When our driveway gets coated in a layer of ice, I resort to using my forged ice scraper to lift the junk off the driveway. It's got a handle the size of a shovel handle and a very heavy metal scraper blade on the end that does a great job of lifting ice right off the driveway. It looks about like this:



In addition to being nice and sharp, the blade has a serious amount of weight -- that makes it a lot easier to slide into and break up ice sheets. Just don't drop it on your toes.

Slamming the thing vertically into ice also helps break up the sheets, but be careful not to actually hit the driveway.

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