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I'd get at lease a 5.5 horse gas powered 2 stage. It cost us around
$550 more than 10 years ago. I am surprised the price for a similar
brand new model cost the same even today. If you have room and need
more get an 8 horse model. We bought it in the aftermath of the
historic snow strom which shut down the Garden State for almost three
days. After that we used it probably five times altogether. Still you
need it when the occasion arises.

I bought a $5-600 5HP thrower twelve years ago when I moved up here
(Vermont). The wheel bearings wore out mid-season last year,
causing the auger belt to slip. I replaced it with an 8 horse
model ($650 mid-season at the BORG). The larger unit works *much*
better on wet snow. Even the slop the plow leaves hasn't managed
to plug it up, something that *always* happened on the 5HP unit.

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Keith