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All the teasing in the NorthEast is getting old. Getting ready to take the bus out to Shovelers house to pick up snow.

Here in Sault Ste. Marie, we have about the same as Highwind has. About 1 foot on the ground now. I have been out several times now.

My helper "found" an 18" 2x4 in a driveway on the first outing! Jammed things up real bad! Damaged the auger and bent one of the blades of the impeller. I am sending the bill for repairs to the owner. He is blissfully hiding in Florida for the winter. Maybe they left in a hurry when the flakes started to fall

Ken

What a bummer Ken, are you toast now or just disabled?

NOPE! Fixed it that day. No gear or bearing damage, even though the shear bolt didn't break. It took us about 20 minutes to get the board out. We bent the auger back some with a pry bar, and went back to work. Fixed the rest later that day. The belt took quite a hit though. It held for the rest of the day, but, it had quite a thin spot.

Even though I did the repairs myself ( usually) I am going to send a bill for my time and aggravation.

I'm not allowed to be disabled. With 41 driveways on the list this year, I always have 2 on the truck and 3-4 backups in the shop ready to go!

Ken

Time to stick that 2x4 where it belongs...

The owner's you know what...

Dave...

Paula, Boston_Rob,

Sorry, can't get any snowman together. It is -2F outside and the snow is very dry, so doesn't stick together. Tried using glue but it doesn't work.

Looks like I'll have to ship them as "some assembly required" in big boxes.

Paula, the wig in your kit is for your snowwoman, not you. I hope you understand. Get yourself a nice toque.

Hi all!

Just joined the other day. I was impressed by the long snow story in the old forum. It would have won first place in the Arien's snow story contest last year in which the winner received a new 8524DLE.

BTW, I live in North Jersey and will be moving to my Honesdale PA home next year. Too cold to move now. My family was originally from Scranton PA many years ago and my entire family is in the process of moving to Honesdale.

Anyway, no snow yet but it is real cold and windy in North Jersey. About 12 degrees in Jersey and -2 in Honesdale this morning.

I have an Arien's 1128 pro that I bought last year with the 12v battery, weights and drift breakers. The only thing I did not like about the machine was the initial service. The auger was tapping the "impeller to auger drive shaft" which required bending about 1/16 inch and the choke shaft was slightly bent in shipping which required another adjustment along with adjustments to the spring tensions for the chute and speed controls. I hate poor quality control. I also believe that the only way to do something right is to do it yourself.

My machine is all straightened out now and ready for a 2 footer.

Welcome newjerseybt,

Glad to see you made it here! We'll look forward to your participation in this new forum we have in process of being built. That's a heck a snowblower you have, hope you get to put it to use soon!

Marshall

"""With 41 driveways on the list this year, I always have 2 on the truck and 3-4 backups in the shop ready to go!"""

Ken, that's a lot of customers! How many of you tackle those?

Snow...

About 4-5" of light snow this by this AM... with ice underneath...

Got a good 1 1/2 hours of tractor seat time today !

Dave...

Two of us do it in about 6-7 hours. We have a tighter list this year and that really helps with the timing. Also, of the new ones, we have several that are 2 or 3 at one stop.

Ken