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ntrtouch
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Who makes the best snowblower?
Original Message Dec 14, 2005 11:15 pm |
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Who makes the strongest, most powerful, most durable snow blower? Price isnt an issue. I want to buy a new one and wanted to know who is the best of the best
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newjerseybt
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Re: Who makes the best snowblower?
Reply #16 Dec 16, 2005 9:39 am |
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Bill said: "..What if you want to crawl beside the house and then take off at a faster speed? The disk drive requires that you come to a complete stop, shift in to a higher gear, then start again...." I shift on the fly with my 1128DLE. The friction disk "walks" across the drive plate. The machine is "geared" perfect for 1st gear and I do not go faster than 3rd. Anything faster is risking damage to my machine. Those sidewalks are not always level and I could go head first over the handles. lol |
Mads
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Re: Who makes the best snowblower?
Reply #18 Dec 18, 2005 1:39 am |
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Hi Frank, I think you're right. The right way to see the problem is to try to find the right snowblower for your needs..... This is the best snowblower for you. But I think that the question here was simply: Wich snowblower is the best? Regardless of considerations of price or specific needs. Yes it's difficult to answer the question: Wat car is the best? But regarding snowblowers I think it's much more easyer to answer. We can debate over two or three contenders of course. But I think we can put the list down to less than four snowblower for the title. Anyways. >>> " I usually blow in 4th or 5th gear.......5th is fast........." >>>> Wow! You must have very small amount of snow to do that!!! I usually blow in first and sometimes in second gear! Never in 3th and in the 5th I have to run behind the snowblower!  .... You must be jocking!? We just received 41cm ( a bit over 16 inch.) of snow yesterday and the first gear was just fast enought to do a good job and digest the snow without forcing the engine! (Ariens 1332 DLE) |
nibbler
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Re: Who makes the best snowblower?
Reply #19 Dec 18, 2005 7:45 am |
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I find that I rarely use anything but : 1. Fastest forward gear - straight line,- still too slow 2. Slowest forward gear - EOD and deep heavy stuff - Sometimes its too fast 3. Fastest reverse gear - Still too slow but it helps when I need to maneuver backwards They promised us 20-30cm ( 8-12 " ) and we only got 10cm ( 4") which seems to be normal for this area. I basically guage how fast to go by the engine sound and how much snow is being snowplowed by the augers. I find if I go too slow there isn't enough load on the engine to cause the automatic throttle to kick in and performance degrades. I'm also impatient and want to use all of my horsepower :  |
faithfulFrank
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Re: Who makes the best snowblower?
Reply #22 Dec 18, 2005 5:30 pm |
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I guess I do not have too much of a snow handling problem because 1) I snowblow often....the other day it was 4 times in one day.... 2) 13 hp for 32 inches seems to handle things well. I suppose when I have to snowblow heavier snow, or a lot of inches deep I'll go at a lower speed. Kinda like making love.....you can do it fast, but why rush it?? Frank D.
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MountainMan
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Re: Who makes the best snowblower?
Reply #24 Dec 19, 2005 9:15 am |
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Have you ever actually tried out a Honda snowblower? That infinitely variable hydro tranny is light years ahead of "disk drives". No use for a CVT tranny on a snowblower? What if you want to crawl beside the house and then take off at a faster speed? The disk drive requires that you come to a complete stop, shift in to a higher gear, then start again. With the Honda, you can seemlessly shift speeds on the fly, no stopping. There really is no comparison. I could never go back to a disk drive tranny. Everyone who has tried out my Honda says the same.
Just the crawl factor of that Honda tranny is amazing. As slow as you want to go, awesome. Is there a chance of expensive failures? Sure, there's a chance. But my friend owns a Honda dealership, and has not seen one single failure since Honda introduced the Hydro tranny in 97 or 98. They are bulletproof.
Yes ive tried the Hondas out. I have snowblower around my House and property before rain storms to prevent flooding with my machines. Never needed anything lower than 1st. My ariens and sears can shift on the fly. And I can move my mahine in the off season much easier than the Honda.
Side note, at the Big county fair, OPE dealer was showing 4 or 5 brands of machines. Alll the Hondas were gasses up, and a few from each other manufacturer. I ran the honda here. They gassed all the Hondas to move them to and about when setting up. The other machines rolled freely without much help.
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RnB213
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Re: Who makes the best snowblower?
Reply #25 Dec 19, 2005 10:35 pm |
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Toro 828LXE is the Top rated snowblower in North America source Consumer Reports Magazine
Toro/Lawnboy, Simplicity, Snapper, Husqvarna,Jonsered, Briggs, Tecumseh,Kohler,Honda
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