Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

I was at a local Honda dealer yesterday and I was stunned by the prices on their snowblowers. In Canadian dollars, they were: 928 wheels: $3000 928 track: $3400 724 track: $3400 1132 track: $3500 I know they have tracks, hydro tranny, honda engines, etc. but they're at least $1000-1500 more than equivalent toro and ariens models. Is it gold, they re making?

MN_Runner wrote:
Thank you.

I'm lucky alright. 

I found that the longer and harder I worked, the luckier I got. 

The beauty of market share is that they only have to stay slightly ahead of the competition. As long as market share drives sales, twice the price means they only need to sell half the amount to make the same profit. Where market share really benefits the manufacturer is they only have to incur half the shipping and manufacturing costs.

As a consumer, for twice the service I whould expect twice the price, for better service I figure somewhere in the middle, and for samo samo, I  would expect a competitive price.

Choices Choices Choices, but no Rice-a-Roni's for me, thats my choice. What really lights a fire under me is when sales pitches and marketing drive the sale and the product itself stinks.

I look at what the Pros are using. When price doesn't drive quality does.  

That is why these blogs and product reviews can be so helpfull to a consumer before making a purchase.

Sounds easy but beware, paralysis from analysis can ruin your day.

Starwarrior

P.S. I chose an Ariens Pro

borat wrote:
Borat,
Those are fantastic pictures! 

Catt wrote:
Thanks.

They were actually single frame video captures taken from video shot with a Fuji digital camera.

MN_Runner wrote:
I have no one to record me using the machine at present, and the Eastcoast Blizzard wasn't a monster storm, by any means, just monster hype.   Last February we had a Monster storm, it had 3 times what we got this time.  The true test is the heavy wet snow, not the light powder. Most people only show the machine blowing a long high arc of light powder, that's not the kind of snow that separates the men from the boys.  I'll see if I can get a video next time of the towns' HS 928 TAS at work, they've had a few of them and a few of the HS 1132 TAS machines as well.  They recently bought another 1132 as well.

New_Yorker wrote:
Do not use the word "best".  They might make the top 3 in homeowner grade blowers, but they would not make the top 10 overall. Many commercial grade blowers will beat it, and it doesn't stand a chance against any industrial grade blower. As you said: "you usually only get what you pay for."

Yamaha has already been mentioned.

Compare your 9HP Honda against (in no particular order):

Berco
Deere
Ingersoll
Contant
R.P.M. Tech
Pronovost
Sicard
Normand
Lorenz
Blanchet
Larue
McKee
International/Case
New Holland
Meteor
Smyth
Kubota
etc. etc. etc.

Do not use the word "best".  They might make the top 3 in homeowner grade blowers, but they would not make the top 10 overall. Many commercial grade blowers will beat it, and it doesn't stand a chance against any industrial grade blower. As you said: "you usually only get what you pay for."

Now Bill....

Let's not cloud the issue with facts.  You're ruining the delusion!!!

starwarrior wrote:
What exactly are you talking about when you refer to Rice-a-Roni?

Bill_H wrote:
Since the context of this forum focuses on homeowner use and predominantly walk behind type snowblowers, this list is irrelevant.  Deere, Honda, and Yamaha are the only name from above that has a snowblower for homeowner use.

"Since the context of this forum focuses on homeowner use and predominantly walk behind type snowblowers, this list is irrelevant.  Deere, Honda, and Yamaha are the only name from above that has a snowblower for homeowner use."

I know people with 4WD Kubotas  with heated cab and snow thrower attachments for home use and a guy with a 4WD JD unheated cab with a snow thrower attachment on his.  They use them strictly for home use.  Now they will move a lot of snow in a hurry.