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Scotiaman
Joined: Jan 26, 2005
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Snowblower Companies Market Share
Original Message Jan 31, 2005 8:58 pm |
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Hi All, have heard a lot of you wondering about the market share each snowthrower company has, found this site below which shows the numbers for snowthrowers and a lot of other things (snowthrowers is toward the bottom of the page) http://www.ammagazine.com/FILES/HTML/PDF/0402marketprofile.pdf Looks like MTD, Toro, AYP, Ariens, and Murray dominate the sales overall. Surprised to see a company like Simplicity at only 1%, but shows why you don't hear much about them and others on this board. Anyhow hope you find the site useful. |
SnowRemover
Toro 828LXE
Location: Near Albany, NY
Joined: Jan 12, 2005
Points: 139
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Re: Snowblower Companies Market Share
Reply #15 Feb 1, 2005 9:48 pm |
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Alot more people that I feel would have never bought a snowblower before, have gotten them in the last five years. It might just be my perception, but many friends and neighbors that I thought liked to shovel and would never own such a "luxury" have snowblowers now.
Rob - hate to break this to you, but its called "getting old". Until this year, I was a shoveling man. 15" of heavy packing snow - all the better my work out. Then, this fall, I felt a muscle spasm when I was picking up some 20lb object. I knew, based on my father's history of back problems, that I was heading in the same direction and didn't want to be on my back for a week because I liked to shovel. "Welcome to middle age. ", is what my wife said. --SnowShoveler
 It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! --Friedrich Nietzsche
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Ben07
The more you know about something, the more you find there is to know.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: Feb 26, 2004
Points: 178
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Re: Snowblower Companies Market Share
Reply #18 Feb 2, 2005 1:26 pm |
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What's his point? . Could be getting equal time with a "GROOM REGISTRY." What an Idea. If someone would have given me engraved wrenches, a lot of em wouldn't have ended up in my buddies toolboxes, or jogged their memory to return something once in a while. Had a work buddy ask me what I wanted for a wedding gift. I told him I needed a good set of drill bits.. Which I did, but it was a joke. He kept asking, and I stuck with the same thing. Well long story, but that is what I got. Drill bits tied to a bottle of good wine. My wife needed the wine right away when she opened that gift. Best gift we got IMO. Still have em.They are my good ones that I keep tucked away from my everyday stuff. When I need the right one I know I have one. Definately a gift to remember ya by and it keeps on giving.
This message was modified Feb 2, 2005 by Ben07
Ariens 8524LE, Toro CCR2000, Jacobsen S-B S-blowers, Generac 10hp Gen-convt. to N.G., 5 L-boys(D's F's &Dura( 74,77,80,88,00), Antiq. 1960 AYP 20 in. mag w 3.5 Tech mower. Ryan/Ryobi gas Trim. AYP 205 gas blwr. Mac c-saw,Toro E-blwr, 2 Weed-E e. stg. trims. outboards, boats, util trail, 2 Jeeps
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I think i can explain why...Electric knives are "token" wedding/bridal shower gifts. Between our wedding gifts and my wife's shower, we got 4. Now have this vision of this elaborate gift table at a wedding(very "ralph-lauren") and sitting on top of is a toro snowcommander, and an ariens 722ec, each with a bow on top :)