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

My serial number is too high so my Honda blower is not affected but has anyone taken their Honda blower for the recall repair?  On a side note, My 2005 Honda Odyssey had a brake failure recall and took me two tries to get it right this week.  I hope you guys have much better recall repair experience.  Are there any other recalls on Honda blower?

aa335 wrote:

You can put side skid shoes on anything but the tracked model isn't designed to work with them. I got my info directly from the Honda Dealer and they are a HUGE dealer up here and I got it from the guys who work on the units not just the sales guy. Yes you can put them on but you lose the ability to really plow down into the ice which I actually did use on mine and it works pretty well. You can also mount fuzzy dice on the dash controls if you want but it's not going to help any more than the side skid shoes.

If the side skids are so critical and essential components for TA/TAS models then why were these skids not mounted straight from the factory.  I think having Yamaha speakers on left and right sides will be more fun with Wagner's Die Walküre blasting at the maximum volume then moving around the blower with sub-optimal commerical side skid shoes.

Steve_Cebu wrote:
It sounds like we're disagreeing, but essentially, we're saying the same thing, just slightly different way.    Potato, potatoe.

Darn, I just got those fuzzy dice put on and now you tell me . They're coming off tonight, but not the deer whistles, and curb feelers though.

MN_Runner wrote:

Not sure why those side skids aren't mounted from the factory. Perhaps it's an opportunity for dealers to make a few extra bucks. Let us know how those speakers work though. :)

aa335 wrote:

See, this is the strange thing, in Canada, the side skids are mounted from Factory. You can see it on the site, and I have personally seen them at the dealer.

I even commented to my father, "hmmm, it has skids on the back, and on the side, wonder why?" I did not ask the dealer, got distracted by more important things, like Engine, chute, remote controls, etc

If i go back to the Honda dealer, I'll ask them why they put both skids on from factory!

rubinew wrote:

And you missed the 12" subwoofer mounted below the engine? 

aa335 wrote:

hee hee, yeah, and the Yamaha comes with a CD changer under the top cover!

aa335 wrote:

Totally off topic but it seems GoPro is coming out with their LCD BacPac this upcoming year. (Supposedly) It's been vaporware for a long time now.

The reason I mentioned it is because my wife wants one and we will be getting one as soon as the lcd bacpac becomes available. We've seen the pics from the CES of it today and my wife says I can order it the day it's available!

The on topic part is she wants to know what mount we need to mount it on the snowblower!

Now I've gotta figure out where to mount it. But it's a done deal as soon as it's released for sale.

Steve_Cebu wrote:

Looks like CFO is a keeper.  I'm still trying to convince my CFO why she needs a Gopro camera.  :)

Can you mount the camera on the side of the chute, right below the deflector?  Or is that plastic chute too slippery for the adhesive disc? 

I think mount on the side or above the bucket would be good vantage point.  See if you can get shot of the impeller and the Powermax system in action.

aa335 wrote:

My wife watched teh videos on GoPro's site as well as some YouTube stuff and said I want one! Just waiting for the lcd bacpac in Feb and I'll order it. I don't know if the plastic chute is too slippery but whippping the chute around with the joystick would probably give some people vertigo. Also steh chute is going to rattle a lot it's designed so that it doesn't bind up. So I doubt I will mount it on the chute. I could mount it to the bucket any number of ways but if you see the auger you probably won't see the snow being thrown without 2 cameras.

I also would think too much snow would obscure the auger as well. I'll have to try a few different mounting places out. Besides we are still getting a full HD camcorder probably in March from the look of the release dates.

I am considering these. Leaning toward the Canon with it's new 3MOS processors. The sony does shoot in 1080p60p ,but it's proprietary so no editing ability for a while. The Panny is preety darn good and cost is reasonable. Still the GoPro will be a lot of fun to mount on a snowblower. I don't think anyone has done that yet.

Canon Vixia HF G10 - due out in March - $1,499
Sony HDR-CX700V - $1,299
Panasonic HDC-TM900 - $999