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Catt
Location: Minnesota
Joined: Oct 16, 2009
Points: 196
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John Deere 1330SE
Original Message Sep 9, 2010 7:18 pm |
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Last year I bought a John Deere 1130SE snowblower and for the most part I was extremely happy with it's performance. I love the hand warmers, electric chute rotation, easy steer and the front end weight just to name a few. The only problem I had, which was pretty significant, was the intermittent transmission slipping. After sealing the transmission housing with silicone and some weather stripping, the problem was completely gone. The remainder of the winter was very pleasing and I always looked forward to using the 1130. I also had a second snowblower that I'm trading for a new 1330SE. So now I'll have the 1130 and the 1330. The 1130 will be for my business parking lot. Some of the interesting features of the 1330 is the addition of an electric deflector control and dash area integrated headlights. So now the chute is totally electric (both rotation and the deflector). The slipping transmission should be resolved from water getting into the rubber/aluminum disc drive. To fix this problem, Deere added a rubber gasket between the engine mounting plate and the transmission housing. I'll try to post some pictures in the future. BTW, my second choice would have been an Ariens since they seem to give people on this website support from at least one poster. I wish Briggs, Simplicity or Deere would give the same support.
This message was modified Sep 9, 2010 by Catt
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Stainless
Joined: Nov 17, 2011
Points: 24
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Re: John Deere 1330SE
Reply #74 Nov 18, 2011 9:13 am |
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It's a bit disheartening to hear of Dr Woof's issues. This is my first snowblower, and I've never blown snow. I grew up down south, and have lived in an apartment since moving to Michigan. My only experience with snow has involved looking at it, playing in it and driving in it. I just moved into a new house, and I suspect this blower is probably overkill. My driveway is approximately 100 feet long and is 13 feet wide at the narrowest point and about 40 feet at its widest. I've also got a decent bit of incline. I read several reviews and pretty much settled on Ariens, Honda or John Deere. The Hondas were just too much money for me. It seemed that a Honda comparable in size to the 1330 would have been at least 1K more, and I wasn't exactly super excited to spend what I spent. Even though they didn't build it themselves, I guess I just really wanted the John Deere, and I heard good things about Simplicity's products. The local Deere dealers around here weren't even carrying them. Most of them seemed to stick with Ariens whenever Simplicity began manufacturing the Deere products, and they also mentioned that they would soon be carrying Honda. If I have to, I'll put duals on it and some weights. I guess I would also be willing to try chains. Does anyone know if they actually offer weights that can be mounted to the wheels? Given their size, that might not even make much of a difference.
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Stainless
Joined: Nov 17, 2011
Points: 24
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Re: John Deere 1330SE
Reply #78 Nov 18, 2011 10:56 am |
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Yo Stainless:
Woofy lives in Saskatchewan where the wind turns snow into concrete. If where you live in Michigan has miles of open fields all around your house, you may experience similar problems. If however, you're in a relatively enclosed area with lots of windbreaks (homes, trees, shrubs, etc.) you likely will not have much of an issue with drifting hard snow pack. That is a bit too much machine for your needs. My driveway is 18 'wide at the narrowest, 35' wide at the widest and 110' ft. long on a 10% grade. I have a Simplicity 9528 that is more than adequate. You will find that wrestling one of these things (particularly if you pull it backward uphill because reverse is insanely slow) will be very tiring. Matching the machine to the job will go a long way to saving your energy and health. Buying down a bit will also save you a few bucks. Maybe enough to buy a decent single stage Toro or similar to take care of 90% of the snow you will see. That's what I did. My single stage machines see 95% of the snow removal work I do. The Simplicity only comes out when there's over a eight inches or more of heavy wet snow. I don't use chains and have never needed them.
Saskatchewan? He needs to go buy some potash and help out one of my investments. Oh well. My thinking was that I'd rather have too much snowblower as opposed to not enough. I'm already making plans for a turbocharger. I may end up using it for more than my driveway. I believe a lot of the streets in the neighborhood where I built are currently considered private. Based on my observations during the build, snow removal last year did not seem very timely.
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