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

This thing is a monster!  Though it's huge the balance is awesome. Also I can't emphasis enough how smooth this engine is.  Very impressed.  Can't wait to give her a go!  

stresst wrote:

They require muscle to manuever around I tried out a similar model at the Ariens/Toro dealer and they are impossible for my wife to steer. My back does not need the workout this would give it. It will blow the snow really well. I have a lighter and easier to steer machine versus this one which is much harder to steer depending on your individual situation. If you are a big strong guy and can easily move this around like a toy then great, it'll work a treat. But if you have a bad back and a small wife and want to do an easy job on your 220 foot long driveway with a big section for parking off of that then the Toro at least for me was a better pick.

I test drove a bunch of machines and nothing that I tested was as easy to use as the Toro. My wife couldn't turn any of these machines at all, just the Toro.

But if you just want power this has plenty of it. I can do my driveway 2 times on 1 tank of gas so it's pretty economical as well.

I wonder how much fuel the Ariens Pro 28 uses?

Nice machine but, why so much engine?  That's 115cc larger than the 305cc engine on my Simplicity and it has plenty of power.  Just wondering where the "over-kill" threshold is?

borat wrote:

Probably when it starts knocking small planes out of the sky.

Steve_Cebu wrote:
Well being that I am a pilot I would definitely draw the line a hair before the snowblower becomes AAA.  

I will make sure I get a review done and some video shot. 

borat wrote:
I already have my sights on my next blower once I get moved into the new place!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD0HZE6jXF0

Well after screwing with trying to get the hyperlink to work for 10 mins I gave up. 

mvedepo wrote:

A video would be cool.

I'm hoping this year to be able to use myToro's joystick controlled shoot to nail those PITA chipmunks that we have everywhere. It won't kill them but I'm hoping it will make them move before they finish destroying my yard.

Yes, definitely make some videos of the Pro 28 in action.  The worser the snow condition, the better. 

I am surprised that they only put the 4.8 inch width tires on this machine as the bigger  pro30 and pro36 use the 6.5 inch width tires. Maybe to keep the cost  down.

My Husqvarna 27 inch has the wider 6.5 tire.

   

Though I like the looks of the wider tires I think these will get better traction.  We will see.

mvedepo wrote:
Yes, under certain conditions, the narrow tires could have better traction.