Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

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PK

so the pro 926 and 1128 went Briggs, and the deluxe are tecumseh - is there really a significant difference in the engine performance?

oakville wrote:
The engines seem equivalent power-wise (to me), but the Briggs engines are significantly quieter.

I don't see much difference between the 2006 and 2007 offerings except they've standardized on the B&S Intek Snow engine instead of being able to also choose the Tecumseh Snow King.

1. I had a look at their ordering notes and it seems they only ship to continental US. I guess that means Hawaii will have to get their snowblowers from some other manufacturer.
   
   
2. I also suspect that they mean continental North America, us folks from the Great White North also like and have access to, orange coloured blowers. It would be nice if the Canadian version had a place for a beer cooler for after work "attitude adjustment" periods and a Tim Hortons coffee cup holder/warmer for on the job caffeine replacement.
   
   
3. The traction control on the Pros seems a little inconvenient. If you want to lock the wheels you have to hold the trigger down. Some sort of latching setup on the trigger would have been better. One pull and its on, one pull and its off. Has anyone compared traction control with the remote axle lockout to see what is really different about the two systems in terms of use?
   
   
4. Watch out, all of the Deluxe Models Except the 926LE have the remote axle lockout while the 926LE uses an axle mounted pin. Why they didn't use the remote system for all of them I don't know.
   
   
5. The interlock is actuated by holding the traction ( left) lever down.  This seems to be fairly standard but I would prefer  being able to have it engaged if either lever was being held down, that way I get to choose which hand  I use, not the manufacturer.
   
   
6. The features section is kind of weird,  the order the features appear in is different for each model and in the case fo the 1336DLE it comes with a picture of a discomatic drive but no picture of the variable .speed discomatic drive. I suspect they are one and the same but why have two entries?
   
   
7. As a matter of interest does "reversible skid shoe" mean you can use it  while travelling backwards as well as forwards?