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

I dont know if I am happy or mad that we havent had any snow storms?? We had one little covering topping out at 4" while last year I think they said we had nearly 60" by this time! Dont get me wrong I had to go to work late numerous times and missed 2 or 3 days last year, I definetely do not miss that but a little snow would be nice. With this kind of winter I am glad I didnt dump 800 on the SS I was contemplating........

Anyone think I am nuts wanting snow?

The Storm in Fredericton was only 15-20 cm, drifted some , but was about 8 inches in most of the driveway. then it turned  very cold this morning  -20 C

 The end of driveway was about 2 feet deep , the plow had gone by twice in the night, but with hydrostatic drive, my Husqvarna  , 27 inch, B&S   14.5.   went through it easily., not even changing engine speed or sound

throwing snow 50-60 feet high and with the wind , the snow was travelling   100 ft or more  in distance

Then I noticed my neighbour with his  new 26  inch Toro was having problems with his  joystick chute control, seemed frozen , couldn't move the stick.

So I did his driveway and parking lot before putting my blower  in the garage.

Heh, nice, glad it worked well for you! Hydrostatic must be really nice. We were supposed to get some snow yesterday. Earlier in the week they were talking about 3-6" (which, sadly, at 6", would have been the biggest storm for me so far this season). Then it changed to 1-3". And when yesterday actually came, we got nothing at all. Feast or famine, I guess. Last year we got slammed. This year, nothing.

RedOctobyr wrote:

Yes, last winter we got 4 heavy snowstorms in February about a week apart.   30 cm (12 inches) ,    2  storms were 35 cm (14 inches ) heavy drfting,   and another one had  45 cm  (!8 inches) wet snow.

So this winter so far we have had only 3 snowstorms that were 4 , 6 and 7 inches.and very little drifting.  No snow really, could have used a snow scoop , but end of the driveway

is much easier with the blower.     I really enjoy the hydrostatic drive, and the heated grips were nice this morning,  -20 C

royster wrote:

Quite often on new Toro's the cables can be adjusted incorrectly by the dealer. Once they are adjusted he should be fine. Mine wasn't adjusted all that well when it first arrived so I went over it and it worked fine after that. Often the cables are set too loose and the joystick won't work. It's an easy fix.

royster wrote:

Good move to clear his property with your functioning machine.  Way too cold to be fiddling around fixing a chute.

I built a house, moved in and bought my first snowblower, 30" dual stage, last year.  All I can say so far is that 1/2" of snow is no match for it.  It tears that $hit up.

LOL I'm glad you didn't whimp out and get a 28" or something. Or it would have been brought to its knees by that apocalyptic snow event.

1/2 inch? That's a blizzard 

Did you have to go out three times?

Maybe, just maybe, Old Man Winter will have some surprises for us yet.

You guys can fly up here and give me a hand in Alaska. Talkeetna has had somewhere between 8-10 feet so far, with 3 snow filled months left. Just picked up a snowblower to back up my old school Craftsman in case anything goes on her. On the great side, the snowmachining is top notch.