My snowblower is 283lbs with a 10hp engine. It takes about 30-45 minutes to do my 3000sf driveway for a normal snow. Adding the weight and expense of batteries is something I'm not at all interested in.
Not all manufacturers have big batteries for power tools, but the ones that do like the MX fuel that is used to run concrete tools have prices that are >$500.
You can't just recharge the battery overnight like you can in your car if it run out; you need to have the machine running to get out of the house - and filling it up with gas is just a couple minutes charging is going to take much longer.
Even the smaller machine that I had before was 8hp (but had wheels instead of tracks) and weighed 150lbs.
Not all manufacturers have big batteries for power tools, but the ones that do like the MX fuel that is used to run concrete tools have prices that are >$500.
You can't just recharge the battery overnight like you can in your car if it run out; you need to have the machine running to get out of the house - and filling it up with gas is just a couple minutes charging is going to take much longer.
Even the smaller machine that I had before was 8hp (but had wheels instead of tracks) and weighed 150lbs.