If there’s one thing us British do better than the rest of the world – and we know rugby doesn’t come into it – it’s pontificate about the weather.
There’s been the early arrival of a swan, calculations over El Nino, big crop of hips and haws and blackberries. The old sages will suck their teeth and say we’re in for a sharp’un this winter, mark my words. And they may well be right.
So if the sooth sayers and weather experts are right, now is the time we should be planning ahead for bitter winter with loads of snow – and buying a snow blower.
If you buy one of these machines now you will be ready for ready for snow when it comes. And remember if you’re snowed in our delivery men won’t be able to get to you.
And they don’t cost a fortune, have a look at this one, the Oleo-Mac Artik 52 Single-Stage Petrol Snow Blower with a 163cc engine designed for the colder weather which is easy to push along and navigate precisely into tight corners.
The clearance with is 52cm – 20in – and it has a discharge chute controlled from the handlebar both in pitch and direction. You can set the ‘throw’ distance between two and eight metres.
This is a single stage blower, collecting the snow into the body of the machine and blowing it straight out.
It costs £279, £60 off the recommended price, has a three year warranty and is delivered free the next working day.
The Oleo-Mac Artik 56 Dual-Stage Snow Blower (Manual Start) has a wider 56cm working with – 22in – and is self propelled with five forward and two reverse gears. A reverse gear is very handy if you get stuck in a deep drift!
It is a two stage machine with the snow dragged into the front chute and then blown clear with a powerful auger. The throwing distance is up to 12 metres and again the discharge chute is adjustable.
Deep tread Snow Hog tyres give plenty of grip.
It also has an adjustable slider under the chute so you can alter the working height.
This one costs £449, £250 off the maker’s recommended price and it is delivered free the next working day with a three year warranty.
The Oleo-Mac Artik 56 EL Dual-Stage Snow Blower (Electric Start) is the same machine but this one, as you may have guessed starts by turning a key rather than tugging on a starter rope.
It costs £549 and again has a three year warranty and free next working day delivery.
See these pages for an extensive selection of snow blowers. We also stock snow ploughs and these can be found here.
