Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Hi,

I'm considering buying a snowblower. But after calling around all I'm hearing is 'None in stock' and "that's it for the season'.

I can't say I'm shocked that there aren't any around at the moment considering the snow we got in Canada the last weekend, but are the manufacturers really finished producing blowers?

I live in Montreal area and you cant get a simple shovel in a store, with the last storm, people went crazy so thats what happened.

Good Luck!

Denis wrote:
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I'm having the same problem.   Anybody have any more info on this situation or are we SOL unitl next fall?

You can rest assured that there are snow throwers sitting on the floors of many outlets all over Canada and the U.S.  If you live near the U.S. border, you can have a machine delivered to a postal address on the U.S. side then drive over to pick it up.  Usually there are package handling businesses on the U.S. side who charge a minimal fee for handling your package.  In addition to that, it's not snowing everywhere in the country.  You should be able to have a unit shipped to you from out of province/state.  Shop around.  You'll find something.  

Most all snowblower mfg'ers build to a forecast, then tear down their assembly lines to run summer products in late fall/early winter. Once in a while, if it snows early enough, they can extend their forecast and build season. It is very likely everyone except Ariens has ended snowblower production for the season. You should still be able to get Ariens' machines as they can build at any time of the year (build to order not to forecast, and dedicated assembly lines). Right now production is full bore and not slowing anytime soon. Some models may not be available at certain times. Engine supply gets more difficult late in the season.

PK

Snowmann wrote:

Interesting.  I take it Ariens is the biggest manufacturer then?  I would have thought it would be cheaper to keep a factory dedicated then retool.  I did notice that one store I called said that they would have some Ariens in sometime in Jan.  I found it interesting at the time and now I know why.  I guess I'll have to see if there is an Ariens with an Briggs...

borat wrote:

Good point.  I guess it would come down to how much the shipping would be.  Where did you get your Simp from?  I can't find a dealer in Ottawa that keeps them in stock.

thats wierd,here in wi,every where i go tons of snowblowers,

donjag wrote:

Yeah, it's not the first time I've run into stock problems in Canada.  For whatever reason we seem to run out of products when there is plenty in the US.  It's not like it happens often but it does seem to happen.  Almost every dealer I spoke with said that that was all they had for the season.  It's December for God's sake.  How could you have no stock after the first month of Winter? If there is one thing everybody in Canada has in common it's winter.  Comes every year!  I guess they limit the number of units per dealer.

There is some weird sh!t that goes on up here with merchandise.  Take our car prices for domestics.  Maybe this is an over simplification but shouldn't the cars made in Canada be the same price as the US when the dollars are the same?  And what's this crap about we buy less cars so the price is higher?  There isn't a plant that builds cars for just Canada, it builds cars based on demand.  The unit price has nothing to do with region it sells in.

Whatever.  I guess Canadians like paying a lot for stuff, we're used to it with our taxes! :)

Still find it odd that Bombardier doesn't make a snow blower...

donjag wrote:

It's also worth mentioning that we have had atypical snow fall compared to the last few years so I'm sure that spiked demand locally.