Suck It Mother Nature!
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Topic: Suck It Mother Nature!
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Subject: Suck It Mother Nature!
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 5:02pm
I got your 4-7" right here:
 This could also be titled:
" I am an official Ohioan Today!"
" I am a Man Today"
" Bite Me God, Bring it On!"
" So I got tired of busting my back shoveling the wet cold crap"
TL/DR: I broke down and bought a snow blower today. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
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Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 5:17pm
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Just in time to put it away for the year. ------------- 
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 5:30pm
------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
GroupB wrote:Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 7:00pm
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Cute snow blower. Should have just broke down and got the 40" like we have. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 7:00pm
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Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 7:11pm
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They use those here to get the snow of Roofs. Anything under 11HP and not self propelled it's just not worth the investment. ------------- 
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 9:43pm
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My driveway is only 20x 25 on a corner lot. Really don't need much more. Did the job fine and in short order. I actually wanted a self propelled, but figure I still need some excercise. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Hilfirty
Date Posted: 25 February 2011 at 11:01pm
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I need one of those where i live. (North Western P.A.) 2 feet last night. ------------- S.O.S. |
Posted By: Kayback
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 1:22am
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Wait you own motorbikes don't you? There is your self propelled.
Now all you need to do is say "here, hold my beer and watch this" before trying it and you are set. ------------- Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo. H = 2 |
Posted By: DaveEllis
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 1:35am
| Would your wife concur with the 4-7" statement? |
Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 3:28am
Too bad you didn't get the one with a syrup dispenser. ;) ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 8:04am
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The lady next door has a bunch of cats that I find a nuisance. I had thought it might be funny to place some red food dye filled balloons along the sidewalk and watch her panic. Than again she has already had one heart attach, might not want to push it.
Dave, you can simply ask your wife about the 4-7". ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 9:38am
You should never assume that without being absolutely certain how the weather where someone lives actually is. Many years ago (1995) I had to shovel snow out of the back of my Jeep Wrangler because I had taken a beer-induced nap during the day and left the soft-top down . . . in June.
Bigger is not always better. (I for instance have a back walk that is only 26" wide; anything wider than that would be useless for my purposes.)
Actually, single stages work best for driveways/sidewalks. The non-metallic impellers cause much less damage than the metallic ones in dual stage snowblowers. They also make it possible to get more snow off the surface since you don't have to worry about cutting into it/damaging it. (The blades also tend to set closer to/right on the surface, rather than above it.) Also, that looks like a Toro. The blade design on those enable them to throw snow better than many two stages without the jamming of the secondary impeller that tends to happen in wet snow.
See Toro comment above. Also, since the impeller actually contacts the surface, they do pull themselves along.
Win.
More win.
Even more win. This thread delivers. ------------- 
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 10:09am
My choices were this or the $1200+ John Deere with headlights and all sorts of other crap that I really don't need. Interesting info on the two stage issues. Thanks. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 10:11am
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[/QUOTE] It's actually a Craftsman, but is apparently comparable to the Toro as every reveiw I read on it did exactly that. The handle, pull-starter and impeller design would make me think that Toro builds them for Craftsman. My choices were this or the $1200+ John Deere with headlights and
all sorts of other crap that I really don't need. Interesting info on
the two stage issues. Thanks. [/QUOTE]You're welcome. I just had to get a new one after the cheap Wal-Mart (Yard Machine) one I had broke so I still retain most of the research I did before purchase. (The most surprising fact for me was how many places don't recommend a two stage for any type of pavement at all.) -------------
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 10:32am
------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 10:35am
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Everything is flooded here from a few days of rain. The Floridian part of my brain is marveling that it happens like that here.
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 10:38am
------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 10:53am
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Pfft. That's a little one. 8 HP ftw. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 11:12am
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I find it amusing that so many of the rent's basement dwellers are questioning my choice of blowers. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 11:29am
I have the electric start option as well. In my case there is no charging; I just plug it in and push the start button. -------------
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 12:01pm
I think most of the people in this thread don't live at home? Except me! Oh yeah. ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 12:02pm
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 9:52pm
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Those things are useless. I have found that anything under a foot or so (unless it is extremely heavy snow) is not worth dragging out the snowblower. When you have 16'' of heavy snow or ice those things typically fail.
I used to have a medium sized real snowblower and that thing frustruated me because when I needed it the most it would consitantly fail. My dad decided to pony up the cash and by a $1200 Toro last winter, and it is the best decision ever. I dont memorize the specs on my lawn equipment, but the thing is a monster. I could feed Chinese sweatshop children through the thing if I wanted. Our last Toro lasted 20 years before we sold it, so we know we will get our moneys worth out of it. ------------- 
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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 26 February 2011 at 11:41pm
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Worked fine for me. But then again, I don't every remember having 16" of ice and snow in the 8 or so years we have lived here. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 8:06am
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My blower would eat that thing. That being said, I still use a shovel... Go figure. ------------- I ♣ hippies. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 28 February 2011 at 4:19pm
Bunch of wusses, I get out and enjoy the snow:
Yeah, I just sit in that stuff: 
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