.

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that at home!

• The Star: Grandpa Carl is a retired librarian who lives with his wife Kathy in a house he built from scratch in rural Iowa. He is a farmer, sawyer, inventor, father, and grandfather (and one of the greatest people I know). This is the second in a series of tips and techniques he brings us straight from the heart of the midwest!

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• Grandpa Carl’s Technique on How to Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike
• Clever Homebrew Tech Makes Snow Blowing a Breeze

One Minute Tip: Build Your Own Snowblower Cab