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  1. 09-23-2011, 07:45 AM #1
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    Buying a snow blower this weekend - need opinions/reviews!!!!

    I'm SICK and TIRED of shoveling! I'm finally gonna break down and buy a snow blower this year, i can't handle another NJ winter and 2-3ft. snow like we've been getting.

    I'm hoping somebody can point me in the right direction - I am looking for a 2 stage gas snow blower, none of that electric crap. Also want something powerful, and big - 24" minimum.

    Note I will be buying this on my Home Depot card, so I can only get a brand they carry. Some they carry: Toro, Ariens, Poulan Pro (bought one of their leaf blowers and it sucks, so they're out), Honda/Briggs & Stratton, Cub Cadet, Snow Beast...

    Help!!!
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    Gawd...so depressing talking about this already....

    We've always boughten a Toro for snow....
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    I know KG... majorly depressing!

    1 vote for Toro - and this from a Canadian who would know, aye?

    Keep em coming!
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    Your snowblower just might need more hp...I believe your humidity would make for heavy snow...here we have a drier snow...a tad easier to move (most times)
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    Definitely - i'm looking for something with power, I don't wanna cheap out and wind up doing a crap job.
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    you realize if you buy that it wont snow this year
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    Quote Originally Posted by gixxerboy1 View Post
    you realize if you buy that it wont snow this year
    lol, I know - but this has been my mentality for the past 3 years, and it's fvcking snowed FEET!! I jammed my arm shoveling last winter and was fvcked in the gym for several months... can't have that happen again now.

    If it doesn't snow, so be it - i'll have it for the future - it'll bring me peace of mind if nothing else!
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    last winter was brutal there. Even with a snow blower
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    Were you here at the time?
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    Daddy-to-be needs an easier life and anything that helps to do this? Get the top of the line....
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    yea. I was up for the Christmas "blizzard". Lucky i was still at my sisters when my flight got canceled and didnt get stuck at the airport like everyone else. and then the storm the end of Jan for my fathers funeral. We almost had to reschedule that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SlimmerMe View Post
    Daddy-to-be needs an easier life and anything that helps to do this? Get the top of the line....
    I like the way you think!

    Quote Originally Posted by gixxerboy1 View Post
    yea. I was up for the Christmas "blizzard". Lucky i was still at my sisters when my flight got canceled and didnt get stuck at the airport like everyone else. and then the storm the end of Jan for my fathers funeral. We almost had to reschedule that.
    Ouch - where is your sisters, if you don't mind me asking?

    Sorry about your father man, wasn't aware he recently passed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gbrice75 View Post

    Ouch - where is your sisters, if you don't mind me asking?

    Sorry about your father man, wasn't aware he recently passed.
    Thank you,

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    Quote Originally Posted by gixxerboy1 View Post
    Thank you,

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    30 mins from me... I used to work in EB right off Rt. 18 - Mid State Mall at the Bell Atlantic Mobile (VZ Wireless now)
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    she is right off cranberry rd there
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    Quote Originally Posted by gixxerboy1 View Post
    she is right off cranberry rd there
    Just had a consultation with a pediatric urologist for when the baby is born, re: his kidney issue. Doc was right on Cranbury Rd!

    Small world man.
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    i do know of a couple of girls that prob could substitute for one? i would go with a well known brand if it were me, quality over quantity.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 00ragincajun00 View Post
    i do know of a couple of girls that prob could substitute for one? i would go with a well known brand if it were me, quality over quantity.
    Lmao!

    Agreed about quality over quantity.
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    honda all the way..

    you guys get alot of wet snow right?? then a 2 stage is mandatory..

    always put seafoam or other stabilizer in the fuel before you put it in the machine, it will make starts a lot easier..
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    Quote Originally Posted by spywizard View Post
    honda all the way..

    you guys get alot of wet snow right?? then a 2 stage is mandatory..

    always put seafoam or other stabilizer in the fuel before you put it in the machine, it will make starts a lot easier..
    Totally helps....good advice
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    i have an ariens 30 its the top of the line at home depo before you get into the commercial grade stuff but it is commercial grade in my opinion i put that thing through hell last winter and it always performed like a champ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by spywizard View Post
    honda all the way..

    you guys get alot of wet snow right?? then a 2 stage is mandatory..

    always put seafoam or other stabilizer in the fuel before you put it in the machine, it will make starts a lot easier..
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    Totally helps....good advice
    Thx Spy, and 100% agreed about stabilizer.
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    Get one powerful enough to blow dogs out of the way...

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    summers almost here. no complaints here :P

    come over g. we can go surfing all day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shol'va View Post
    Get one powerful enough to blow dogs out of the way...

    That's just wrong!

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    summers almost here. no complaints here :P

    come over g. we can go surfing all day.
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    Toro makes a good snowblower. I have this one.

    http://www.homedepot.com/Outdoors-Ou...atalogId=10053

    I snow plow though so it doesn't really get used.
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    Have you looked into snow blower services? how much does it cost to hire someone to do it vs how often you would use it? Yeah where you are you do get a lot of snow so it may be worth it. Also think about storage and a good insulated cover when you are not using it. You can use a BBQ cover, it may be cheaper? Agree 100% with the stabil. I need to go winterize my Jet skis in the next couple of weeks. Ill drain most of the gas first and put it in my truck. Stable helps but no need letting 10+ gal of gas sitting in them.

    I love the dog vs snow blower picture. LOL I think the dog is having to much fun. Same thing they do with water when it's sprayed.
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