So in thirty years I still won't have 100 hours on the snowblower. Any decently made snowblower would last a long time at that rate...unlike my lawn tractor which gets used at least 60 hours every year..
Well don't knock the potential of the Honda. My HS35 dates from 1982 and except for replacing the auger rubber, paddles etc it is still going strong. But yes, the use is about 5 hours tops per year. But the HT3810 tractor, purchased in 1983, gets used about 120 hours a year. It also runs fine and has little maintenance except for the occasional bearing on the deck, which by the way are replaceable, as opposed to replacing the entire spindle. One key to these things is use synthetic oil, great stuff for air cooled engines! I use Mobil1, 0W-40, European Formula. That happens to be a formulation for Porsche and BMW and is still high in ZDDP. ZDDP was drastically lowered by many oil manufacturers about 10 years ago because it messed up catalytic converters, which had to be guaranteed for 7 years and maybe 100,000 miles. Let's see, what would you rather replace, a Porsche engine or a Porsche catalytic converter?
