TRACKS VS WHEELS For Honda Snowblower Pros & Cons !
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- Опубліковано 10 гру 2024
- This question gets asked all the time. Which to buy?
I discuss Pros and Cons for both. Have many years experience with both.
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keep going Anthony its appreciated.
@@timothyavendt677 Thanks for watching. this is an older video but pretty popular.
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I live in Michigan with a pretty big, hilly driveway. Originally I was looking at the pros/cons on tracks . I do own a honda motorcycle and now your vids may convince me to buy one.
I just bought a Honda HSS724 with tracks. This is my first ever snowblower and I did research for a week before landing on it. I showed the dealer my flat driveway yet he recommended tracks over wheels since they are much more stable when going through the snow, and with the clutch steering on newer Honda, turning around isn't a hassle with these new machines that have tracks. Of course I could have went for an Ariens 24 deluxe or Stiga 5262, but since the budget allowed for a Honda 724, I would be crazy to pass it up.
This guy seems like a cool dude🤙🏻💯
Thanks for watching. appreciate it.
You bring up great points, whats your need!!?? i live in cottage country Eastern Canada, but my entrance is flat and apx 185 feet long. so i enjoy the speed and maneuverability for such application, HS928. Wheels. were i would like the tracks is when attacking the snowbank mostly.. i have a smaller HS622 for the deck area and trail to the wood shed etc..its on track, wich gives the 6 hp a lot of help and that model has no belt, its a small transmission.. like Anthony said, if you have hills, or lots of wet heavy snow....big snowbanks..go for tracks
thanks. this question comes up at least a thousand times a year. I just made this from my experiences with both.
Nova Scotia Canada here and I have an HSS928 tracked machine because I have two driveways and both are up hill, the tracked unit works better for me on the hill part. over the years I have owned several wheeled machines and have found them great on level ground but sucked at my uphill drives, to each their own I guess. Hard to beat a Honda just look on the internet and see which ones are selling for the most money and my guess is you will find Honda wins hands down.
Cape Breton here.
I would appreciate a video on how you work the painting of the snowblower to get rid of rust spots. Which paint and how you get rid of the rust before applying the paint. What about a primer paint ???
wire wheels on drill or flap disks on angle drills. Rustoleum 2X paint and primer. Half my machines are powder coated , however. 10 times better than paint.
Thank you very much for the advice ! You are a champion my friend !@@HondaSnowblowerEnthusiasts311
This was interesting I don't own a Honda snowblower but I find that wheeled machines are okay with the berm at the end of my driveway. I just kind of go parallel with the berm and only use half the snow blower bucket. Sometimes I get lucky where I'm on a main street and the sidewalk plow actually has to enter my driveway because the telephone pole and a curb on the sidewalk in front of my neighbor's house at the sidewalk plow doesn't fit through. So that can help also. I do end up throwing some snow back onto my driveway that way but I can clean it up on the way back.
yes. great advice. I have done that in the past. This is one of the most asked questions I get every year. thanks for comment and watching.
Thank you Anthony!!
I've had a few honda snowblowers now, tracked and wheeled. I struggled with the tracked honda to not ride up on super wet heavy snow, fought and fought with it until I decided to sell it. I'll stick with an 8 or 9 horse wheeled version because i can still manhandle it, versus a tracked 1132 that manhandles me!
never heard of this problem with a tracked machine. It usually happens with the wheeled machines. you have a pedal or control for the bucket height adjustment to keep the bucket down to ground so it wont ride up.
