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JimmyM


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Bought new Cub Cadet 930SWE - First Impressions
Original Message   Dec 29, 2009 8:33 pm
I've been researching several different blowers. The Poulan Pro PR1330ES, which sold out, then the Husky 1827 and the Ariens ST30LE/DLE. I really liked the Craftsman (MTD) 88833, but it's 33" and $2000+. But then I found the CubCadet 930SWE. It has everything the 33" has except it's 30" and $1600. Weighing in at 385Lb, it's no tinny sheetmetal toy. I know the MTDs get a lot of crap for being bottom of the barrel, but thing thing is a notch above the Troy-bilt 3090XP and red craftsman blowers. The impeller size is a whopping 16 inches. And if I want (if the 357cc doesn't have enough oomph) I can drop in the 420cc motor.

16" impeller (4 blade) / 16" auger,
357cc engine (Zongshen). 11HP I believe.
Crank (no cables) chute rotation
Power steering
16 x 6.5" tires
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JimmyM


Joined: Dec 20, 2009
Points: 82

Re: Bought new Cub Cadet 930SWE - First Impressions
Reply #2   Jan 2, 2010 4:44 pm
I used it for the first time today. Maybe 4-5 inches of light snow. I couldn't  resist trying.
Stated easily, of course. Engine has a deep thumping sound to the exhaust. Less disturbing than the 10 year old Techumseh 5HP Snow King.
It threw the snow 10-15 feet at low RPM. Just a little above idle. Full throttle turned the ejected snow into powdered snow that only flew 25ft or so.
It also ingested a frozen roilled up newspaper. The same exact thing happed to my older blower a couple of years ago. It resulted in a slightly bent impeller blade and stalled the older machine.
The 930 simply gave a solid thump and tossed the newspaper out. I inspected the impeller. No damage whatsoever. The steel is also about 3 times thicker than the old Gilson/Wards unit.
Over all, I'm very pleased
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