What next? A rechargeable snowblower!

[recycled sixtie]

I have had great success with my rechargeable Stihl lawnmower. Now I am considering a rechargeable snowblower. My six year old Husky 4cycle snowblower I have neglected to do essential maintenance. It did not blow four inches of snow. I have found the paddles/augur blades have worn down. This small Husky is driven forward by the paddles and flushes the snow out of the chute.

Hence needs new augur blades and scraper bar. I am considering a rechargeable snow blower as it is lighter to muscle around corners. Your thoughts and experiences would be appreciated on basic rechargeable snowblowers? I just have a large pie shaped lot in the city and not on an acreage.

[wdfifteen]

four inches of snow in 6 years? Sounds like a rechargable is perfect for you. But - if you don't do essential maintenance nothing is going to work out for you.

[aschen]

I am done with infernal combustion for low duty cycle machines

I don't know anything about snow blowers but I suspect if they can be powered by a few HP lawnmower sized IC engine than li-on will be just fine. If you need a 20HP hot rod, well batteries are probably still fine but you will need ALOT of them.

[Grog]

I'm getting the battery powered generator.

[CurtEgerer]

In a former life when I lived where it snowed, I used an electric (corded) SnoJoe. It was fantastic. Even did +12 inches a few times but had to do double passes since the auger was only 8-10 inches high. I'm sure the rechargeable version works equally well. Small, light, no maintenance, no gas can. The new electric throwers are light years ahead of the old weak versions from 10-15 years ago. The corded versions are far cheaper and have no battery to replace - easier to use than you might expect once you figure out a pattern to avoid constantly moving the cord.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Grog

I'm getting the battery powered generator.

When they installed our whole house generator I asked the electrician if he could put in a circuit to my Chevy Volt charger. He was looking at the panel when I asked him, and he said, "Sure, whatever you want." Then slowly turned around with a grin on his face.

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by Grog

I'm getting the battery powered generator.

Don't do it. The plug-in generator is much better.

[aschen]

They actually advertise some of those bigger battery bank power stations as battery powered generators.

It is an assault to decency to call them that, but they are useful in some applications. I blame tesla with the power wall