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royster
" It is the use of power tools that separates man from animals"
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Joined: Feb 11, 2011
Points: 284
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #15 Feb 12, 2012 8:04 pm |
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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.
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
This message was modified Feb 12, 2012 by royster
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Steve_Cebu
Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #16 Feb 13, 2012 2:25 am |
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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. 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.
"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England." "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."
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Stainless
Joined: Nov 17, 2011
Points: 24
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #18 Feb 13, 2012 1:12 pm |
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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.
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blomberg91
Location: Talkeetna, Alaska
Joined: Nov 22, 2011
Points: 9
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #22 Feb 14, 2012 6:21 pm |
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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.
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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.