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Default Snow blower recommendations?

On Feb 11, 11:59�am, "Existential Angst"
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Pete C. wrote:
Existential Angst wrote:


Awl --


Haven't seen CR reviews.... �can anyone summarize Best Picks?


The new "style" seems to be the Honda/Toro, which look like old
Hoover cannister vacs.


Don't want the big Sears/Ariens bulldozer types -- bad luck, and too
big to store --, have seen neighbors pretty happy with these Toros.


Experiences? �Do's/Don'ts?


Have had the worst luck with gas powered stuff.
Mebbe electric? � Wouldn't even mind swapping out a battery every 15
min/half hour, if the reliability was there.


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EA


Entirely dependent on the size and characteristics of the area you
need to clear.


Well, I got a lot of frontage, but basically I just need a bitty path so
effingYonkers doesn't drown me in tickets.

Those little Hondas/Toros would do me good, if people can vouch for their
reliability.

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EA-


It doesn't matter which brand. Reliability is only as good as the
preventive maintenence performed. Most people with Snow blowers and
Generators don't use them enough and let them sit around with gas in
them. Gas will evaporate, leaving behind a reidue that may clog or
break free and clog somewhere in the fuel system.

Hank ~~~has cleaned fuel systems on 1 year old Hondas.