New Snowblower

[andrew]

I just bought a new Ariens commercial-grade snowblower about an hour ago and am really excited.  My old Craftsman machine was giving me a lot of trouble, between stalling and clogging in slush.  I sold my old one on Craigslist in 24 hours (with 20 or so inquiries).  The Craftsman was unimpressive for the 6 years I owned it.

I had an Ariens for 30 years (20 years at my father's house and 10 at mine) and it was a great machine.  I gave it to a friend 6 years ago and it's still running.  Buying this Ariens is kind of nostalgic.  I'm told that my new Ariens closely resembles my old one, but the Home Depot model is a completely different thing.

The Farmer's Almanac is predicting a cold snowy winter in Connecticut this year, so I'm really glad I upgraded . I really enjoy snowblowing after a big storm.   Anyone else into snowblowing?

Bring on the snow ....

[aarrggh]

   I like too shovel my driveway and sidewalk the old fashion way ....That way the chics across the street can watch me flexing my pipes for awhile !........
  I do have a craftsman blower though--but i`m too lazy too drag it out of the shed when the snow flyz.  

                                                        

[D.A.L.U.I.]

D_mn, I'm glad I live in the South, so glad.  Snow, it's fun to visit, but man, the first Blond joke was when the first Scandanavian came to the US and went to Minnesota to live rather than the sunny south.

[wpruitt]

That is one monster snow-blower.  For our one snow a year, I use the leaf blower to clean off the walk.

[PigPen]

Albuquerque doesn't get nearly enough snow to necessitate a snow blower. In the mountains east of Albuquerque, that's a different story. Up north near the Colorado border they get quite a bit too.

[Baldboss]

D_mn, I'm glad I live in the South, so glad.  Snow, it's fun to visit, but man, the first Blond joke was when the first Scandanavian came to the US and went to Minnesota to live rather than the sunny south.

You and me both, Saint.  We get maybe one snow a year...2" would be a lot.  It usually falls at night and is gone by noon the next day.  I guess I have a natural snow removal device.  I do remember growing up in Kansas though - a whole different story.

[Nonick]

It can be a fun-past time especially if everything is delayed and your employer gives you the time!  
But if I "have to" be at work, I usually "go for it" in my front wheel drive car , and drive around the crazies with the 4 wheel drives who are sliding off the roads or in a ditch.
The issue I have is by the time I get back home, either most of it has melted (south facing driveway), or some wonderful neighbor got out there with his machine and did my drive for me (God bless 'em).
I have a 1 year old machine with the paint still on the augers from lack of use! 

[slyatlast]

It's only Sept so I don't even want to think about snow yet...although the harsh reality is that the first snowfall is likely only 2 months away.   We don't get as much snow as the higher elevations or the "lake effect" snowfall by the Great Lakes.  But it stays cold so what falls in November is still on the ground in March.  By then it's dirty and icy...

...winter sucks!

[andrew]

The issue I have is by the time I get back home, either most of it has melted (south facing driveway), or some wonderful neighbor got out there with his machine and did my drive for me (God bless 'em).

I tend to be the neighbor that goes around the street doing driveways ...   At a minimum, I'll go around and remove the snow banks left by the plow, for those that cleared their driveway already only to have the plow leave a 3' bank behind.  But, every once in a while (when my machine was running right), I'd do several driveways, leaving a nice surprise for neighbors ...   It's not that I'm overly nice, but that I just love snowblowing  and sometimes my own driveway isn't enough of a fix ....

[D.A.L.U.I.]

sometimes my own driveway isn't enough of a fix ....

Well, nice, but would you shave your neighbor's head too, if shaving your own just wasn't enough that morning?

[andrew]

sometimes my own driveway isn't enough of a fix ....

Well, nice, but would you shave your neighbor's head too, if shaving your own just wasn't enough that morning?

No Saint ....   I draw the line at snowblowing.  Headshaving is a very personal thing.

[SlyHigh]

I've never seen a snowblower.  I was wondering what they looked like.

Around here it will usually snow at least once a year.  And by "snow" I mean a few flakes falling for a couple of minutes.

I have a friend from Lousiana who moved to Kentucky.  During her first winter she went to a hardware store and said "I don't know what it looks like, but I was told I need a snow shovel."

Once again, I don't think I've ever seen a snow shovel, either.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

I've never seen a snowblower.  I have a friend from Lousiana who moved to Kentucky.  During her first winter she went to a hardware store and said "I don't know what it looks like, but I was told I need a snow shovel."

Once again, I don't think I've ever seen a snow shovel, either.

I was raised in Reno, and it snowed.  I KNEW was a snow shovel was, I was the power--my job before school, shovel the front walk, the drive and then scrape the frost off my parent's car windows.  I never saw a snow blower--I was glad when I got a power mower for the summer work!  Like to visit, but I don't miss the work.  I also now have a hard time adjusting to getting all "coated" up just to go outside for a little while when I'm at the home office in upstate NY.  Pretty, but I'm glad it isn't my home.  People that live in that climate have to like to work hard just living--the South does make you soft in some ways. 

[Larry]

I'm not particulaly fond of snowblowing but it sure beats using a shovel!

[aarrggh]

  Hey Andrew:: Watcha think of the snowblower i just bought today...It`s a classic !.....I`m just sittin by the window waiting for the snow too fly.................... ..........another andrew.........