Modelman
Titanium
- Joined
- Sep 12, 2007
- Location
- Northern Illinois
Since its the hottest part of summer, I thought it would be cool to discuss snow blowers. Seriously, I need to have better snow removal equipment in place before the snow flies.
I've been running an old Ariens for years; and it's been dependable, but with the solid axle it's a bear to steer, the wife can't do it. Plus, with the single axle it's tippy. This has become a problem for me, I recently started walking with a cane, and since I broke my ankle last winter (while running the snow blower) I need to use a rolling walker. With the single axle, if the snow blower starts to climb the frozen plow bank by the road, the handles go down and I pitch forward. Likewise, if I slip, the handles won't support me, but rather tip the machine up.
I see ads for snow blowers with tracks and that would seem to be a much more stable base, but is it really? I also see they have "power steering" but reading the reviews it appears all that does is unlock a differential, not steering at all in the sense that a tracked vehicle steers.
Anyone who has experience with one of these care to comment?
Dennis
I've been running an old Ariens for years; and it's been dependable, but with the solid axle it's a bear to steer, the wife can't do it. Plus, with the single axle it's tippy. This has become a problem for me, I recently started walking with a cane, and since I broke my ankle last winter (while running the snow blower) I need to use a rolling walker. With the single axle, if the snow blower starts to climb the frozen plow bank by the road, the handles go down and I pitch forward. Likewise, if I slip, the handles won't support me, but rather tip the machine up.
I see ads for snow blowers with tracks and that would seem to be a much more stable base, but is it really? I also see they have "power steering" but reading the reviews it appears all that does is unlock a differential, not steering at all in the sense that a tracked vehicle steers.
Anyone who has experience with one of these care to comment?
Dennis