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

I'm trying to get a rough idea of "total cost of ownership" for various snow-throwers. Can you give me a rough estimate of your annual operating and maintenance costs? Oil. spark-plugs, belts, cables, shear-pins, and whatever else you'd like to include. Please include your snow-throwers' brand and model #.

Thanks

I was finally offered a bit of a deal locally on the manual-start HS928. $200. off,,, so $3199. Not bad I guess. Mind you, tax adds $500. roughly.

I also got a Yamaha dealer to knock off $200. on the new YS928J, and I think that's the machine I'm going to go with. It's a beauty, and soooo quiet. $4350 tax incl. I saw used Yamaha YS828's that were pre 1995 models, and those were still selling for $2300.+ tx incl. They didn't have any of the fancy stuff you see on the new YS929J.

drifter wrote:

You won't need the electric starter - these engines turn over on the 1st or 2nd pull every time if they are properly maintained.