DGZRT
Silver Member
I own five snowblowers on 3 different properties. Gravel driveway you need a metal discharge chute . Plastic will get destroyed by gravel flying through it.
Wheels only if wife will use it . Tracks suck to move around. You can’t move tracked ones unless they are running . Electric start . Minimum of 8 hp . Make sure shear pins are easy to get to on the auger.
Single stage are only good on hard surface. They dig into the grass. 2 stage will go over the grass very well . I open a path for my dog all the way around the house and out to the bird feeder for my wife .
If the wife will use it, take her along when you pick it out . So you know it fits her and the controls are easy to use .
Make a video on how to start it and how to run it . Send this to your wife’s phone so she can review the process. My wife only uses it about twice a year so the video comes in handy if I’m not around.
I would make sure you have a light on the blower . Very handy when it gets dark so early .
Wheels only if wife will use it . Tracks suck to move around. You can’t move tracked ones unless they are running . Electric start . Minimum of 8 hp . Make sure shear pins are easy to get to on the auger.
Single stage are only good on hard surface. They dig into the grass. 2 stage will go over the grass very well . I open a path for my dog all the way around the house and out to the bird feeder for my wife .
If the wife will use it, take her along when you pick it out . So you know it fits her and the controls are easy to use .
Make a video on how to start it and how to run it . Send this to your wife’s phone so she can review the process. My wife only uses it about twice a year so the video comes in handy if I’m not around.
I would make sure you have a light on the blower . Very handy when it gets dark so early .