All rights reserved.Lawnmowers are amazing machines maintaining the beauty of your lawn. Often when you get inside these older machines, the parts list needed for repair are so costly, it does not make sense to fix them.Īll article content and images copyright Jay's Power Equipment. Older Ariens were built like tanks, as were some others like Jacobsen (now gone), but there is risk associated with wear-and-tear on internal parts like cast aluminum components (prone to fractures), carrier assemblies, pinions, axles, bushings, bearings, fittings, brake parts, friction disc, etc. The Ariens DLX release is not designed as an 'add-on' like those I just described. Believe it or not, the augur axles do not go all the way across to the sides! Most "power steering" triggers use light cables to operate releases (mostly plastic) that are located external to the machine, i.e., in or adjacent to the wheel, instead of releasing the differential. For example, Husqvarna uses half axles on each side of the worm gear to hold the augurs. Compromises range from thinner gauge metal for the snow box and traction drive, thinner and lighter augurs, weaker impeller, less robust friction drive, and smaller worm gears (augur gearbox) to flimsy controls, unreliable differential triggers, and smaller axles. I do not include the Simplicity Medium-Duty because it is entirely made by Murray.Īll of the other brands are made by Husqvarna, MTD, or Murray, and they are noticeably inferior in quality. Simplicity Heavy-Duty is roughly comparable to Ariens and Toro. The best full-size, two-stage snow blowers are (1) Simplicity Signature PRO, (2) Ariens, (3) Toro. Refer to the next 7 pictures of snow blowers manufactured by MTD. The first 3 digits of the Model Number are 247 on Craftsman made by MTD. MTD-made machines can be spotted by the square-faced snow box with half-moon side profile and the narrow flat metal panel or molded plastic panel at the top of the handlebars. They also make specialty brands (for Ace, Tractor Supply (Huskee) and others). MTD also makes Cub Cadet, Troy-Bilt, White Outdoor, Yard-Man, Yard Machines, and most Craftsman snow blowers. So, 1I251 gives a build date of September 25, 2001. The fifth character, a digit, identifies the Year within the Decade. The next two digits identify the day within the month. The second character, I, identifies the month where A through L represent January through December. For example, if the Serial Number is 1I251B10267, the first character, 1, identifies the Decade.
On MTD-made machines, the first five characters of the Serial Number identify the Build Date.
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