Chuck wrote: "The second piece of advice is to skip the big horsepower
dual stage jobs like mine and get a 5+ horesepower single stage like
this..."
Sorry, Chuck, but up in the Great White North they're totally inadequate
for anyone with more than a postage stamp city lot. I have a 100ft drive
way and even my 11 hp 2 stage machine can get slowed. We get lots of
heavy damp snow and you need all the power you can get to move it.
Martin
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I own an 8HP Murray Canadiana (used to be built in Toronto but now
> defunct) but I think all snowblowers (and most lawnmowers) manufactured
> in the US and Canada (and probably the universe) are now manufactured by
> MTD regardless of the brand. Just check the similarity of them all.
> Pretty much the same parts since MTD has gobbled up manufacturer after
> manufacturer. So, the first advice is that since MTD builds just about
> everything shop based on price. There are precious few real feature
> differences between brand names since the names are artificial. They
> only point back to who the real manufacturer used to be.
>
> The second piece of advice is to skip the big horsepower dual stage jobs
> like mine and get a 5+ horesepower single stage like this:
> <http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100045101>
> They are much smaller and lighter but much easier to operate and more
> efficient. I haven't tried one yet myself but a close friend who lives
> in Glens Falls, NY (getting pretty close to Canada) who has owned
> several big dual stage blowers over the past 30-40 years says he
> purchased a single stage blower and will not go back to the bigger iron.
> He first bought a 3-1/2 horsepower single stage and it wasn't up to
> the task. But he quickly replaced that with a 5-1/2 horsepower single
> stage and he loves it. Cleans just as well as the bigger guns and does
> it faster and easier and doesn't bog down even in show much deeper than
> it is tall. The rubber auger also sweeps the snow right off down to the
> pavement. See if you can find a friend who has one for a first-hand
> report. I think they're all two-cycle engines so you'll have to mix the
> gas and oil but that's also why they're so light weight and maneuverable.
>
> ps: You only get one guess about who actually manufactures the "Yard
> Machines" brand.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Wayne Culberson wrote:
>
>> Is this an invitation for us Canadians to move south? :-)
>> Sounds good to me.
>>
>> Wayne, who needs advice on buying a snowblower.
>
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