{"id":1974,"date":"2026-01-25T11:53:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2026-01-25T12:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:32:28","slug":"finally-found-the-right-snowblower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/?p=1974","title":{"rendered":"Finally found the right Snowblower"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Got this tiny snowblower on Facebook Marketplace for $50. I had to grab it since it&#8217;s a 4 stroke with electric start. Only downside was it&#8217;s a push blower&#8230;<br>I used to have the monster you see behind it but something changed my mind&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mini.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mini.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mini-259x300.jpeg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I used to just send Nick out with the Ariens..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nick-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nick-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nick-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Or I&#8217;d use my plow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/plow.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/plow.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/plow-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Which got replaced with the Monster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Monster.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Monster.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Monster-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But then I got that mini and thought that was nice but needed power dirve like it&#8217;s bigger brother.<br>Then I got a Hoveround&#8230;.<br>next thing you know I&#8217;m designing and welding up a frame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/inprogress.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/inprogress.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/inprogress-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At first I thought heim joints on the ends but my father always said I over engineered things so I just cut a few pices of round tubing and welded them to some square tubing&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pin-ends.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pin-ends.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pin-ends-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I made the brackets in Scad and cut them out of some scrap 1\/8 inch plate that was rusting away in the corner of the shop. These just bolt on between the factory handle using the original bolts so no permanent mod to the blower. Same with the Hoveround. It had extra holes in the frame for raising the foot rest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scad.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scad.png 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/scad-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/plasmapng.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/plasmapng.png 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/plasmapng-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Brackets.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Brackets.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Brackets-291x300.jpeg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and voil\u00e0 there it is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frame.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frame.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Frame-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/done.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/done.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/done-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Read-to-go.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Read-to-go.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Read-to-go-300x183.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New knobby tires helped but i want taller and wider AG tires next&#8230;.<br>I also upgraded to a pair of 12V 100AH Lithium batteries.<br>That XHD frame is so big I probably could have gone to 150AH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wheels.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wheels.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wheels-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So far so good&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/works.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/works.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/works-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I kept the bigger self drive Ariens as a backup and the plow blade since if I get ambitious some day I can turn that into a bucket loader&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/HoverSnow.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A heated seat is next when we thaw out up here&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3109-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3109-1.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_3109-1-290x300.jpeg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got this tiny snowblower on Facebook Marketplace for $50. I had to grab it since it&#8217;s a 4 stroke with electric start. Only downside was it&#8217;s a push blower&#8230;I used to have the monster you see behind it but something changed my mind&#8230;. I used to just send Nick out with the Ariens.. Or I&#8217;d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnc","category-the-garage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1974"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2004,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions\/2004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kornequipped.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}