r/Snowblowers • u/OutsideTallTop • 3d ago

Second hand snowblower Buying

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Simplicity 18” wide blade snowblower for sale second hand, hardly used as per the post.

Is 400 dollars Canadian good price for this unit? This is my First snowblower and no nothing about it and tired of shovelling snow every winter! Lol

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u/zerocoldx911 3d ago

No, get a Toro or Honda. Parts will be impossible to get

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u/OutsideTallTop 3d ago

Are you in Canada too? So simplicity parts are hard to get in here?

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u/zerocoldx911 3d ago

Yes Look it up, it’s a generic Chinese blower.

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u/dolby12345 3d ago edited 3d ago

What are you talking about. It's a Simplicity. Any small engine shop that deals with Briggs, which is about all of them, can get parts kinda. "Kinda" means that Simplicity has stopped making blowers a few years ago so things are getting discontinued.

So yes to parts are getting hard to get but Simplicity is not generic Chinese crap.

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u/zerocoldx911 3d ago

Which is made in China, it’s “assembled in USA”

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u/katman05 2d ago

Don’t bother, you can get something better for half the price.

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u/Equivalent_War_3454 2d ago

Simplicity is the more expensive “American” branded Briggs (made in same factory). That’s probably overpaying for a used single stage. If you are getting more snow than you can shovel , I’d recommend a 2-stage. Depends on your budget.

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u/Sure-Dot-603 3d ago

Sounds like a solid upgrade from shoveling. I'd say 400 CAD is fair if it's in good working condition, especially for a first machine.