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12-07-2010, 06:07 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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Ever think about putting a plow on your truck John?
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12-08-2010, 08:53 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,381
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tattoobob
Ever think about putting a plow on your truck John?
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Briefly, but much rather do the snow blower. Don't want to mess up a fish truck with a plow  |
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12-08-2010, 09:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,749
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I've got an 826 toro that i bought for the company for doing the walk way and hydrogen dock 16 winters ago... I fired it up just before Thanks giving and it came to life with one pull...... It's big enough to hangle a 50' walk way , but small enough to get it in and out of the main building to clear the dock and entrance ways...just run stabilezer in what ever you buy all the time and you will never have an issue with sour fuel...
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12-08-2010, 09:37 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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smaller trucks
are great to plow with anyways
because they aren't as wide
and when you have your blade at an angle
you can plow between parked cars
without scraping them.... and that's a PLUS
when cleaning out parking lots for some extra cash
the next time i "lift" snow
will be with a KUBOTA tractor bucket
or something similar  |
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12-09-2010, 10:28 PM
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Scarecrow
Join Date: May 2003
Location: bedford ma
Posts: 637
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Plows cost at least three times as much as a snowblower, and they won't do your walkways or sidewalks. i bought an 8 horse 28 inch Ariens last year. Takes the pain out of snow. Now, bring on the ice!
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12-07-2010, 04:33 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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I've had an Ariens for 10 yrs. Starts the first pull every time, even after sitting idle all summer. I think it has an electric start but I never bothered.
Its probabaly a small to mid size model and does the trick. I think I paid $900. Worth every penney.
One of the very few things I enjoy about winter is using the snowblower to clear the driveway
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12-08-2010, 04:44 AM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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That was the best damn snowblower I ever owned. One pull. Tecumseh motor. None of this sissy 5w30 oil bs. Real man's oil
Raven have you kept good care of my baby? That thing got me through many many storms in Central Ma.
roflmao
So John you want used or new?
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12-08-2010, 05:32 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Quote:
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
That was the best damn snowblower I ever owned. One pull. Tecumseh motor. None of this sissy 5w30 oil bs. Real man's oil
Raven have you kept good care of my baby? That thing got me through many many storms in Central Ma.
roflmao
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12-09-2010, 11:53 PM
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Captain Pete
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: CT
Posts: 936
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My Bolens about 20 years old. My family still has an Ariens that has to be close to 45 years old.
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12-28-2010, 09:44 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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my old Ariens ate it no problem. Glad I have chains on the tires though as it was tough getting thru the slush at bottom, traction wise. The chain drive wheels are really hard to stop but the slush would build up on them. Only real problem I had was i ran over a brick around the wood pile and stalled out the machine. Had to break up brick with hammer as it was stuck in the good. Started right up after that and I continued.
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12-28-2010, 02:07 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,553
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It would appear that I was not paying attention to my fuel level  .... and that the pick up must not like it being at 1/4 or less as the machine gets moved up and down... Keeping it topped off had it eating snow, and snowbanks for another four hours today. Glad it was operator error... |
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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12-28-2010, 03:26 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Originally Posted by nightfighter
It would appear that I was not paying attention to my fuel level .... and that the pick up must not like it being at 1/4 or less as the machine gets moved up and down... Keeping it topped off had it eating snow, and snowbanks for another four hours today. Glad it was operator error... |
That sux. I had that happen too. 1/4 sounds like a boat pickup  |
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12-28-2010, 03:22 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,225
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The Sean 1.0 fired up flawlessly.....fired it up at about 7:30 and was on my way to work by 8.  |
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