Honda Hybrid Snowblower - GreenHybrid

lkewin · #1 (**permalink**) 11-14-2005, 07:11 PM

Honda is really getting into this Hybrid thing ! First the Insight, then the Civic and Accord and now... A snowblower !

http://world.honda.com/news/2005/p051102.html

tbaleno · #2 (**permalink**) 11-14-2005, 08:28 PM

Looks like it has more HP than my civic.

challenger1 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-15-2005, 09:54 AM

That has got to be the biggest **** walk-behind snow blower I have ever seen! It's like the dodge ram of pick-up trucks.

texashchman · #4 (**permalink**) 11-15-2005, 12:31 PM

What's snow?...lolKevin

cb450sc · #5 (**permalink**) 12-03-2005, 05:14 AM

Honda had us Canadians in mind when they developed that brute. I'm sitting here at 8:15 am waiting for my son to get up to shovel the 10cm of snow off the driveway!

CB450SC

laurie · #6 (**permalink**) 12-03-2005, 08:05 AM

holy, mike. what a machine!!! we have a riding mower/blower, since we live on a farm and really need it, but that is another creature all together!!!

where is the FE display?

Delta Flyer · #7 (**permalink**) 12-03-2005, 08:36 AM

Next thing you know, Honda will have a hybrid snowplow - I heard rumors of that.

AZCivic · #8 (**permalink**) 12-03-2005, 10:59 AM

Of course, at the other end of the spectrum you have the rednecks with their 400 horsepower V8 snowblowers...

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Kai Grundt’s V8 snow blower raises the bar on the traditional snow blower in every respect. With electric start, electric block heater, antifreeze heater and eight cylinders, it has no drive belts to freeze up and you’ll never get bored with the job as the 454 cubic inch big block Chevrolet V8 produces 412 horsepower, 430 foot pounds of torque and can throw snow 50 feet at just 3500 rpm. Nor will you get cold as the machine has been ingeniously designed to route the engine coolant through the handle bars, with the rear mounted, enclosed radiator keeping the operator nice and cosy.

challenger1 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-03-2005, 02:12 PM

I love the hybrid idea for the snowblower. It makes a lot of sense. If the drive system bogs down, it doesn't affect the snow throwing ability. Plus the electric motors at such low speeds must provide gobs of torque. However, that 454 V8 walk-behind belongs to somone who just had a bit too much time on his hands.

tbaleno · #10 (**permalink**) 12-03-2005, 03:05 PM

I love the idea of the v8. I liked that it used some of the heat to heat the operator. Granted I'm sure a v8 is a tad overkill but some of the ideas I liked.