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

And lived in the Northeast,with a 175 foot driveway,with a slight incline, and a rather large turning pad what snow blower would you buy? Currently have a 12 year old, 24", 7 hp Yardman that I need to retire soon! Thanks in advance.

What about Honda 520AS or Toro 421QE?  Any of these two single staged snowthrower will do the job for most conditions for the wife.  With the remaining money and either 421 or 520 is not enough then I would buy a 2 staged blower (Ariends, Deere or Toro).

For who makes Deere, Snapper and Simplicity see:

http://www.abbysguide.com/ope/discussions/52489-0-1.html

There's not much mention there about Snapper but I went through their models the other day and they parallel Deere and Simplicity being not close but an exact match.  Catt's list of Simplicity models can have a name change to Snapper.  Over the years Deere had many people make for them.  Interesting the Deere guy pooh-hoo'ed the new line.  In the past Deere was MTD, Murray, Ariens and others.  Big quality variation.   The Briggs line may not be the best but in the past he probably carried worse.