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

Interesting pictures here

aa335 wrote:
It looks like the Troy-Bilt Polar Blast.

Paul7 wrote:
I believe you are correct.  It's made by MTD (of course) and I've seen them as Troy Bilts, Cub Cadets, perhaps others.  Funny you should post this; I was just hefting one around at Lowes this afternoon.  Big, rugged machine with cheezy coiled-wire-in-plastic-slots chute rotation control.  Fortunately, they have "easy steer."  BTW, Lowe's price was $2059, lowest I've seen for one of those new. 

to me they are just not condusive to a driveway or manuverable for doing your sidewalk etc I dont know maybe they would be a great machine who knows seems awful $#%*bersome to me

It would be awkward to use for my driveway.  Another thing is that the intake is 45" but the engine is the same 13hp engine that Cub CAdet uses on their 33" wide machines.  

You would think to drive that in the snow you would need like an 18 hp. or something!

Coldfingers wrote:
You would.  But then again Toro used to make a 32" wide machine with 7 hp if memory serves me correctly.

Santaclause wrote:
That probably depends on the driveway....200-300 foot long ? Maybe somewhere where plowing wouldnt work well if it piles up quickly?

You have to look at where it was being used. Its a house out in the country. Most of the clearing was done with a big blower on the back of a farm tractor. The 45" was used for "clean up". As far as power is concerned it looks like it can chug through a good amount of snow and still make it go some where else far away.