A friend who does snow has a Sears 8.5hp 27" 2 stage snowblower with
120v electric starter. It doesnt seem to have an option to put on a 12v battery for the starter, since its commercial use off a truck pull starting is difficult. Is there an easy way to hook up a battery or could a inverter off the truck be used, its a large starter for a snowblower, I dont know what amps it takes but could a inverter handle a surge load like a starter and would the magneto burn our charging a battery continously. It has an electric headlight option so its made to do some charging. Its commercial use getting started maybe 20 times a day when it snows, its a hard machine to start so the load and use would be great. Why do they even make 8.5hp 800$ snowblowers you have to pull start, I guess to save money.- posted
14 years ago