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thanks for everyones help.....i paid $799 for an Ariens 926LE at H.D. tonight, and said i wanted one that was still in the box.....the kid told me i should take one that was already assembled because it was free.....i told him i would only buy one still in the box because i dont trust the home depot assembly crew to put it together, and you would have thought i crapped in this kids hand with the way he looked back at me.......

anyway, i have to go back this week to pick up the unit "in box" and hope i can lift it into a pickup truck with a friend.....just shy of 300lbs and i dont know the dimensions of the box, but they wanted $59 more to deliver it, so ill find a way.....

thanks again for the advice!!

Bradford

great advice.....i will try to get an unopened one, but the selection appears to be dwindling rapidly, and i hope they havent already assembled their whole stock......there was a sign in each Home Depot i went to that said free assembly, and price limited to in stock.......i hope that doesnt mean there are none still boxed......i think i did remember seing the one up model to the 926 as well in the lot.......seems like the most popular sale out of the Ariens was the 724.....

yeah, the price sounded pretty good on the 926, and think i might jump on that one.....i guess i will just have to go over all of the assembly instructions to make sure they put it together correctly.....do you know if home depot will deliver snow blowers, or will i have to pick it up myself.......i think that unit weighs something like 260lbs.... 

i need help selecting a snow blower at home depot, as i received a gift certificate towards one in the amount of $800, and they are all 20% off at this time......i realized the lawnmower shops are usually the smarter choice for purchase, but this gift certificate helps me out dramatically.......my driveway is approximately 100 feet long, is a single lane from the bottom to the top, and i have about a 40x40 foot area at the top of the driveway......i have a fairly steep driveway of asphalt, and i live in Boston Ma where the winters can be bad, although so far we really havent received anythng.......

my choices are limited due to the home depot selection, but i have been looking at the Ariens 724 ($719), the Ariens 926LE ($799), and the Cub Cadet 528SWE for ($799).......

OHV, L-Head, headache......

can someone help me make the best decision for my situation......

thank you in advance