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

Just the ones I use. 

MN_Runner wrote:

Wow such big compliments  actually my wife is filming me and I am filming her. She says thank you. I am using currently a Canon 870is a truely fantastic camera. Canon makes really great cameras. Too bad they no longer make the 870is. Thankfully I will be getting a HD Camcorder for a late B-day present and we are getting a GoPro HD Hero camera as soon as the LCD bacpac is released for it. We WILL be mounting it on the snowblower!

We were at the indoor go kart track this evening and really wished we had it. I lapped my wife 3 times!!! LOL The track also uses GoPro cameras. I think your son did a pretty good job considering he nearly got blasted by the snow, haha. See a quick chute would have swung it right out of the way and more to the left. Oooooh can't wait to see a GoPro mounted on the Toro and in Hi-Def!

Just curious why you don't use YouTube? They convert the video for you and format it and everything. believe it or not I currently edit my videos on my PS3 with the free software and can even upload to YouTube from the PS3! Cool stuff!

Tell your son he might get famous and his friends can watch him on YouTube.

I'm looking forward to your next video.

Steve & Cathy

If you want something that is really, really easy to move around.  Light enough to hang on your wall or pick up to cut down drifts. The little old Toro Snow Master 20, S200 or S620 are great little blowers.  Good for up to about 4 or 6"  But they will blow any kind of slush and never clog the chute, because there is no chute.  I've even blown 2" puddles of water and slush.

You can find used ones all over the place. For between $100.00 and $125.00 in really good shape and around $75.00 for good runners. Or $40.00 for beaters.  You usually want to put a new carb diaphragm in them for about $7.00 or $3.00 of Ebay.
I carry one around on the back of my truck on a hitch bracket I made.  They only throw about 10 to 15'. Not exactly a Tim Taylor machine. But they are fun little workhorses.

Here is my fleet:

Honda HS520AS, 2005 model                                Honda HS1132TAS, 2009 model



                     Honda HS621A, 1999 model                                               Toro 421QE, 2011 model




Out of these 4 machines, the Toro 421QE is my personal favorite.  It's perfect. 
Well balanced handling, convenient Quick Shoot, good throwing distance, and the engine has serious grunt and power to deal with slush and EOD piles.

AA335,

A nice army of Toros and Hondas. 

All we need is a snowblower video called "The Ressurection of Forgotten Snowblower Going Over the Deads".  I highly recommend Trouts for this highly anticipated movie clip.

NICE!!!!

I am ready have them lined up and ready to rock and roll!

The orange one is an Ariens .I think I bought this way back in 1990.

31/2 HORSEPOWER 2 stage .Best part is it still works!

Had to thin out my heard.I 'm down to just 3 snowblowers now.

Havent used th Ariens in about 2 years since I bought the Honda and Snapper,

but I'm going to use it tomorrow... All I ever did to the Ariens was change the belts and scraper bar.

Also cleaned the carb a few times.So I guess I got my moneys worth out of it.It handled all of the blizzards

 we had back in 1996 .I think we had one a week there for a few weeks in a row.

I was to busy working a ton of hours back then to take the time to buy a new toy.

njal wrote:
Interesting 2 stage Ariens.

Shryp wrote:

I saw one of those on craigslist several weeks ago. Interesting and unique but it seems weak in power for a 2 stage.

aa335 wrote:

Thats the kicker ,it always got the job done.Just 3 /12 horse power.

That little thing kicks butt. Loud as all He**

Of course you can't cpmpare it to todays machine,but man it works.

I think I have it 20 years.

  njal wrote:
It seems well built.  It got me kinda interested for the use of composite material and mixing of 2 stage in a single stage package.  Almost picked one up just for grins.  But I decided not to until I have a organized way of keeping more than 3 snowblowers.  Unfortunately, our neighborhood doesn't allow detached outdoor storage or sheds.