I couldn't stand wrestling with a tracked snowblower and turning it around really sucks too, moving it around the garage is such a total pain in the ass too. Try putting a set of xTrac tires on snowblower or if you really think you need more traction break down and add some chains. Unless you have huge hilly driveway I would never buy a tracked snowblower. And seriously if you are losing traction at the end of the driveway snowbank just try slowing down a little at the snowplow bank. I mean seriously I live in northern Minnesota and we get as much snow as just about anywhere else in the world, and btw you hardly ever see a tracked snowblower around here. If you deal with wet snow you need an impeller kit, not tracks. That and omg to spend 3 or 4 grand for a snowblower I seriously think you have to be out of your mind. You could buy and old late 60's to late 70's 10000 series Ariens in good shape for a few hundred dollars usually, and it's built like a tank, not like the newer ones made out of paper thin sheet metal. Add an impeller kit and a taller cute and some xtrac tires or tire chains instead if you really think you need them. If you really want see it throw some snow swap out the engine for a 212 harbor freight predator engine and it will throw the snow across the street into the neighbors lawn. We also own and old 826 John Deere with chains on it and the taller chute and an impeller kit too, have under 300 dollars invested in each one total including then cost of buying them and fixing them up too. If you really want to piss some money away I guess you could buy a used Ariens Deluxe 28 for under a grand which is a pretty good snowblower, but no way I would ever waste 3 or 4 grand for a fking snowblower omg lol
some great points but i have never had the problems you mention because i let the machine do the work, not the other way around. The new HSS model Hondas are a breeze to use. To each his own. thanks for watching.
Yeah sounds good to give the smart ass answer and just ignore the point I made, "I let the machine do the work" what bullshit. You so know that wasn't what I was saying. You know I was talking about trying to turn it around on your sidewalk or maneuvering it around in the garage to park it, I have used a tracked snowblower and it's a total pain in ass to park or turn around or to slide it , where with wheels you so know it's night and day easier compared to a tracked beast. It's like maneuvering around a tank vs a motorcycle. I guess if you buy 3 or 4 different snowblowers you don't really give a shit, but most people only buy one snowblower and you and I both know a wheeled snowblower in almost all cases (I never said all) is by far a better choice or most everyone and can do a lot of different tasks a lot easier. Like 99% of Joe Blows, including us, who are snow blowing a paved 2 car driveway and maybe a neighbors too, along some sidewalks, you will never convince me you need a tracked snowblower or need to spend 3 or 4 grand on any kind snowblower either. I will give it you though that some years here in northern Minnesota we get so much snow that when I have to shovel the roof of the house quite a few times it would be nice to have a tracked unit to blow around the house with all the extra snow that came off the roof (hence I am snow blowing on the lawn not a driveway or sidewalk.) But that being said I am not going to spend 3 or 4 grand for a tracked unit just for a few times a year (some years not at all) that it might be nice to have one for that. I get by with my old 826 John Deere with chains on her for that, I might have to go a bit slower then you, maybe, but it gets her done. Also why didn't you get a 28" wide one, it will still go though a doorway if you have to, but if you don't have to a 30 or 32" would be a lot better for you I think. A 28" wide will save my old ass at least 2 passes down the driveway lol. I picked up an old Ariens ST928 for $100 dollars, I kind of regret buying it now, needs a impeller kit, should get some new xTrac tires (I hate snow hog tires, they bounce like crazy like the damn thing has chains on it, xTracs are the cats ass tires, no bouncing and amazing traction too), new scraper bar, axle bearings, maybe pull the augers out of the bucket and hammer it straight (typical problem with those year ones) and paint it too (they had shit paint on them in those years too) Now you know why I kind of regret buying it. But I will still have under $300 dollars in it it total and it will save my old ass 2 passes up and down the driveway lol, so this summer I think I will fix it up and use it nest year. It's still not built near as well as the old 10000 series ones are though. I lived out in the country for like 20 years and had the plow truck and only used the snowblower for the sidewalks. Where I live you see the pickups with plows everywhere. But in town I think they can be a total pain in the ass too. If you get a lot of snow you can run out of places to push it really fast. But if you have a big driveway and a place to push the snow it sure beats the hell out of trying to snow blow it all. Also for what you have invested in your 3 or 4 snowblowers you could think about selling them all and go for a bobcat with a snowblower attachment, Omg they are amazing lol and look at all the other stuff you could do with a skid steer too. Or even a lawn tractor with a snowblower attachment too, if you didn't want to lay down the cash for a skid steer. For what you could sell all those snowblowers for you could easily have enough cash to step up to one of those options. Idk if you have ever seen a Bobcat with a snowblower attachment but it's insane lol, you could snow the whole neighborhood in a few minutes, and make some cash doing it too lol@@HondaSnowblowerEnthusiasts311
machines are too old to be useful in considering a new Honda!