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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
If your driveway is paved then I would consider a single stage.
Ten years ago the answer was that you had to have a two stage. With design improvements that is no longer true. Single stage snow-blowers are very good now, and they clean right down to the surface. You don't get they layer of snow that a two stage leaves behind.
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Neither a single-stage or two-stage leave a layer of snow unless they are adjusted wrong. See the pic I posted on page one. See the bare pavement? That snow was about three feet deep, and I have a two-stage. I have adjustable delrin shoes on each side that sets the height. If you're on smooth pavement, it can be all the way 'down'. If you're on gravel you'd want to adjust it 'up' so it doesn't chew things up and spit them out.
A two-stage will throw snow further, so if you have a wide driveway and even a little wind, you will end up blowing snow twice if you can't throw it far enough. Esp wet, heavy snow.
Just buy a two stage, IMHO