As I said in my post the 2750D seemed cheaply made...like tin for metal but the 5455HD is supposed to be better??? What is your opinion of it? Is it rugged enough for your Jersey storms? Shear pins breaking instead of bending the fan blades is ok with me. Mine actually has splits in the metal from stress. You have had it for two years and other than the weight and shear pins is it standing up to your expectations? Thanks...kevin
Hard to say. We have had it two winters now, and it's been two of the warmest winters. Gonna be in the 60's this weekend.
It has snowed exactly 3 times in the past 24 months. last Feb 2016 was 2 feet of snow. Except for the rocked area - the HD blower worked like a champ. Then it snowed once last month 6 inches or so. Worked good for its 2nd run. This past snow was 2-3 inches but it was hovering around 33 degrees with the sun out. So the snow was wet. Ice/snow froze in the chute a few times to where I just used it as a plow and pushed the snow out of the way.
So one real storm, one 6 incher and one 2 inch for 2 years. It's mostly just sat here. We would need a real winter to be able to say how its gonna hold up. So far I'm happy i went with the HD version. But time will tell.
I can say picking up rocks has scraped away the paint inside - where I keep rust coating/painting it so the bare steel wont rust out on me many years down the road. but no bent anything.
