http://www.snowblowered.com/maintenance-repairs/with-snowblowers-does-the5-horse-mean-electric-start/ Snowblowers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:21:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.snowblowered.com/maintenance-repairs/with-snowblowers-does-the5-horse-mean-electric-start/#comment-166 bobo Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:35:03 +0000 http://www.snowblowered.com/maintenance-repairs/with-snowblowers-does-the5-horse-mean-electric-start/#comment-166 Nope..... electric start will say "electric start" on it.......nothing to do with the horsepower rating. Nope….. electric start will say “electric start” on it…….nothing to do with the horsepower rating.

]]> http://www.snowblowered.com/maintenance-repairs/with-snowblowers-does-the5-horse-mean-electric-start/#comment-165 sloelrnr Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:27:15 +0000 http://www.snowblowered.com/maintenance-repairs/with-snowblowers-does-the5-horse-mean-electric-start/#comment-165 That's funny. It's not a model number if they say 3.5 horse power they mean that it is 3.5 horse power. Actually they mean break horsepower but that is a longer story. As a side note horsepower isn't totally related to engine size, engine design has a lot to do with it. Also horsepower doesn't mean power (well not all that has to do with power) the engine may produce that power at an RPM that isn't reasonable. For you, look for high horse power and a model that has an over head cam.... usually abbreviated OHC or DOHC. You could just go out and pick a Toro. The transmissions are normally bigger. Most of those have the Tecumseh snow king motor. Same as most of the models (MTD) from lowes and home depot but a better design. Well I'm rambling. That’s funny. It’s not a model number if they say 3.5 horse power they mean that it is 3.5 horse power. Actually they mean break horsepower but that is a longer story. As a side note horsepower isn’t totally related to engine size, engine design has a lot to do with it. Also horsepower doesn’t mean power (well not all that has to do with power) the engine may produce that power at an RPM that isn’t reasonable. For you, look for high horse power and a model that has an over head cam…. usually abbreviated OHC or DOHC. You could just go out and pick a Toro. The transmissions are normally bigger. Most of those have the Tecumseh snow king motor. Same as most of the models (MTD) from lowes and home depot but a better design. Well I’m rambling.

]]> http://www.snowblowered.com/maintenance-repairs/with-snowblowers-does-the5-horse-mean-electric-start/#comment-164 robert k Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:05:51 +0000 http://www.snowblowered.com/maintenance-repairs/with-snowblowers-does-the5-horse-mean-electric-start/#comment-164 Not true. 3.5 simply means 3 1/2 HP. Not true. 3.5 simply means 3 1/2 HP.

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