Battery-Powered Snow Blower, Anyone? If I had it do over, I'd probably buy an electric snow blower. My Toro dates from 1987, and it starts and runs fine. The electric ones are...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

If I had it do over, I'd probably buy an electric snow blower. My Toro dates from 1987, and it starts and runs fine. The electric ones are expensive, and replacement batteries are expensive. So, that's a consideration. Of course, I'd save on gas, oil, and spark plugs.

Do any of you have electric snow blowers?

Bmarsh Loc: Bellaire, MI

I bought a Ryobi snow blower for light duty and I will be junking it. 1). It only blows snow in front of it not to the side, 2) it leaves something like 1/2 to 1 inch of snow in its path, 3) it's heavy for a small blower, etc etc. I am sure there are better ones on the market.

However, I do have a Ryobi leaf blower and also a chain saw and I really like them both.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

jerryc41 wrote:

If I had it do over, I'd probably buy an electric snow blower. My Toro dates from 1987, and it starts and runs fine. The electric ones are expensive, and replacement batteries are expensive. So, that's a consideration. Of course, I'd save on gas, oil, and spark plugs.

Do any of you have electric snow blowers?

My first winter with the E-go 56v electric dual stage snowblower, it's proven to be quite capable even at -28⁰ this winter. Take 2 of their 56volt batteries to use but has more throwing power than my old Toro ever had. Lighter weight too.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

MT Shooter wrote:

My first winter with the E-go 56v electric dual stage snowblower, it's proven to be quite capable even at -28⁰ this winter. Take 2 of their 56volt batteries to use but has more throwing power than my old Toro ever had. Lighter weight too.

Sounds good.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Bmarsh wrote:

I bought a Ryobi snow blower for light duty and I will be junking it. 1). It only blows snow in front of it not to the side, 2) it leaves something like 1/2 to 1 inch of snow in its path, 3) it's heavy for a small blower, etc etc. I am sure there are better ones on the market.

However, I do have a Ryobi leaf blower and also a chain saw and I really like them both.

Where snow blowers are concerned, "light duty" means "For display only." The moisture content has so much to do with the weight of the snow. I hate moving snow when the temp is around 32°.

BebuLamar

I don't have a snowblower but if I buy one I would get a corded electric not battery one. Battery is expensive and tend to goes bad easily.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

BebuLamar wrote:

I don't have a snowblower but if I buy one I would get a corded electric not battery one. Battery is expensive and tend to goes bad easily.

Extension cords and snow blowers can be a dangerous combination.

That happened nine years ago.

jinx

Some times power is out during a snowstorm. An electric blower would be useless in that situation. Ask me how I know.

pesfls Loc: Oregon, USA

I didn’t even know they made battery blowers. Think I’ll stick with my Honda, tracked hydrostatic. I need it too much to want to deal with bettery charging. I would suspect theybe ok for small jobs and light use though. Be interested to hear about other’s opinions of the battery ones.

Bmarsh Loc: Bellaire, MI

jerryc41 wrote:

Where snow blowers are concerned, "light duty" means "For display only." The moisture content has so much to do with the weight of the snow. I hate moving snow when the temp is around 32°.

You are quite right but all I wanted it to do was clear a 100 foot path at the front of the house for the dawgs to use. So I switched to using a grain shovel to clear it. Takes 4 minutes, can't work up a sweat and costs nothing to operate. Less is more.

lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.

see if worx makes one

Ollieboy

My next snowblower will be a battery powered one. I have a Toro electric now and the cord is a PIA. The cord gets stiff and hard to move in the cold snow.

RGreenway Loc: Morristown, New Jersey

I have had a couple of gas and then a Ryobi Battery Electric. The Toro gas snowblower was great but the maintenance started when it was several years old and became a pain. It became hard to start.
Now I use a Toro 60v battery electric which does great. I have a 110' driveway and some walkways to clear and this machine with its ONE battery does it all with more than some charge left over. Honestly, it is great up to about 6" depth of snow so with heavy snows I have to crank up the John Deere with a 60" plow!

Then I found a Toro Self-propelled Battery Electric mower that uses the same battery! That also works great!

HamB

When the deep wet snow comes I want "More Power"
Maintain your gas mower and run it periodically..

mrozzoo Loc: Illinois

My gas snowblower of 35 years finally retired... so I purchased a SnoJoe snowblower 4 years ago.... Still same battery. I clear my driveway and my neighbor's driveway two cars wide and four cars long. At the end of the driveway where the plow trucks push the street snow can be a bit rough to do. For the most part, charge the battery after using and or before a snowfall. It was a refurbished model... still looks brand new. PS. they sell extended warranties very cheaply. I bought a warranty like $8.00 and never use it. Look at their website here.

https://snowjoe.com/?msclkid=40409e66a90718f0c16bfa62351f6985&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google%20%7C%20Snow%20Joe%20%7C%20Branded%20%7C%20Exact-G13152979908&utm_term=snow%20joe&utm_content=Core