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joed


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Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Original Message   Dec 24, 2009 9:23 am
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?
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New_Yorker


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Re: Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Reply #208   Jan 2, 2011 4:34 pm
POST #35 is the beginning of what the Moderators should begin, " INVESTIGATING " because this thread is why I posted the one that explains" Why Honda Snowblowers Aren't Really Expensive "    So Let's you moderators also Lock this thread and the succeeding one, and take it from the beginning.
royster


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Re: Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Reply #209   Mar 5, 2012 9:36 pm
mikiewest wrote:
Part of the high price is for the "legendary" Honda engine and the hydrostatic transmission as opposed to a simple friction disc setup.

 I would suggest a  Husqvarna  with the "legendary"  (built in the USA)  Briggs and Stratton engine and the (built in the USA)  Hydro Gear hydrostatic drive   for  many  $'s  less.
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Re: Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Reply #210   Mar 5, 2012 10:00 pm
You must be SHI**ING.  Once again you will try to start. 

aa335


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Re: Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Reply #211   Mar 6, 2012 12:02 pm
royster wrote:
 I would suggest a  Husqvarna  with the "legendary"  (built in the USA)  Briggs and Stratton engine and the (built in the USA)  Hydro Gear hydrostatic drive   for  many  $'s  less.


Legendary, built in the USA, cost many $ less....pick two.  No smart businessman is going to let you have all three, not going to happen.    Besides, if it's not expensive, it's not desireable.


Well, I haven't heard anything legendary about Husqvarna except for chainsaws.  Or is it Stihl???
Bill_H


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Re: Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Reply #212   Mar 6, 2012 12:16 pm
He was referring to the B&S engine, not Husqvarna.

Who the hell let all the morning people run things?
bus708


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Re: Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Reply #213   Mar 13, 2012 7:37 pm
I hate to bust your bubble but NOT all Briggs engines are built in USA. Try Japan. They are dam good engines none the less. The 420 on a Ariens pro track is a real monster
RedOctobyr


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Re: Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Reply #214   Mar 13, 2012 8:21 pm
Is it the Vanguard engines that are built in Japan? I'd heard that they are made by Daihatsu, not sure if that's true.
sunfishguy


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Re: Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Reply #215   Oct 9, 2012 2:35 am
joed wrote:
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?


Why do you spend extra money for a Stihl Chainsaw, Apple computer Lexus vehicle.  Quality and name!  Before a company becomes overpriced it has to make a name for it's self.  Honda makes great cars and great small engines.  I have 5 honda 2 stage blowers and I paid 300.00 for one and 150.00 for another so If you buy them in the summer you can steel them.  I think the biggest noticable feature is Honda can take very, very wet snow and still throw in 40 ft any other brand dumps it about 3 feet.

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GOTTA LOVE THEM.  IF YOU DON'T YOU HAVEN'T RUN ONE. THANKS

aa335


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Re: Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Reply #216   Oct 9, 2012 12:09 pm
sunfishguy wrote:
  I think the biggest noticable feature is Honda can take very, very wet snow and still throw in 40 ft any other brand dumps it about 3 feet.

I own a Honda 1132TAS so I know what it can do with wet snow, but your blanket statement about other brands is grossly hyperbolic.  My neighbors have Simplicity, Troy-Bilt, and Toro and they throw snow a respectable distance. 

Don't forget there's the new Ariens Pro models that should make a Honda think about upgrading their engines to stay within spitting distance.  :)  Oh yeah, Honda did upgrade, it's now a Honda 1332.
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Bill_H


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Re: Why are Honda snowblowers so expensive?
Reply #217   Oct 10, 2012 12:53 am
Do they have sunfish in NJ?

Who the hell let all the morning people run things?
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