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- CoalHeat
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That's why you need to have multiple pieces of equipment on hand for every task. My problem is finding them when I need them.
- Freddy
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More power! Thinner head gasket, high test gas, advance the timing. Can you say 8 HP motor? Argh argh arghjpete wrote:I was hoping on finding some "hop up" parts for this little 5hp
Us too. Super light stuff, One foot stomp makes a 2 foot crater.DVC500 at last wrote:We got another inch or two last night.
How old are you? I used to think that (and do that) in my 20's, but as I aged my love for a snowblower has grown. I've taught my wife to take care of stuff, that way they are ready to start when needed! HA! My Ariens 11.5 HP has a 110V electric starter...it has never been used, not once. If it doesn't start half way through the first pull it starts during the second half.tsb wrote:Give me a snow shovel any day.
- tsb
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Fred,
If you click my profile, you'll see I'll be 63 this year. Maybe my head
needs soaking. We don't have much snow in this area. Some years it's
overwhelming, but most years it's just a lot of SNUD storms that are more
slop than snow.
If you click my profile, you'll see I'll be 63 this year. Maybe my head
needs soaking. We don't have much snow in this area. Some years it's
overwhelming, but most years it's just a lot of SNUD storms that are more
slop than snow.
- freetown fred
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That ain't about age--that's about staying healthy--if I didn't have this 75 yards down to the barn, I'd stick w/ the old MANUAL method---BUT--I'm only gettin older not dumber--I hope
- tsb
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Freetown,
Put those nags to work with a snow roller. In the old days,
they didn't plow snow they just rolled it flat with horses and
an over grown lawn roller.
Put those nags to work with a snow roller. In the old days,
they didn't plow snow they just rolled it flat with horses and
an over grown lawn roller.
- AA130FIREMAN
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This may be just a coincendence, but my weed wacker never broke down in January.Freddy wrote:Darn snowblowers! They never break down in July.
I have the same basic model with the 10 tecumseh engine and my father has the 11.5 with the briggs. Actually I prefer my 10, don't notice any more grunt, and it seems to start easier. Both 28" wide. AND I AGREE on the reverse, I usually just pull her backwards.Freddy wrote: I love this snowblower! It's the "pro" version, 11.5 HP. This sucker will pitch snow a solid 40 feet. The only complaint I have is that I wish it would back up faster. Friggin' government....can't you keep your hands outta my snow blower transmission? I see all the new Ariens have Briggs engines?
- jpete
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I was a shoveler until the plow buried my car up to the windshield wipers. That was the LAST time I shoveled.tsb wrote:Fred,
If you click my profile, you'll see I'll be 63 this year. Maybe my head
needs soaking. We don't have much snow in this area. Some years it's
overwhelming, but most years it's just a lot of SNUD storms that are more
slop than snow.
Now that I have the machine. I have to do my house, my mother's and my in-laws so a shovel is definitely out of the question.
- Cap
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I absolutely love my snow blower. In fact, I have/had two large units, 8hp & 9hp. The 2nd unit was the deluxe Craftsman I acquired from my uncle's estate. I sold it last week for a whopping $550. Not bad for a 10 yr old unit. The 8hp is a MTD. Works great and is a little lighter & easier to handle. I swear by it and if you seen my driveway earlier in this post, you'd see why. I can blow it out in 45mins.tsb wrote:My wife says " Why don't you get a snow blower " ?
Answer: That would just be one more machine that wouldn't start
when I need it, or would break halfway through the job.
Give me a snow shovel any day.
- Freddy
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Heeeheeee! You made me do it.... I've always wondered & now I know. I just went out and paced off all the area that I keep clear. Total: 9,621 square feet! If snowblowing that doesn't keep me healthy, nuthin' will! I can't imagine anyone shoveling it. It would be the same as a 19 foot wide driveway, 506 feet long! & that doesn't include the steps or porch that DO get hand shoveled! <pounding chest> LOL It's darn seldom that it all get's done at once, but also, any storm over 10 or 12 inches most of it get done twice. And, any snow under an inch I don't snow blow, I scrape/scoop it. Yup, yup, plenty of exercise here.freetown fred wrote:That ain't about age--that's about staying healthy-
Someone do a cost & heat loss for radiant tube snow melt for me?
- freetown fred
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I'm with you my friend--while plowing down to the barn, I noticed I had a black trail following me--thinking realistically about the plow truck--78 chev.--3/4 ton,auto--just put new to me tranny & transfer case in last summer & alot of hard miles on it--used to be my hay & firewood truck--SOB--rear main got underneath with a rag & wiped everything off--thank you vehicle GOD--A small hole in the oil filter--off to NAPA tomorrow AM
- CoalHeat
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- Coal Size/Type: Rice and Chestnut
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I hate to shovel snow, because it is going to melt. Digging a hole in the ground is one thing, something is being accomplished. All that work shoveling snow and then it melts. Power equipment is the way to go.
- freetown fred
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friggin NAPA crap, I coulda sworn I changed that sucker about 8 yrs ago I was even careful about putting the old oil back in--wooo-weee--I'm an environmentalist