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Originally Posted by Merrymeeting
At the same time, it often depends on how the equipment is used and cared for.
I have a 30+ year old "Noma" snowblower (now Murray, used to be OEM for Craftsman, John Deere, and others). Still starts on first pull and works amazingly well for a snow blower that's been heavily used for more than 30 NE winters.
Purchased at Home Depot as a "cheap" model when we were new homeowners and didn't have much to spare.
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I have a 1986 Toro 7 horse snow blower, barley have to give it a full pull, has million hours on it and it is a beast in this weather. I had a 1996 Ariens that I wore out because I used to do MBTA platforms for 10 years. I would still have it but I decided spending $300 a year on it for 3 years in a row was not worth doing another year so I sold it, need a carb rebuild and all the springs that are impossible to get to on your own replaced. Wish I did it
But this toro I bought used at a small engine repair shop, one of the best purchases I made, wife thought I was nutzo