My 25 Year old no name snowblower has finally reached a point where it's not worth repairing and I have decided to buy a new one. Right now the pickings are a little scarce in my area but I can get either the Toro 826 LE or the Ariens 1027 LE. Both are pretty much the same price but I really can't decide between the two. They both seem to pretty much have the same features except the Ariens does have a 10HP over the Toro's 8HP.
Which one would you all prefer? I was a little disappointed in the huge amounts of plastic on the Toro but still overall it did still seem to be just as sturdy as the Ariens.
I have also been very disappointed in how difficult it is to find any brand snow thrower with a B&S engine. Why did they all go to Tecumseh? I don't really have anything against Tecumseh but I've always had great luck with B&S engines and that would be my preference.
**** I feel I should also mention that the Ariens is at Home Depot, they have 2 floor models left. That kind of worries me because of all the people in the past few months that probably played with the controls while browsing for snowblowers in the store. It just concerns me that it may cause something on the snowblower to break prematurely.
This message was modified Feb 16, 2008 by Chewy
