Photos From Todd in Wisconsin

Here are some photos that Todd in Wisconsin sent to us after he made headlines in his local newspaper. Todd made snow with our 3gpm electric snowmaking pump and our Veyron Snowmaker. Way to go Todd!

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Pics from Lorenzo in Virginia Beach

Lorenzo in Virginia Beach, VA sent in these pictures to us yesterday showing his backyard terrain park. He is making snow with our Kit 2 Snowmaker since it rarely snows in his area.

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Making snow in Tennessee

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John in Tennessee took this picture of his sons playing in the snow they made the other day. John said his sons were happy having the only snow in their area, which you can clearly see by their big smiles!

If you have any pictures or videos of the snow you made with any of our products, you can email them to us at contact@snowstormsnowmaking.com

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Pictures from Justin in TN

Justin in Lenoir City, TN purchased a kit 4 snowmaker from us back in November. He used the snowmaker to make snow in his backyard so that he and his friends could go skiing and snowboarding. Justin says he has been able to maintain a 12" base since 12/29/09 thanks to the unseasonably cool weather in his area this winter.

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Difference Betwen Excel Series and Original Series Snowmakers

We have had several people ask us what the difference is between the Excel Series and Original Series Snowmakers. The only difference between the two series is the stand set up. The Excel Series snowmakers have the snowmaker mounted directly to a quad-pod stand. The Original Series Snowmakers house the snowmaking components inside a tower and use a four legged stand.

Both the Excel Series Snowmakers and Original Series Snowmakers have the same features and benefits. Some people prefer the look of a "ski resort style" snowmaker so they prefer the Original Series Snowmakers. To others who don't care what the snowmaker looks like, they prefer the Excel Series because of the lower price. The Excel Series Snowmakers have a lower price than the Original Series Snowmakers because they are less labor intensive for us to manufacture, and we can pass that savings onto you.

The Original Series Snowmakers were the first style of snowmakers we had available, hence the name "Original Series".

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Reminder about Christmas Orders

December is the busiest month for us here at SnowStorm Snowmaking. We have been extremely busy the last two weeks now that the temperatures have started to drop and that the holiday shopping season has begun. Since we have been so busy lately, we haven't been able to update our blog as often as we'd like to. We apologize about that to our loyal followers!

Our snowmakers are extremely popular for Christmas gifts and a lot of people wonder if we can guarantee delivery by Christmas. We try our very best to keep everything in stock at all times during the fall and winter season. However we get extremely busy from Black Friday until the day before Christmas Eve. No matter how hard we try, eventually an item becomes back ordered. While these back orders are usually filled within a few days, sometimes the demand for an item can place it on backorder for almost a week. If you plan on ordering any of our items for Christmas, we cannot stress enough the importance of doing it early. This way if we run into back orders, there is a good chance we can still get your order to you for Christmas.

We will ship up until the last minute for Christmas delivery. The last possible day to guarantee delivery for Christmas is December 23rd at noon. December 23rd is the last day we can ship anything to guarantee delivery by Christmas. Orders placed on December 23rd must be shipped Next Day Air in order for them to arrive on December 24th. If you must place an order on December 23rd, please contact us to verify the item you wish to purchase is in stock and to obtain a Next Day Air Shipping quote. Please note that none of the shipping companies deliver on Christmas Day so orders placed on December 24th will not arrive by Christmas.

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Free Shipping on All Fully Assembled Snowmakers

In order to kick off the busy holiday shopping season, we will be offering FREE SHIPPING on all of our fully assembled snowmakers that are shipped within the USA. The sale will end Monday 11/30/09 at midnight.

Depending on which snowmaker you purchase you can save $25 to $40 with our free shipping offer. As always we will be shipping right up until Christmas. The last day to place an order for any of our products for delivery by Christmas is 12/23/09 at noon. Orders placed on 12/23/09 will need to be shipped either USPS EXPRESS MAIL or FEDEX Next Day Air to guarantee delivery by Christmas Eve, the last shipping day before Christmas.

Your best bet is to place your order EARLY to avoid the busy holiday rush if you want your snowmaker to arrive before Christmas.

From all of us at SnowStorm Snowmaking, have a safe and wonderful holiday season!

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Winter 2009/2010 Is Coming!

We hope everyone has been having a great summer so far. We apologize for the long delay in updating our blog, but we have been busy getting ready for this upcoming winter season. We have put a lot of time and effort into Research and Development this year. We are sure you will be pleased with some of the changes that are coming to our line of snowmakers.

Here are just some of things you will see different this year over last year:

- AUTOMATIC NUCLEATION VALVE on all of our assembled snowmakers that run off of pressure washers. No more having to manually adjust the valve by using a 10mm nut driver. Once you hook up your pressure washer and compressor to the snowmaker, the valve will automatically adjust to flow the right amount of water to the nucleation nozzle.

