"Living in Cleveland, winters can be brutal with lake-effect snow and frigid temperatures. So in the winter of 2021, I bought myself a two-stage snow thrower. The model did a great job until I pulled it out of the shed to prep for a recent storm...and it wouldn't start. I struggled mightily with the pull cord before remembering it had an electric start."
"Being a single-stage model, I had a few reservations about the 60V Max's ability to handle much more than a few inches of dry, powdery snow. And being battery-powered, I worried about running out of juice halfway through my task. But DeWalt made a few design choices that improved upon some of the more annoying bits. Chiefly, they built the blower with an all-steel auger and included electronic paddle controls for the debris chute."
"Other single-stage models have manual chute controls. Which means that if you need to change the direction your debris is thrown, you have to stop what you're doing, shut off the unit, and then adjust the chute. And you have to do this every time you want to move the chute, which can be an annoyance at best, but a nightmare if you're trying to work in the wind or bitter cold."
A two-stage gas snow thrower failed to start just before an imminent storm, creating an urgent need for an alternative. Troubleshooting the gas unit would have required tearing apart the engine, draining fuel lines, and testing wiring harnesses. A DeWalt 60V Max single-stage battery snow blower served as the alternative. Being single-stage and battery-powered raised concerns about its ability to handle more than a few inches of dense snow and running out of battery mid-job. DeWalt incorporated an all-steel auger and electronic paddle chute controls to improve durability and convenience compared with manual-chute single-stage models.
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