Best little snow blower ever built

"RacinBob" (racinbob) 02/12/2019 at 13:47 • Filed to: None

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My 25 year old Craftsman 2 stroke blower. Just knocked down 45 minutes of 9 - 14" snow. Kind of uncanny how you can blow snow with only the discharge sticking through the drift. Always starts, it’s a screaming 2 stroke. If you see one in a garage sale, buy it.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RacinBob 02/12/2019 at 14:17

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Meanwhile I'm currently shoveling for the fourth time in 9 days. It hasn't stopped snowing for the last 23 hours 

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 02/12/2019 at 14:23

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Dude, shoveling is lame.  If people slip, that’s between them and your insurance company.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 02/12/2019 at 14:29

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City ordinance states I’m r esponsible for clearing all pedestrian paths/sidewalks adjacent to my property. Oh well.

Plus it's just polite.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > RacinBob 02/12/2019 at 14:39

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I have a shared driveway. The house I share it with is a rental and the landlord just hires a company to plow it out.

The only time I have to shovel is when I have to get out of my driveway and the plow truck hasn’t come by yet

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 02/12/2019 at 14:40

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It’s good for you! Makes you strong...  like Russian Lady named Babushka...

diplodicus forgot his password > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 02/12/2019 at 14:40

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Just think of it as a great exercise for your delts and obliques

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > RacinBob 02/12/2019 at 14:56

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Last year I gave up on my 10 YO honda blower and got this 2-stage troy built. It is 28" wide and has a headlight, 6 forward speeds, 2 reverse speeds and HEATED FUCKING GRIPS. I can do my 200-foot long driveway in about 15 minutes, that’s three up and backs with the last up and back being a clean up run. The parking area is pretty big but it takes about 10 minutes. I love this thing.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > RacinBob 02/12/2019 at 15:01

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My 45 year old John Deere has expired.

66P1800inpieces > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 02/12/2019 at 15:02

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My street doesn’t have sidewalks so it gives me a little flexibility. 

vicali > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 02/12/2019 at 15:08

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If people slip, that’s between them and COFL and your insurance company.

vicali > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/12/2019 at 15:15

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Sweet, gotta love having the right tool for the job.

When we lived in Prince George we would see snow over the top of the snowblower a few time a year. We were on a pull through lot with a huge driveway. Once it was dialed in that think just ate snow like crazy..

It also liked to eat extension cords an shear pins like no ones busi ness - my bad..

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > vicali 02/12/2019 at 15:21

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I have yet to break a shear pin. I am pretty on-it I seldom move more than 6" of snow. If it was 12" and wet I could just put it in low gear and go slower.

vicali > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/12/2019 at 15:32

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I only broke them when I hit extension cords.. We had four plugged in cars in the driveway and once in awhile a cord would get buried and not pulled up.

Also use the stick- keep your fingers ;

parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/12/2019 at 15:52

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Damn.  That one definitely is the Binford 6100 of snowblowers.

parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis > RacinBob 02/12/2019 at 16:06

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I have a Craftsman too, but I joke all the time that it’s a Fisher-Price snowblower.

(I didn’t take the pic sideways, I swear. Fsck you Kinja.)

To be fair, though, it has done really well for me, knock on wood . My brother-in-law gave it to me several years ago when he realized it was nowhere n ear what he needed for his couple-hundred-feet-long-and-very- steep driveway. My driveway is 2 cars wide and mayb e 4 cars long and flat.  Sure I’d love to have a big self-propelled 2-stage monster, but for now this is getting the job done.  Tim Taylor would not approve.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > RacinBob 02/12/2019 at 16:20

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I feel the same about my 10 year old Toro 2 stroke.  So simple to run, had to replace the carb last year from ethanol issues, but runs great again and fires right up every time.  I’ve replaced 4 or 5 sets of paddles on it too, always fun to use with fresh paddles.  

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis 02/12/2019 at 16:23

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Those work fine till the paddles wear out.  I think they are riveted on too, so I don’t know if you’ll be able to replace them easily.  My mom has one of those.  

parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc 02/12/2019 at 16:27

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yeah I have been thinking it ain’t gonna last forever, and it certainly doesn’t owe me anything at this point .

RacinBob > parkrndl is enjoying his midlife crisis 02/12/2019 at 23:25

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That is an odd son of a gun having a lawnmower engine on a snow blower....