Before you had to manually adjust the nucleation valve. This posed two problems. First you had to have a 10mm nut driver in order to adjust the valve (unless you had an Excel Series Snowmaker). If you didn't have one, you had to purchase one and it was often difficult to buy a single one. This forced you to buy an entire set of nut drivers which could cost as much as $50. Second, most people would over open the manual valve and flow too much water to the nucleation nozzle. This resulted in the snowmaker making ice or poor quality snow. The new automatic nucleation valve eliminates both of these problems.

Internal mix snowmakers are MUCH more efficient when compared to external mix snowmakers. However most people prefer the external mix snowmakers due to their simplicity to use. Our new automatic nucleation valve gives you the simplicity of an external mix snowgun, but with the efficiency of an internal mix snowgun. Just hook your pressure washer and compressor hoses up to our snowmakers and the automatic nucleation valve will do the rest! Our new automatic nuclation valve is a FIRST for the home snowmaking industry.

- Changes in the appearance of the Excel Series Snowmakers. A new aluminum base will replace the old style "T" fitting. The aluminum base helps to mix the air and water better and thus increase the snow quality. The Excel Series Snowmakers will also feature our new automatic nucleation valve mentioned above.

- Our existing line of snowmaker kits will have their instructions re-written to make assembling them much easier.

- A new, all metal snowmaker, that runs off a standard garden hose.

- AND MUCH MORE! Check back in with us in late August when we launch our newly updated website with all of the above changes and more!

Enjoy summer while it's here, but snowmaking weather is just around the corner!


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Some photos from DJ in CT

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Back in mid February DJ in Connecticut purchased a snowmaker from our parent company that designs and manufactures snowmakers for ski areas. The snowmaker he purchased is the big brother to our Maverick Hybrid Snowmaker. Both snowmakers make snow the same way, except the snowmaker DJ purchased is an all metal version that mounts to a tripod.

DJ ran his snowmaker off of a 185cfm tow behind compressor. He has city water with approximately 30gpm@90PSI. With his compressor he is able to flow a maximum of about 18.5gpm depending upon what the wetbulb temperature is. The above photos were taken after a single 8 hour overnight run running the snowmaker. He adds that the snowmaker was not running at full capacity until near the end the run when temperatures got cold enough to max the snowmaker out at 18.5gpm with the installed nozzle. He says the picture of the whale (pile of snow) is about 4 to 4.5 feet deep.

DJ sent us these pics back in February, except we are just getting around to uploading them now.


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Pics From Pam In Louisiana

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Pam in Louisiana sent us these pictures of the snow she made with the snowmaker she assembled from kit 2. Pam mounted her snowmaker to the side of a modified sprinkler tripod to get great coverage. In the deepest spot Pam made 16" of snow!

Pam also sent us a video of the snowmaker running and to show how much snow she actually made from the below normal temps in Louisiana. You can watch the video by going to our videos page on our webiste or by following this link to YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0_NKsesuKs

We have more pictures to upload to our site and blog so stay tuned!

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Snowmaker Sale Ends 1/9/09

We just wanted to let everyone know that our snowmaker sale will come to an end next Friday, January 9th. The snowmakers will return to their normal prices on January 10th and we will also be increasing the shipping fee on all the snowmakers from $35 to $40 due to increases in shipping and packaging fees.

Order your snowmakers now while you still have some time to save!

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Pics From David in MA

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David in MA purchased Kit 2 from us and submitted these photos to us over the weekend to showcase his first successful snowmaking run. Thanks, David, for sending us your pictures.

If you have any pictures or videos you would like to submit to us, please email them to us at contact@snowstormsnowmaking.com.

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Accent your Holiday Lights With Snow!

Want to make your Holiday light display really stand out this year? Our home snowmakers create the perfect touch for every outdoor light display. If your yard is the only yard with snow in town, you can almost guarantee getting your house featured on your local news station.

If Mother Nature won't provide you with a White Christmas, make your own with one of our snowmakers!

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New Snowmaker For Large Compressors

For all of you that have high output compressors (18CFM@90PSI or more) we have a new home snowmaker for you that will allow you to make more snow. Best of all you can run it off a garden hose or a water pump with significantly less water pressure then a pressure washer.

The Maverick Hybrid Snowmaker is a cross between a home snowmaker and ski resort snowmaker. It can flow between 1GPM all the way up to 70GPM of water depending on which nozzle we install. The bigger your compressor, the more snow you can make. The snowmaker can even make snow for tubing hills, small ski trails, and even cross country ski areas. All you need is a small fire pump and tow behind compressor and you can make loads of snow. Each snowmaker is custom made to your specifications.

The Maverick Hybrid Snowmaker is similar to the regular Maverick Snowmaker. It makes snow the same way, but it has a larger nozzle to flow more water and uses larger diameter piping and internal components. The regular Maverick Snowmaker maxes out at about 1GPM of water because most home air compressors cannot nucleate large amounts of water due to the low CFM they provide.

For more information on the new Maverick Hybrid Snowmaker check out our snowmakers page. If you have any questions on our new snowmaker or would like to get started custom building yours, please contact us!


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