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andrelaplume


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What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Original Message   Sep 14, 2009 4:37 pm
and why doesn't the engine have a name?  Everything else looks the same except its black not orange...I these beasties at HD....I wonder if Ariend makes them....hell I wonder if Ariens still makes the Orange ones!
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ajallen


Location: Colorado
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Re: What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Reply #2   Sep 14, 2009 10:29 pm
They are cheaper home owner units made as a price point for Home Depot. The engines are Chinese LCT:

http://www.lctusa.com/

AJ

andrelaplume


Joined: Feb 26, 2009
Points: 27

Re: What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Reply #3   Sep 15, 2009 8:18 am
stay away from those engines..................?
aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Reply #4   Sep 15, 2009 9:38 am
Is an engine made in China a bad thing? Has it failed to do what it is intended to do? Any actual testimony or is it a perception that Chinese made are cheap and poor quality? Have we thumb our noses on foreign products from Japan 30 to 40 years ago?
andrelaplume


Joined: Feb 26, 2009
Points: 27

Re: What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Reply #5   Sep 15, 2009 11:43 am
not thumbing my nose...just asking if they have a rep out ther.  To be honest I assumed the Brigs etc were made over their as well.  Still, Brigs etc have a reputation and I would expect them to last for some time.  I just never heard of these engines and was curious...
Snowmann


Joined: Dec 3, 2003
Points: 494

Re: What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Reply #6   Sep 15, 2009 9:31 pm
There's a thread on the "other" forum which discusses this. The Sno-Tek is essentially an enlarged Ariens Compact platform built at Ariens plant 3 in Brillion, WI.

Differences between this model and the Ariens Compact are:
Recoil start only
Polymer discharge chute (easily the most heavy duty poly chute on any snow blower; steel cap, steel backing plates, steel mounts, .180"  wall high impact HDPE)
Enlarged blower housing (taller)
LCT OHV engine (vs Briggs OHV or Subaru OHC on the Ariens Compacts)
2 year warranty (vs 3 year on the Ariens)
Black paint and some styling/decal differences

A few more notes:

The Sno-Tek models received the same high flow discharge chute geometry and fan speed increases that the Ariens Compacts received this year to take advantage of the power increases (no fan speed increase on 22").

Thousands of man-hours of engineering and test time were spent developing the snow package (over a period of 2 years) to alter and validate it for Ariens' approval (much of which by former Tecumseh and Briggs engineers employed both at Ariens and LCT). Solid engines.

This is the second year this engine has been available. In 2008 there were production releases in Canada under the Craftsman and Poulan brands (from HOP). Results were good (according to LCT).

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Moderator Denis


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Re: What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Reply #7   Sep 16, 2009 11:22 am
How many asiatic cars are sold in America each years? If they're aint no good why GM and others going down? So I think for now in 2009 and in the future, the snowblower market will change for the best, it's sad for the industrys around here but it's the reality


andrelaplume


Joined: Feb 26, 2009
Points: 27

Re: What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Reply #8   Sep 14, 2010 9:30 am
Their Baaaaack.  I see Sno Teck at HD for the second year...and also at Indy dealers.  Anyone have one?  What has your experience been? Thoughts?
jviera1298


Joined: Aug 11, 2010
Points: 18

Re: What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Reply #9   Sep 14, 2010 9:58 am
mikiewest wrote:
I asked the same question.Sno Tek is not even listed on their website.Only God knows who makes them lol.

As usual -- Mikie bashing Ariens and backing it up with a lie.  Sno-Tek is absolutely on Ariens website.  Heres the link:

http://www.ariens.com/products_snow/sno_tek/Pages/default.aspx

Sno-Tek is the budget line of snowblowers for those who dont want to or cant drop 1k+ on a new dual stage snowblower.
aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Reply #10   Sep 14, 2010 12:19 pm
andrelaplume wrote:
Their Baaaaack.  I see Sno Teck at HD for the second year...and also at Indy dealers.  Anyone have one?  What has your experience been? Thoughts?

I'm not fond of all-black OPE.  There should be some contrasting colors if you're operating it, and highly visible to bystanders from a safety standpoint.  Just my two pesos.
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andrelaplume


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Re: What the heck is Sno Tech by Ariens
Reply #11   Sep 16, 2010 4:26 pm
Well, in all fairness it may not have been on the website when I first posted this last year.  I agree on the all black but one could put an orange stripe or something on it.  Regular Ariens start at $699, not 1K so these are a hundred bucks less. Just curious if anyone has any real world experience with one...
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