A snow blower, snowblower, or snow thrower is a machine for removing snow from an area where it is not wanted, such as a driveway, sidewalk, roadway, or runway. It can use either electric power, or a gasoline or diesel engine to throw snow to another location or into a truck to be hauled away. This is in contrast with the action of snow plows, which push snow to the front or side (shovels can be similarly used).
Snow blowers range from the very small, capable of removing only a few inches (a few cm) of light snow in an 18 to 20 inch (45 to 50 cm) path, to the very large, mounted onto heavy duty winter service vehicles and capable of moving 10 foot (3 m) wide swaths of heavy snow up to 6 feet (2 m) deep. Snow blowers can generally be divided into two classes: single stage and two stage.
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I would like to buy a good brand snow blower for under $500 . I live in Chicago area so we can get quite alot of snow . My driveway is about 50-60 ft....
I live in an area that already has a foot of snow. Thanks
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Does anyone have one of the larger electric snowblowers, are they any good? Are they hard to push?
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If yes, what type of attachments do you need and is it expensive?
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I have a 15 year old Murray 12hp tractor and a new John Deere 100 series. Thanks, Ed
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how long are they expected to last anyways? thanks