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Need a snowblower....recommendations?

Roadghost said:
Forget single stage.
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Cleaned some snow out of the backyard. This is about the limit for a single stage in one pass. Just push hard and let it chew it's way through. A two-stage would have been easier, but would be too wide to get there.

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I use a 15 year old snowblower. It's an old fashioned kick start -- the minute it snows his dad puts a snow shovel in his hands and kicks him in the ass. It's perfect for me, $12 to clear the drive & walkway -- he hasn't missed a beat in 3 years.
 
GreyGhost said:
Cleaned some snow out of the backyard. This is about the limit for a single stage in one pass. Just push hard and let it chew it's way through. A two-stage would have been easier, but would be too wide to get there.

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The single stage is good for feather-soft snow like that. But heavy, wet snow and plough snow require two stage. You can get small two-stage blowers.
 
Roadghost said:
The single stage is good for feather-soft snow like that. But heavy, wet snow and plough snow require two stage. You can get small two-stage blowers.
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It was not soft or light. It hadn't been touched yet this year.

I will give you the plow snow. If that freezes, the single stage is very unhappy trying to break it up (and there is a decent chance the single stage paddle breaks instead of the ice pile).
 
Mad Mike said:
I use a 15 year old snowblower. It's an old fashioned kick start -- the minute it snows his dad puts a snow shovel in his hands and kicks him in the ass. It's perfect for me, $12 to clear the drive & walkway -- he hasn't missed a beat in 3 years.
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Come to think of it mine is over 20 years old...the actual machine. My 20 and 17 year old versions of yours don't work.....at least not around here.
 
Riceburner said:
Come to think of it mine is over 20 years old...the actual machine. My 20 and 17 year old versions of yours don't work.....at least not around here.
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2 solutions for that - 1) they are running rich, lean them out. 2) Fix the kick starters.
 
2-Stage snowblower with electric start, they are self propelled and easy to handle.

The non-honda brand are very affordable now, and last a long time with basic upkeep.
if you have some spare money, buy the honda tracked unit. They will outlast you.
 
Helped my daughter get one last month. She got a Husqvarna because the build quality was a lot better. The welds on the Yardworks looked like they were done in someone's garage with a 120v.I think i posted pics a few pages back. Post #73.
 
Recently had to sort out my Briggs and Stratton dual model with a new auger belt. First time doing so and it was surprisingly easy, hardest thing was getting the part. Fixed it up and sprayed everything down with vegetable oil spray (I read a tip somewhere that said spraying the chute and snow gathering parts with spray oil helps). Waiting for a big dumping of snow to see how it all works out now.
 
Me, I find that the veg oil coagulates in lower temperatures and kinda clumps things up.
This time, I tried a teflon based spray....but I hope not to find out how it works i.e. I can do without the snow dump :)

"four wheels good, two wheels better"
 
I spray the entire chute, augers and all with wd40 twice a season. Water displacement formula seems to work.

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Chris-CJ said:
Me, I find that the veg oil coagulates in lower temperatures and kinda clumps things up.
This time, I tried a teflon based spray....but I hope not to find out how it works i.e. I can do without the snow dump :)

"four wheels good, two wheels better"
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That's actually ok as long as it lines the chute. It’s cheaper than the oil sprays.
 
At least vegetable oil may be less toxic blown around you lawn. Silicone sprays may be better , but not for the squirrels drinking the runoff melt.
 
SunnY S said:
Had an 11/32 once upon a time. What a beast! Bought it used, and sold it for more than what i paid for it after 6+ years of use.
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one day the wife will let me buy a Honda or a tracked blower...
 
Wingboy said:
Helped my daughter get one last month. She got a Husqvarna because the build quality was a lot better. The welds on the Yardworks looked like they were done in someone's garage with a 120v.I think i posted pics a few pages back. Post #73.
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its not the weld that I find an issue with lower end models, its the thinner sheet metal .
 
And i know a couple of guys that need control.
You guys going too refer to her as "the old lady"next?
 
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