I see what you did there....
Honda Snowblower
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I see what you did there....
kwtoxman
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You could go with the smaller one and it will work just fine. I have a hss622tcs and it is more than enough out west in a high snow zone with a long winter. My driveway around 20X40 feet and I have another 180 feet or so of sidewalk and a back yard concrete patio I also clear. It is about 2/3's of your area. That machine will move snow 50 feet if I open the chute angle up, never ever comes close to bogging, and it doesn't take much time to do. With your long run things would go faster than my back and forth zig zag. A little wider would make things go a little faster, but you have to decide if if you want to pay another $1000-$2000 just for that. The smaller one is easier to store in my garage as well.
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kwtoxman
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.and...BIGGEST YOU CAN AFFORD. An extra 4-6" over multiple passes over multiple storms...over multiple years.
IT DOES MATTER. Time is money
If time matters and is money.... then most people here in the GTA wouldn't be commuting to work for the length of time that they are
. I'd rather spend my money on more important things and saving real time, compared to saving 5-10 minutes with a bigger snow blower used only in storms.
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We used to have a guy clear our parking lot at work with a Honda blower because of the lack of areas to put snow and it worked great. Unfortunately he stopped showing up and now we get it cleared with a backhoe that can dump the snow over the banks.
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Ya, that was odd. I wonder what I was thinking.
Your thinking is like my talking.....when I wake up in the morning,i can't wait to hear what I have to say.
Too much? Should I tone it down a bit?
QUALITY first...and...BIGGEST YOU CAN AFFORD. An extra 4-6" over multiple passes over multiple storms...over multiple years.
IT DOES MATTER. Time is money
So you're saying that size does matter??
I just paced it off and it's actually just a tad over 400'.I originally misunderestimated (George W's word, not mine)due to the fact that it's u-shaped.The bigger unit is starting to look more attractive.True enough...BUT...OP is from Brooklin with a 200' drive.
I lived in the snowbelt for a while, and have a lifetime of shovel, plowing and blowing experience. Snow blowing, thanks anyway. Always buy the biggest and most HP blower you can justify. Gas economy means nothing, on the two days a year you get a dumping your blowing it into next fall, even when the temps go up, you didnt get to it asap and now its 12 tons of wet snow. Small blowers and wet slushy snow = miserable day.
There is no substitute for HP.
There is no substitute for HP.
Are they starting that nonsense in the snowblower field as well? Are they using washer/dryer steel? We're doomed.
kwtoxman
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This is a consideration for many brands of snowblowers, but it is wrong as it applies to this thread. Honda specs all two stage models, including all the ones discussed here, so they have enough power to blow any weight of snow, including a spring slush melt. There is zero HP worry for any dual stage Honda snowblower in getting the work done.
Every snowblower here will do the job and do it well, including the small one I mentioned earlier. It is basically a price point decision. Personally, if price were no big deal I'd go hss928tcd. 7 series are only 2 inches wider than my 6 series and that isn't enough to make clearance width significantly different.
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Agreed,any of the three Hondas mentioned will do the job but if you do the questionnaire on the Honda website they recommend either the HSS722 or the HSS928 based on a moderate snowfall and large driveway.Ive decided to go with the HSS928 even though I know the HSS722 would do the job.The main reasons are that its only $400 more,the wider machine will save me one pass(a 400' pass!) and we are on Highway 12 where it's 4 lanes wide so that when the plough comes by we get snow from 2 lanes at the end of our driveway.I think that the bigger machine would eat through that a lot easier.Im usually a "less is more" kind of guy but in this case the bigger machine makes more sense and I plan on being in this house for at least another 10 years.Thanks everyone for your input!I forgot to mention that I had a Honda Hs621 snowblower for about 6 years,the kind with the rubber blades on the auger that I used when I lived in a subdivision type house with a subdivision type driveway.That thing was incredible,don't let the small size fool you.I worked the hell out of it for 6 years and lent it to all my neighbours and anyone else that wanted to use it.Its still going strong.Worthevery penny..Beware of imitations.Its only downfall was that it won't eat through ice and it struggles with the big mounds left by the plows.
