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

Relative to larger horses generally equals larger buckets - as well as overall OPE equipment.

For a given application of 7 horses on a 24" versus 9 on a 28" bucket, how much more does the extra horses in power versus the lesser play a role in bucket size.
Or do I just look at weight of both machines and look at it from a power-displacement ratio.

Or I would assume more torque, less HP is even better when looking at engines for snowblowers.
I do like the smaller bucket but I also like the extra power....

mobiledynamics wrote:

YIKES! Have you considered moving to Florida???

Heh.   My neighbor who does not even own a SB understands that if you dump it out....the snowplow will be putting it back in the spot.

I'm a lazy sunva$#%* and there is no way I'm tossing that stuff on my front yard. But he,  60+ years old will faithfully just carry all that EOD and dump into into his backyard with a Shovel !
Once I get down to a reasonable level, I will just push snow out the street, walk it a bit and spread it over....and let sun, salt, blacktop and the occasional car do it's magic....

The houses across the street have it easy. Since the plows plow only to the right......snow walls will be built up against curbside parked cars as high to the roofline and more.

I just care about the the area of the street which meets the driveway --- like I said, even after leaving a 8" wall parallel to the out edge of the parked curbside cards, the plows will just come and break that wall and shove all the snow in. It's futile just even clearing it, as when I get home, I park the car wherever I can - then need to clear the entire driveway away just so I can pull in.

Thanks to our dear old sanitation dept.

I would agree with FrankMAs first comment. About time and square footage.  Ground speed, snow consistancy and depth and engine HP.  Are the three factors that need to be matched to effectively and efficiently remove any amount any type of snow. Then you have the large EOD piles that are different matter.  Horsepower and mass probably play the largest factor there. Sometimes just to get through the first pass.  No SS is going to fair well tacking that job. Although persistence may pay off SS are not designed for that type of work. The augers spin at a high RPM and usually are not made of a thick enough steel to take that type of snow.  It's hard on the blower and sooner or later something is going to break or bend. I'm my opinion a well built 24" with a 13HP would probably go through anything a person would face.
Not sure whether that combination is available.  I have been toying with the idea of putting my 11hp Honda clone on an older ST model Ariens I have sitting around.  Just what I need, another project.

mobiledynamics wrote:
With the exception of the plowing ONLY to the right, I have the same woes as far as city plows putting snow on the EOD.  Gives me an excuse to have a 2 stage snowblower.  If the city plow was to take care of my EOD mess, they may as well pull in a few feet on the driveway and back drag the snow onto the street.  I don't see that happening, not in America anyways.  Without the EOD situation, all I really need is a good single stage snowblower.