Does $1,000 get me a good product in the Snow Thrower market?
In my opinion, keep $400 in your pocket and buy a MTD 2 stage machine. They come with an electric start Tecumseh 4 cycle motor, multiple forward and two backward gears, and an extra large impeller which helps when you have very deep snow.
Don't go smaller than 5.5 HP, or buy a single stage. I live in the northern snow belt, and my current MTD (which is beat like a rented car) has lasted for years, most of which I had a gravel driveway. The motor is the heart of the machine....buy a good one. Everything else is easily repaired.
There's a cold wind blowing tonight...I might go out and splash a little paint on the rust spots this weekend. She'll be 13 in a few months.
I got one similar to that one the start of this summer @ Sears for <400. It was a huge discount since it was now summer. Dual stage, craftsmen (rebadged im sure) brand.
From what I've heard you want 2 Stage.
I got mine to do between my house and the wood shed, and my large (OLD) deck. For 'real' plowing the ATV w/plow.
My grandparents have a large tracked honda that works really well for them and I think is 1500-2000.
I was at sears yesterday and they had one that had 4 tires on each side and looked 4' or 5' wide. It was by far the largest walk-behind blower I'd ever seen! I think it was nearly 3000 too.
Not too sure who has a walk behind for doing such large areas!!
Are you doing your entire driveway ? How long? How wide?
Why not get a plow-blade for your tractor? Those are $1k or less depending on size.
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