Battery Power for Lawn equipment -- is it time?

Ok, so when doing the packed snow bank left by the city plow, it needs to be installed? Sounds like trouble than it's worth.

 

it would probably work well in Seattle

 

Our Toro snowblower broke down during last winter. It was repairable, but whole axle and auger connection needed to be replaced. The parts cost would be about 60% of the the new machines cost. And the mine was over 10 years old. So decided not to fix it. I thought it was the great chance to invest in the electric snow blower. EGO's two stage blower was rated highly and comparable to gas engine snow blower in many of reviews. I was ready to pull a trigger... But... no local store had it in stock. I had to wait for 3 weeks to be delivered from one online store. It was middle of winter. The next storm was imminent and my only snow blower was inoperative.

In the end, I ended up buying an Ariens 24" two stage snow blower that was in stock at local store, and a few hundred dollars cheaper than the EGO. Yeah, it has gas operated engine. But after using it the latter half of the last winter for at least 4 big snow storms, I have no regret. The sheer power is amazing. It is 100% better than the smaller more compact Toro I had before. No bogging down on the end of the driveway wall of compacted snow the road plow leaves every snow storm. I still want to try the EGO... but that is not likely to happen anytime soon. I am counting 10+ years of service from the Ariens before needing to be replaced.

 

That’s a bummer. In my region ACE Hardware is where we got ours. Regional chain, but they have them in stock.
Home Depot used to carry them, but I don’t believe they do anymore.