Finally got my new set-up delivered to the house today..

JD X300 mower with 44 inch snowblower. Looks like I might actually get to try it out for the first time tomorrow

Nice !

Makes me wish I had the need for one of those. That thing is a beast!

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I told my wife we should be in the car on the way up to Maine so we can enjoy the storm (11-16 inches expected by my place), instead we are going to get 2-3 inches of rain down here.

That's a beast. Get some silicon spray on the inside of the chute, I used the Ariens Sno-Jet stuff last year and it worked great on the heavy sticky stuff, keeps it from sticking.

Do you have small kids? I used to spend hours blowing all the snow into one central spot so we could build a snow cave. Nothing like snowblown snow vs. plowed snow for that.

BTW, I love the chains.

Yeah I definitely spray the auger and chute every storm.

No more kids at home for me. Daughter is a freshmen in college. Just got rid of the trampoline out of the backyard this past summer

Expensive set-up but should make clearing the long driveway much, much easier and faster

lawnandgarden wrote:Yeah I definitely spray the auger and chute every storm.

No more kids at home for me. Daughter is a freshmen in college. Just got rid of the trampoline out of the backyard this past summer

Expensive set-up but should make clearing the long driveway much, much easier and faster

And FUN - come on, you forgot that.

Well it's fun the first couple of times then by March it get's old. This winter my wife gets to experience the joys of snow removal

lawnandgarden wrote:Well it's fun the first couple of times then by March it get's old. This winter my wife gets to experience the joys of snow removal

True. By late February I'm ready for the mower. Putting a new scraper and "feet" on my Honda this year, it's getting tuned up at the shop right now.

Did you get to break it in yesterday?

Nope , I'm near the coast so we got enough of a buffer. 10 miles west and they got 3-4 inches.

So have you had a chance to break her in yet?

Very little snow anywhere in the northeast....

Have you had a real snowfall yet on the coast to try that monster out?

Two storms of note and wife had no issues.

I was home for a few days in January and has 3 inch storm and it is WAY faster than using walk-behind. Throws snow amazingly far.

Haven't had the chance to see how it does in major snow battle with 12 inch+ snow, etc but I have no doubt it won't even break a sweat.

My walk-behind had the snow enclosure. I am thinking about buying one for the tractor set-up but I have to measure and make sure it will fit under my shed door which is where I park it. Get the wind going the right direction and you get a faceful of snow...

You got some real snow this past week, no?

Got a foot according to my wife (I'm still overseas). The fact that she also did the neighbors driveway tells me it's doing the job quite admirably.
I do need to get a weather enclosure and will build a 12V lighting system on it eventually.

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