Well tis the season as they say and this year Ive decided to buy a snowblower. Well actually it was last winter when I decided, it was a cold blustery dark night , there I was standing in 2 feet of snow watching as the snowplow delivered another 3 feet to the end of my driveway. With the winter we got last year there was not a snowblower around to be found in Ontario. So this year I thought Id get a bit of a jump. Hahaha, still not many around ! Home Depot had some big sale back in early Sept and from what Ive read they sold a whole wack of them, well presold as they didnt have any in stock. Here it is almost the end of Oct and those same people are still waiting to take delivery.
Ive been researching now on snowblowers for about 2 weeks. Id like to get an ariens as Ive read very little negatives on the machine. However finding one the right size on my budget is proving to be fruitless. I can get a 6hp one but even the dealer hesitated when I asked him if it could handle our winters, he said and I quote " as long as you can get at it early". When I asked about the minimum 2 feet I get from the plows he kinda shrugged. So that said for the same amount of money my options are now the Yardworks 8.5 from Canadian tire. It has some nice options but Yardworks made by MTD has had some bad reviews.
To me if Im spending this much money Id like to get at least 4 trouble free seasons with a machine. My lawnmower is a yardworks which is going into it's 5th season next spring and as far as I can see it will serve another 5 years at this rate.
I guess what I will end up doing regardless of which company I go with I will blog the results etc.
I just dont want to get caught without a snowblower this year.
