I bought a cub cadet snow blower 4 years ago.. have not been impressed. Consumer Reports rated it the #2 that year. Again, I'm not impressed.
Shear pins on the auger - carry a bag in your pocket.. every 10 minutes, a stone will shear the pin.
And then there is the fan design.. The blade is near a half inch from the wall of the fan chamber. Snow and ice build up in that area causing the snow to freeze and eventually block the chute. One should wonder when the manufacture supplies a chute scoop with the blower - right?
I do like the power steering of the machine. They did put independent clutches to each wheel such that you can slip one wheel speed against the other and get the machine to help with turning. That saves an old man's back.
They did put an electric - as in 120V - starter on the machine. That is a nice touch. No battery to maintain. Plug it in to start it and then unplug it to work. Saves trying to get the engine to spin up on a really cold day with a rip cord. (It has a draw cord to start too if away from house power.)
Good that we rarely get snow of a depth to have to blow it off the drive... although I was on Ross Mountain in this last storm and it should have been cleared with the blower.
This winter we will have a lot of blowable snow. I have yet to start my snow blower and prep it for the season! You can all Blame me instead of Santos! Merry Christmas. Snow for all!
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