Posted: 10/19/2013 7:30:20 PM EDT
| Hey guys looking for a new snowblower. Anyone have a recommendation as to which brand is a good one. I'd love to have a Honda, but my wife would kill me if I spent $2500 on a snowblower. Also looking at Ariens, but I don't want one with a cheap Chinese engine, only B&S. |
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Hey guys looking for a new snowblower. Anyone have a recommendation as to which brand is a good one. I'd love to have a Honda, but my wife would kill me if I spent $2500 on a snowblower. Also looking at Ariens, but I don't want one with a cheap Chinese engine, only B&S. Ariens End of thread. |
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Yeah, I'm leaning towards Ariens. Anyone have any experience with the tracked models?
...thanks for the recommendations, but I don't have the time to pull the motor from my Vette and put it on my snowblower. And I certainly don't have the time to get a new wife to scoop the driveway...haha. If it's not warm enough to do yard work in a bikini top, she's not doing it...haha. |
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Yeah, I'm leaning towards Ariens. Anyone have any experience with the tracked models? ...thanks for the recommendations, but I don't have the time to pull the motor from my Vette and put it on my snowblower. And I certainly don't have the time to get a new wife to scoop the driveway...haha. If it's not warm enough to do yard work in a bikini top, she's not doing it...haha. Just get a wheeled Ariens of a size that fits your needs. Mine is an 8 horse. The tracked models are more expensive and only really useful on heavily sloped driveways. Get an 8 -12 hp Ariens and you will never need to worry about it again. |
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Hey guys looking for a new snowblower. Anyone have a recommendation as to which brand is a good one. I'd love to have a Honda, but my wife would kill me if I spent $2500 on a snowblower. Also looking at Ariens, but I don't want one with a cheap Chinese engine, only B&S. Ariens End of thread. |
| I was looking recently and noticed engines on snowblowers aren't list by horsepower anymore. They list the size in c.c.'s of them now, I have a 5 h.p. (195 c.c.'s according Mfg.) Craftsman that I always wished had more power for clearing the end of the driveway. The recommendations for as much power as you can afford are on the right track. |
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If you can't spend the money on a Honda buy an Ariens. In fact some people might argue the Ariens is the better of the two, certainly more for the money. I am also shopping for a good snow blower, I want the Honda but am choking on the price. Prolly wind up with an Ariens myself. Anything is better than the wussy Troy-Bilt that I have now.
ETA: All the Ariens I have looked at so far have a B&S engine. |
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Quoted: Hey guys looking for a new snowblower. Anyone have a recommendation as to which brand is a good one. I'd love to have a Honda, but my wife would kill me if I spent $2500 on a snowblower. Also looking at Ariens, but I don't want one with a cheap Chinese engine, only B&S. |
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Hey guys looking for a new snowblower. Anyone have a recommendation as to which brand is a good one. I'd love to have a Honda, but my wife would kill me if I spent $2500 on a snowblower. Also looking at Ariens, but I don't want one with a cheap Chinese engine, only B&S. I paid less then $2500 for a quad with a plow. I would have some issue paying that much myself. |
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Get yourself one of these! http://pad2.whstatic.com/images/6/66/Florida-girl-shovels-snow!%3F!.jpg I have that same shovel. Best one I ever bought. I got a Toro a few years back and it works great, starts everytime, shoots slush all the way across the street. $1000. My buddy bought an Ariens that seems to never start for him. 
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I have an old (~1995 )John Deere that still runs well. A newer Ariens for my shop. Its heavier than the Deere but that thing will throw some snow. I think the Ariens is made in America It's probably an Ariens, painted green and yellow. I've been informed that they built snowblowers for John Deere branding. |
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Hey guys looking for a new snowblower. Anyone have a recommendation as to which brand is a good one. I'd love to have a Honda, but my wife would kill me if I spent $2500 on a snowblower. Also looking at Ariens, but I don't want one with a cheap Chinese engine, only B&S. Ariens End of thread. |
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Yeah, I'm leaning towards Ariens. Anyone have any experience with the tracked models? ...thanks for the recommendations, but I don't have the time to pull the motor from my Vette and put it on my snowblower. And I certainly don't have the time to get a new wife to scoop the driveway...haha. If it's not warm enough to do yard work in a bikini top, she's not doing it...haha. I'm a dealer. They are GTG. Get the 28 Deluxe Track. |
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Airens with chains on the wheels if you have a steep driveway. Chains are needed if you got lots of ice on a hilly walk way. Otherwise, I don't care for chains. If you have only an inch or so you can't travel in high range because the machine is hopping over the chains.The front of the blower does a pop pop pop on the driveway. I found new tires give you all the traction needed. |
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Chains are needed if you got lots of ice on a hilly walk way. Otherwise, I don't care for chains. If you have only an inch or so you can't travel in high range because the machine is hopping over the chains.The front of the blower does a pop pop pop on the driveway. I found new tires give you all the traction needed. Quoted:
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Airens with chains on the wheels if you have a steep driveway. Chains are needed if you got lots of ice on a hilly walk way. Otherwise, I don't care for chains. If you have only an inch or so you can't travel in high range because the machine is hopping over the chains.The front of the blower does a pop pop pop on the driveway. I found new tires give you all the traction needed. Screw chains, I had them on my blower for years and hated them. Sno Hog tires FTW! 
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Quoted: What is a snowblower? I vaguely remember having one of those in my garage when I was a kid. It was like one of those machines you feed logs into, and get sawdust out of, except that the snowblower had the chopper exposed at the front. We used to chase the neighbor's dog around with it. We never caught it. Would have been awesome I think. |
