Re: Injector oil ok for a 2 Stroke Snowthrower?
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7 hp is "huge"???
I guess it is all in how you familiar you are with snow blowers and how you assess size.
I just upgraded from a very small 5 HP 24" blower to a MID-SIZE....it's 12 HP and 32".
Hell, 7 HP is almost too small to be away from its mother.
Ha Ha, no the size of the unit itself is huge but the engine is 7hp. The physical size is about as big as the biggest home depot unit I saw on the showroom floor. It handles any amount of snow or the biggest plow piles with ease for the 10 winters since I bought it. We got it when money was tight when we bought our current house back in our 20's and so it is a Yard Machine Brand with a Briggs engine which was a lot cheaper than the name brand version. The components are a bit low quality compared to an equivalent Toro but the engine has been good.
As much as I want to bring the big snow blower up with us to the lake...there is only room for the Toro 2 stroke on the snowmobile trailer with the two sleds on there...and the Toro will stay at the lake.
Good point on the 2 stroke torque. The snow thrower has no impeller....just a paddle system to throw the snow versus the snowblower that has both. The snowthrower works good with several inches of snow but can't 'throw' just a little snow more than a couple inches next to the machine...it need a decent amount of snow to work good as I am learning while testing it at home.
I seem to recall walking by the snowblowers at home depot that they show torque numbers not HP numbers now.
The 2 stroke snowthrower has no throttle and I can't figure out how it knows to power up when it encounters deep snow. It just does then powers back down when it is out of the deep snow.