Max2310
Silver Member
I've been reading lots of posts lately on snow blowers. Lots of people seem to say that snow blowers without a cab is big no go. And also that gravel may cause serious damage to the unit and so on.
In other words, if I don't plan to get a cab, then I should stick with my FEL and BB(back blade). Plus I have a gravel drive way with 0-2(and half) rocks. Am I just asking for some trouble?
Plowing my driveway sometimes seems to take for ever. I can't believe all the people that think that snow is fun . Not when it snows every two days, snow banks are 4 feet high, there is barely no more room to put it and winter has not even started yet (well, now it is)!
So, to make my winter more enjoyable, I decided to (try to) get a snow blower. Read many posts, called MANY dealers and factory and can't find anything available. The thing is "TBN" somehow discourage me from getting one with the reasons that I have previously mentioned.
Who use a snow blower without a cab and enjoys it? Who uses it on a gravel road and haven't cause damages to it? I know there are some tricks to minimize the risks like tilting the blower (3 pt hitch) for the first few storms but that does not prevent from getting rocks from the BB snow banks or from the road Am I just worrying too much again? The last think I would want is to spend 3k on a unit that will continuously break on me and take lots of room in my garage Maybe I read to many posts and heard to many stories
In other words, if I don't plan to get a cab, then I should stick with my FEL and BB(back blade). Plus I have a gravel drive way with 0-2(and half) rocks. Am I just asking for some trouble?
Plowing my driveway sometimes seems to take for ever. I can't believe all the people that think that snow is fun . Not when it snows every two days, snow banks are 4 feet high, there is barely no more room to put it and winter has not even started yet (well, now it is)!
So, to make my winter more enjoyable, I decided to (try to) get a snow blower. Read many posts, called MANY dealers and factory and can't find anything available. The thing is "TBN" somehow discourage me from getting one with the reasons that I have previously mentioned.
Who use a snow blower without a cab and enjoys it? Who uses it on a gravel road and haven't cause damages to it? I know there are some tricks to minimize the risks like tilting the blower (3 pt hitch) for the first few storms but that does not prevent from getting rocks from the BB snow banks or from the road Am I just worrying too much again? The last think I would want is to spend 3k on a unit that will continuously break on me and take lots of room in my garage Maybe I read to many posts and heard to many stories