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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
Have shoveled the space between the parking lot and steps to building for years. It sucks. Especially because the plow company pushes most snow toward our corner entrance. Snowing today and thinking I should finally get a snow blower.
It's a pretty small area, maybe 300 sqft but want something that will power through the snow mounds the plow makes.
Any suggestions on good and bad brands? Ones that have lasted for years?
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I've had 2 Toro' s for the past 50 or so years
525 lasted for ~38 of them, it dies when I blew the transmission on a particularly heavy/dense driveway end
722 since
The 522 had a~6hp and was fine for all but the 3-4 foot piles the plows throw up at the end of the driveway, It was little slow in 3-4 fit dumps, especially so as it all needed to be thrown in one direction so the later passes were moving snow that had already been moved from where it fell
722 w 9hp is much better, even in 4+ dumps, you still will need to do the heavy dense end of driveway stuff in slices. and if it need to go more than 20+/- ft plan on double passes
What ypou need depends more on what's' needed for the big piles and how far it has to be thrown