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

    It's my first year for owning a snowblower and I like them; should have gotten one a long time ago. 

    After getting my first I wanted a backup but things got out of control.  Over the year I've picked up about 35 snowblowers, freebe's, dogs, and some nice ones.  Getting so many plugged up the driveway so I had to make room by selling some off.  Buyers were just as confused about snowblowers as I was so I end up explaining a lot to them about what snowblowers are like.   It all got a bit repetative so I made a website about snowblowers mostly targeted to first time buyers. 

    It got pretty big so I broke it down into sections.  The front page was too big so I put in a summary section for a quick overview and thinking of making it a hair larger.   If you've got time spare time take a look as I'd appreciate any feedback.  You can email me directly with any comments at:

trouts2@gmail.com

The site is at:  www.kedawei.com/snowblowers.htm

Niper99,   I screwed up.  It's:  www.kedawei.com/snowblower.htm

Friiy,     I epoxyed the broken 5hp case tonight.  The hair line crack on closer close inspection was a fine T.  Since I have the rod and rings I'm going to put them in anyway.   I put in 3 holes at the ends of the cracks but the crack so thin I diddn't think I could get any epoxy into it.  I put in a succession of tiny drill holes along the crack in hopes that when their filled they'll add some strength.   The epoxy was not the best.  It's 3600lb and rated for 250 degrees F.  If it goes back together and runs but later blows out at the crack I'll stil be pretty happy 

trouts

I had a look at the site. Looks reasonable.

Possible Corrections:

1. Chute, not shoot;
2. I would argue that ease of chute control has sold more Toros than any thing else;
   
3. Differential is one form of controlling how the wheels turn in relation to each other, pin lock and remote pin lock are the others, calling them forms of differential is misleading;
4. Horsepower doesn't directly control throw distance, HP partially controls how much snow can been thrown per minute, if you exceed the capacity the machine bogs down and throwing distance suffers. Larger horsepower means more snow thrown per minute before you bog down. There's discussion about this but essentially it comes down to impeller RPM and diameter.
5. Housing width determines the number of swaths you need to do. This may not be significant. If you start at the garage an even number of swaths gets you back to the garage, one less swath is odd and you end up at the end of the driveway and have to come back any way.
6. For a given horsepower a smaller housing width will allow you to throw deeper snow at full speed without bogging down.