Looking at Honda Snow Blowers.......

[RedneckPlowGuy]

Well if anyone remembers from last year, i had a big thread on what snowblower to buy, well, we have a Honda dealer that sells snow blowers about......1/2 mile from my house. Im going there to inquire about their snow blowers. Before i go, id like to ask which snow blower would be best preferred to use,

wheel drive or track drive.

I know nothing about how a track drive snow blower operates, and more importantly, turns in tight situations (running up and down or side to side on a driveway/sidewalk where you need to turn tight ratio to take next cut)

However, one thing i noticed, is their bigger units are only avail. in the track drive.



Please let me know your thoughts on wheel drive vs. track drive

[Randy Clarke]

a good friend just replaced his H-tracked. He's had it along time and loved it. I'm guessing 8-10yrs old.
Problem is it developed transmission problems which where too expensive to have repaired... the price for parts was crazy.
He replaced it with a new H-tracked so that says something about the performance.
Not sure which models he has..

[BASIC]

I understand the track drives are very slow,Hondas are real expensive and as Randy wrote expensive to repair.I read here that some of the guys were not happy with Hondas in cold weather(gas run salters).I have a Simplicity commercial,heavier duty than the Honda and less expensive.Let us know what happens.

[snocrete]

I bought a honda single stage blower last winter, worked great and started first pull everytime..........just bought another one the other day(got more walks to do this year)........dont know about the quality or performance of the bigger 2 stages but if there built anything like what I have, their top of the line.

[sanitaire]

buy a honda on tracks, no flat tires, easy starting gx series engines are very durable. hydrostatic shifting. I have the 7hp 24" HS724 model for 6 years in alaska blowing wet,dry and drifted snow. they have a cutting heigh adjustment that you raise and lower with your feet. nice to blow the snow and not the gravel in the drive way. they have lots of sheer pins that break if you find old frozen newspapers or what ever. I think I paid 1,600 dollars when I bought mine. it will throw the snow 45 feet. the auger has teeth and will cut through a snow birm left behind by a city road grader. shrek....

[MCV]

they have a cutting heigh adjustment that you raise and lower with your feet. nice to blow the snow and not the gravel in the drive way...
That's not the intended purpose of that feature, but hey, whatever works! It's meant to transfer the weight from the tracks to the scraping edge of the bucket.

They're not the easiest to maneuver.

[04SUPERDUTY]

To me it depends on how much snow you get per event. if you get 1ft or so, plus alot of hard pack from the plow truck then a tracked unit makes sense.