I'm planning to buy a gas powered model
DEFINETLY 2 stage ..... I had a single stage, it was worthless .....
I'm planning to buy a gas powered model
I've got this one:Take a look here:
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You guys real give single stages a bad rap and are trying to sell him a 5lb sledge to hammer a nail... I have a 2006 Toro CCR2450 single stage. It's a beast and it's twice handled the 10" snows we got here in Indy recently.
Single stages require some technique to work properly, you just don't just pull the lever and push it. With a single stage, you lift up on the handle to press the paddles into the ground and they will clean right down to bare pavement, pull itself forward and chew through the nastiest crud.
Two stage with a normal Indianapolis snowfall of 1 to 2 inches?... don't bother, you just make a mess.
Ten inches of light and fluffy, not a problem with single stages. (True) Now try it on ten inches of wet and heavy (Did it.) or light and fluffy with inch of ice on top. (Only once seen that in Indy in 30 years)
Plus you have those rubbers on the flappers or auger you have to replace, (True) and it always seems to need replacement the night before a snow storm. Lol (Maintenance failure)
But i will say they definitely have there place.
Me, when I buy a machine I prefer that it does the work not me.
My single stage is unfazed by your criticism sir. :-)[/QUOTE
Lolol... I didn't mean it as criticism Sir, it was lessons I learned long ago.
...my driveway is three cars wide, two cars long.