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

Please check the Reviews section for the full post. I am curious if anyone else has noticed the exhaust problem:

The exhaust blows STRAIGHT into your face when you lean down to engage the traction control. The situation is aggravated by the fact that when the wheel is clogged with snow you have to spend a few seconds fiddling with the pin to get it to pop into its detent. This is crap engineering and a mild safety/ health issue - the muffler needs a deflector or a 90 degree elbow to blow the fumes forward. Or the traction control needs to be re-engineered to put the pin on the opposite side. You can eliminate the problem by walking around to the left side of the machine, but this shouldn't be necessary in the first place

Comments?

Also, I tried to post a picture from my hard drive and it did not go through. Is there a server problem?

John

JohnEDavies wrote:

OK, I went back to my post and there was the picture. I know I hit refresh the first few times and it did not appear. Computer gremlins I guess...

John

i have the same issue with my 1128dle. i noticed the other day when blowing. i bent down to unlock the wheel and said to myself , now im going to smell like exaust fumes.