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

Lined up this morning at Sears for the door crasher special to buy a snowblower. They had 4 - 5hp Craftsmans up for grabs but unfortunatley i was 7-8th in line. One the four were gone they announced they had 3 'higher end' What I purhcased was a Craftsman 9 hp 26" track snow blower model # C459-527860. I cannot find this particular model on any of the Sears websites so I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about this model.

Couple of questions:

Is track drive better/worse then the two wheeled blowers? What's the benefit to track drive?

I put the chute together and fixed the handlebars in place and wanted to move the blower to a different part of my garage before adding the agas and giving it a run. I couldn't move the blower. I checked to see if it had a neutral position on the stick shift but if didn't. Does anyone know how i can move this snowblower without starting it up?

Thanks for your help.

Dan

Tanner

   Your manual is here:

   http://manuals.mtdproducts.com/mtd/DocGetter?doc=769-03336.pdf

    That’s an MTD machine.  I’ve had two of them and they rolled on the tracks.  I had to tilt it back to get it to roll it around. 

Ffarner

   I think yours was made by Murray.  The manal may be here:

http://www.partsandservice.com/

   It’s hit or miss at this site but sometimes a manual close can be found.

The parts manual is here:

http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/retrieveModelActionHome!retrieve.action;jsessionid=HX3GsnH8vEORN9KbgWlJBg**.shcapp3205?modelNumber=536884900&pop=flush

   The MTD’s with the trigger control were fantastic to handle and just about zero turn.  I only got to drive them around with no snow but expect they would be as good as my friends Honda track which was not as easy to handle.