Any recommendations for decent snow blower? Getting tired of shoveling! Gas powered of course.
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Snow blowers
Any recommendations for decent snow blower? Getting tired of shoveling! Gas powered of course.
i've used
MTD single stage 2 cycle - Good for light snow, the unit is lighter but it is not driven. I can clear a driveway pretty fast with a single stage. Sucks for wet snow.
Craftsman 2 stage 4 cycle - Heavy SOB. Driven so you don't get man handled. I had to do the impeller mod to make it throw light snow (3" or so). Is it what i use now.
I would go 2 stage for sure, buy in spring when everyone is moving/upgrading. if you need something to hold you over check CL for a single stage. Nothing wrong with single stage, you just have to snow blow several times if we get a big storm.
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Two stage. I use aeriens in a semi commercial setting exclusively. That being said snow blowers are for more than 6" of un packed snow. I typically dont break them out for anything under 12". Atv with a blade is the way to go.
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avoid the units with a Tecumseh snow king engine. otherwise, two-stage, larger the better.
I use the riding mower with blade in most cases, much quicker unless it's over 6 inches.
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The one we have at work is bad ass. It's a Honda so I'm sure it was pretty expensive. I was using it to clear waste deep drifts with no problem.
I'm pretty sure it's this one.
http://powerequipment.honda.com/snow...24aw-hss724awd
Looks like MSRP is around $2,200. Yikes.
I just bought a Craftsman 2 stage, 24in , 208cc at Sears last week. Its amazing.... I looked at Ariens and while I think they might be slightly better made i couldn't justify the extra $150 for what you get imo. The Craftsman has great reviews. I used it last week with 11in of wet snow and it demolished it.
Mine was $639 which i thought was reasonable. It has electric start, 6 forward gears and 2 reverse.
Do yourself a favor and at least look at it.
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