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Thanks for the info,  I'll have to look at some of the rider models, and do some calculations on the size of the drives, I have to admit I've never

of a calcuation to figure out snow blowing but I'll give it a try, I did see that there is some used riders that are pretty close in price, and

they come with other attachments. Do they throw the snow just as well, and how about the clean up, do they leave much behind?  If anyone else

has anything good to say about a 2004 or newer ariens 1336 I'd be interested to hear about it, or any comparable machines. Thanks again for the

info and advise.

And for krislu, the drive ways are two car wide, barely, and a plow truck would fill it up lenght wise. They are all kinda steep drives, all the condos are 

 built on a hill with a culdesac at the bottom.

I've just stumbled on to this web site and think it's great!   I'm totally new to the snowblower world, but would like to jump into it. 

I  have a 650cc four wheeler that I put a plow on that does an awesome job on my 32 ft x 45 ft driveway and 250 ft of sidewalk,

because I have room to push it all, but now have been offered a side job clearing 24 drives in a condo complex, which are all

sloped, and the plow isn't  going to work well there because lack of places to push the snow. The guy who has done it for the

past few years has a front mounted blower on a walker riding mower.  I've doing some research and thought I was set on a

Ariens 1336, but after reading some of the things people have had to say about them I'm back to square one.  I'm hopeing

that you guys can give me some insite as to what would be a good purchace to get the job done in a timely fashion. I

usually keep any thing I buy forever, so I kind of believe in " you get what you pay for ", but since I'm new to the snowblower

world I'm not sure if that still applies 

Thanks for Your time and Knowledge- Dan