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

Moved into NYC last year.
The way the houses sit / snow, not much place to blow snow just short of the backyward.

For all intents and purposes, the single stage - even with last years heavy snowfall, did the job, albit slower.
I was living in NH previously  and had a 2 stager.

I don't tend to blow snow while it's ~snowing~ as the snow is just blowing everywhere and will just settle and level with the rest of the snow - so it's a moot point for me to take smaller bites.
I'd rather wait till it snows and then go out and then snowblow.

I'd have to get rid of the SS if I went for the 2 Stage. My setup does not allow me to have 2 for storage.

The EOD is brutal however. Last year, I shoveled and blew the driveway and 18+ out (close towards the edge of curbside parking) and left a 8+" thick wall of snow parallel to the curbside cars and my driveway. The friendly snowplow decided to break that wall and plow the heap of snow that I cleared out. So even leaving a ~wall~ of snow -------the plows just come in and push to the right, all night and daylong. Hence my consideration for a 2 stage.

The 24" is MAX I can go in width - that due to some ironwork gated areas I need to push the plow past.
So it would be a Ariens 24" Deluxe.
Seems like ALOT of weight just to deal with EOD.
It would make blowing the backyward, etc faster ----but also more work to move in some tight space where a single stage is easily manhandled.

Debating. Whether to spring for the 2 stage or stick with the SS

longboat wrote:
Don't forget the pre-paid potassium chloride and sodium chloride (ice melter, salt) deposited by city plows.  That's partly why the my grass near the curb doesn't look as good as the rest of the lawn.

aa335 wrote:

Agreed.  The upper two-thirds of my driveway gets deposited on my lawn, and the lower one-third plus EOD goes across the street and into the wooded ditch.  That being said, I live in a somewhat rural area and the street is maintained by the county - they typically dump gravel over the snow/ice, but rarely use salts.

One thing I forgot to mention, the wind blows almost non-stop around here, especially after a good snowstorm.  Snowblowing in the wind is not much fun and makes a cab a welcome addition on the two-stage unit.  However, with the scoop, the wind is not much of an issue.