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

I was at a local Honda dealer yesterday and I was stunned by the prices on their snowblowers. In Canadian dollars, they were: 928 wheels: $3000 928 track: $3400 724 track: $3400 1132 track: $3500 I know they have tracks, hydro tranny, honda engines, etc. but they're at least $1000-1500 more than equivalent toro and ariens models. Is it gold, they re making?

borat wrote:

If cost is of no consequence, I would go with a team of eunuchs shovelling carefully with copper spades and backpacks full of salt sand...

aa335 wrote:

Well maybe at this years CES? GoPro is the one to get no one else comes close but I doubt they will put a lcd screen on one, no need. They already took the viewfinder off the older model. It would be nice and if it even had a postage stamp sized LCD a the back I'd buy one in a New York minute. But it's an action cam so a cheap menu system that might end up taking a thousand Jpegs instead of video if you aren't careful. But for the price it's amazing. my wife wants one if they do get an LCD screen so you'd see pics up on here pretty quickly if they add one. Calls to the company say no plans for one at this time.

daniel wrote:
I was trying to figure out why "enuchs" are your choice for this kind of job.  Is there a harem of concubines on the property?  Enuchs are more aptly suited for serving concubines as opposed to grooming driveways.

Borat,

You are giving Honda maybe too much respect.  I am not convinced that Honda is even better than Toro.  After watching Toro 828 and 1028 models on YouTube video, they are great snowblowers. Pictures are worth thousand words.   

MN_Runner wrote:
You're probably right.  I have a Simplicity that has similar performance to the high end Toro and Ariens machines albeit it's built a bit sturdier.  It also throws snow like a champ.   In the first picture, the edge of the driveway where the snow thrower is working is over 70' from the cedars on the right.  The second pic speaks for itself.

aa335 wrote:

If money is of no consequence, a harem goes without saying :)

As long as we have choices, these kind of bickering will never end.  Pull up a chair, crack open a cold drink, and let the show begin.  :)

Why does Mercedes, BMW, Rolls, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini still sells expensive cars?  It's because people have money and can't wait for Consumer Reports to review them.  :)

Borat,

Those are incredible pictures and they are worth more than thousand posts.  Very majestic and beautiful.  Your pictures remind me of Seattle where I grew up sans the snow.  You are a lucky man!

daniel wrote:
So what are the enuchs doing while you're out snowblowing the driveway?  It's not like they're "equipped" to take care of business indoors.  :)

MN_Runner wrote:
Thank you.

I'm lucky alright. 

I found that the longer and harder I worked, the luckier I got.