John just sent this picture. Ariens Platinum 30 SHO. If you don’t need the most powerful you can get the Platinum 30 at Home Depot here:
Ariens Snow Removal Platinum 30 in. Two-Stage Electric Start Gas Snow Blower with Auto-Turn Steering 921029
Snow blower 921040 acquired/registration done/ waiting for snow!
About Paul Sikkema Paul Sikkema has been writing about snow blowers, riding mowers and other lawn and garden equipment for over 10 years. Paul does most his writing out in his workshop where he feeds the wildlife and birds in the yard. His goal is to have a red squirrel eating out of his hand. He spends as much time with his granddaughter as he can.
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David Damico
Paul how does the Areins platinum 30 sho perform since they moved the axles forward? I saw a YouTube post were a disgruntled owner was knocking its performance in gravel he especially stated that the bucket was riding up in large drifts. I live near Boston have a newly paved semi circle driveway with a slight slope and it’s a corner lot with a lot of s concrete sidewalks to clear. Thank you
Paul
Hi David, It works perfectly. I do suggest you spend the extra money and buy the poly skid shoes. They will not scratch your new driveway like steel shoes can.
I responded to another person earlier this year about that Redneck and if you don’t mind I’ll repost that answer here: Yes, you can always find someone complaining about something on the Internet – and some rednecks give the rest of us a bad name. Take some time and read through the comments on his video. You will quickly realize that the problem is not the snow blower but where he bought it from and his basic lack of knowledge about how the snow blower operates.
Basically, he tried to save a few bucks by purchasing the snow blower from some warehouse store in Chicago. It was shipped to him in the original shipping crate. He took it out of the crate, put gas in it and then tried to blow snow. Common sense would tell you that if you get an item is shipped in the crate you should go through the assembly/operating instructions and make sure the snow blower is ready to go. In particular, he did not read the section on adjusting the drive cable and impeller cable when you take it out of the crate.
So, if you buy your snow blower from The Home Depot or an Ariens dealer you get a snow blower that is ready to clear snow and work for years. As part of the Home Depot White Glove Delivery (free) or from a dealer – it is taken out of the crate and assembled. All the adjustments, cables, skid shoe height, etc is checked to make sure the snow blower is ready to go. You WILL not have problems like the redneck had if you buy from a dealer or the Home Depot.
Everything he said in the videos (there are three) is wrong. For example, In the video where he is complaining that the snow blower is riding up and not blowing snow, you can see early on that he hits something but doesn’t stop to see if he broke a shear pin. For the rest of the video, you can see one side of the auger is not turning. That is why it rides up.
And his biggest issue was he installed a very heavy homemade weight on the front of the snow blower that threw the balance of the machine all out of whack. (If you buy a cab – also buy the correct cab from Ariens)
And of course – all that was Ariens fault…
Eventually, he does state in the comment sections that he “may be wrong” but he never made another video showing his snow blower working correctly after he made the cable adjustments and replaced the shear pin.
If you watch this video I go thru the cable adjustments, how snow blower’s transmission operates and how it CAN’t act the way he thought his was.