Old vs. new.
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Picked one up myself this week. Happy with it so far. I had a tank track older model cub before, so this thing throws snow 10x better, but I think I am going to add some tire chains and the optional weights to the front end.
I have an old Ariens that was gifted to me, 8 hp electric start, probably 25 years old. I don’t think I will ever buy a new one. Just keep sinking $30 bucks into it each year. Would take a while for that to add up to a new machine.
I put studded snows on my Accord this year…it has been unstoppable…
I just bought some parts for the Ariens I just got with my house. It’s a 1971.
Vent On
So I snowblowed my driveway…no issues…few big drifts but whatever…my cub cadet rocked its socks off.
Go down the street about 1/4 mile to my sisters house to do her driveway as she is out of town and her sassy lady friend is watching the dogs so I beach my FX35 halfway up the driveway…no bigs…going to snowblow it all with my old mans 48" wide quad wheel Cub Cadet…I will throw snow to the moon and get my truck out.
Start to snow blow…massive auger failure on the old monster machine…nothing new…something on the thing breaks every year.
Since my truck is stuck in the driveway, I walk back to my house, get my brand new, yet average sized machine 28"…walk it down the street and this thing was demon possessed at throwing snow while scoffing at the broken down machine in the garage.
As a true testament to its awesomeness, I went next door to my Parents house who are out of town as well and launched snow out of their driveway. The machine only started to bog down when I go into the drifts that were about 3’ high with all of the snow I had thrown on top of it in the “turn around” area.
This thing kicks ass and takes names. However I hate walking down the street at 3mph while people driving by are looking at my like I am crazy.
/vent
Lowering kit, powder coat the wheels, turbo, and some neons all around.
Is it just me or is Amherst’s snow removal way worst than it’s ever been? Normally I’m sad because they have the roads so clear it’s no fun but this year they’re hardly plowing and using almost no salt. At midnight Youngs still had pretty deep snow from the stuff that fell the previous night and morning. I’ve noticed as driving between Clarence and N. Tonawanda that as soon as you cross into either town the roads get much better. Bob Anderson pissed that he lost that race for Erie County Legislature? You had my vote Bob, go plow my damn street!
I still think Town of Tonawanda does an awesome job with Maintenance. Yesterday going down Starin Ave. in Tonawanda the roads were down to pavement, salted, and only had some residual slush. I cross over Kenmore Ave. which then becomes N. Buffalo and the streets are snow covered, and are in general shitty.
I can’t comment on the plows, but the colder it gets the less effective salt becomes. Under 10 degrees or so is when it seems to lose it’s powers of killing the fun roads.
places that dont allow off street parking are usually well maintained.
I did take that into account, but even Delaware Ave, Starin Ave, all main streets where plows could get down without clipping mirrors.
It’s definitely been going down hill the last 4-5 years.
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Rock salt stops working at +20F at the rate the spread from most plows.
Well shit. Do I have to go move my car out of my garage?
You are welcome!
I would have assumed it would stop quite well.
Just saw this and thought is was pretty cool. This is from start to finish, the “Blizzard of 14’”
sweet
You can see how central NY got so much more than we did. Erie froze over too fast and shut the lake guns down.
Yeah imagine if it was just a little warmer…that’s crazy how it shifts north and south