Hey Todd,
We made out pretty well here in CT - between my son and I (living together now) we have two snow blowers. Mine is a single stage Honda, his is a two stage Toro. The Honda is mr. reliable - tough to kill and is great for the light stuff. I was thinking you need one for your deck! The Toro's weakness is the B&S motor - has to be babied a bit. An added problem is that my son was using #10 brass screws for shear pins, which didn't last long. I changed to 1/4" Gr2 bolts with full body through the shear area - much better. Bring on the snow!