HOW BIG IS YOUR SNOWBLOWER?
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T Bolt
Colonel
Illinois Rail Museum
I downsized from a Craftsman two stage, modified with rubber auger blade edges, to a single stage Toro and have been much happier! Virtually no clogs, easier starting and use. Now I cackle like a mad idiot when I do my driveway! Hahahahahaha! 
Crimea_River
Marshal
Still use the old shovel myself. 40 foot spuce tree one side of the driveway and neighbour on the other. Snow blower is useless for me.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Should be the other way around.
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fubar57
General
For my personal drive-way, I've had 18" shovels since 1985. I did buy a Shark© last year for the front walkway, a great little shovel
15cms/6" on the way tonight
It really should. I do help when it does snow, which is apparently an unreliable thing here in Idaho.
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fubar57
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Now you're getting Jan all revved up.
Why would you need a snow blower ? 
This is the reason I moved to the south coast...Why would you need a snow blower ?
Crimea_River
Marshal
Best snowblower in my area:
T Bolt
Colonel
All kidding aside, I have 3
The newest is an Ariens compact 24 I use here in Chicago. I don't have much sidewalk but bought it to clear the alley where there is almost nowhere to put the snow
Next is a 25 year old Toro two stage that looks just like this one even though its that old. Doesn't work right now which is why I bought the Ariens, but I'm going to tear apart the carb and see if I can get it working as its much easier to handle than the Ariens for a light snow.
Next is a 1965 Toro SnowHound that was my Dads. Its been through the blizzards of '68 and '79. Dad gave it to me when I bought my first house. It was on it's second engine than and is now on its third, this time upgraded from a 3.5Hp to a 5hp and is now at my place in Michigan and still going strong!
The newest is an Ariens compact 24 I use here in Chicago. I don't have much sidewalk but bought it to clear the alley where there is almost nowhere to put the snow
Next is a 25 year old Toro two stage that looks just like this one even though its that old. Doesn't work right now which is why I bought the Ariens, but I'm going to tear apart the carb and see if I can get it working as its much easier to handle than the Ariens for a light snow.
Next is a 1965 Toro SnowHound that was my Dads. Its been through the blizzards of '68 and '79. Dad gave it to me when I bought my first house. It was on it's second engine than and is now on its third, this time upgraded from a 3.5Hp to a 5hp and is now at my place in Michigan and still going strong!
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
We have a few here in California...
Caltrans with one of their blowers, powered by a twin turbo-charged Caterpillar V-12, seen at work in Lassen Park.
And then UP's rotary plow up in Truckee...
Caltrans with one of their blowers, powered by a twin turbo-charged Caterpillar V-12, seen at work in Lassen Park.
And then UP's rotary plow up in Truckee...
seems you guys have a serious snow issue up there...
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
I'd love to be living back in my native Southern California, where winter days were about 10°C on average, but I was bumped out by tens of thousands of transplants streaming in yearly, so I fled to the part of California where there's fewer people...
Seriously i hate to think what would happen here if we had real extremes of weather.
Couple of cm of snow, roads block everywhere, floods from a decent rain storm, roads melt if we get any temperature approaching 30'c.
Couple of cm of snow, roads block everywhere, floods from a decent rain storm, roads melt if we get any temperature approaching 30'c.
