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

          How many of you folks out there with MTD snowblowers, have had problems, or no problems?

Let's count and see how :"Junky MTD" does !!, compared to Ariens great QC ! ! ! 

                                                                 Fred            

Why can't the readers decide if something is productive? 

Why do we need a central authority figure telling us what we do or do not want to read?

I have nothing against anyone posting here, so the following is not a dig at the originator of the topic, but why is the topic "Boy, i wish there was some more snow..... :)" productive, and this one is not?

At least here I found out about some old MTD's and heard about their build quality.  Over on that topic, it was just people wishing for more snow.  I chose not to read that topic after the first two posts because it wasn't productive for me.  But for others, it could be a very productive use of their time. 

Everyone is different, so let the readers decide.  Damn - there's my libertarian side coming out again "Live and let live".

--SnowRemover "The King is dead, long live the King"

I have posted my opinion on the topic which I am entitled to.  I am not discouraging anyone from posting on it. 

C

There doesn't seem to be many MTD owners here. Guess that is a reason we don't hear much about them. Maybe they traded them in for a premium machine?

My neighbor has a 13 horse yard machine.Is that an MTD?If so, it does OK.Cant compare to my 7.75 Craftsman though...HEHE.

Hey Marty,Check on the engagement or takeup pulley.You might have a pin holding it in place,not a bolt.If thats  the case,you just tap it out with a pin punch and your belts slip on with no interferance.MTD's should last with proper maintainence,although his is a rust bucket for 4 years old.

Steve

ChrisS wrote:
You deleted my previous reply to this comment, but I'm still interested in an answer.

Why is it that owners of Ariens snow blowers do come here and post there problems, but not of other snow blower makes?  I doubt Ariens owners are different than owners of other makes.  Which can only lead to the logical conclusion that Ariens are not as reliable as other makes.

--SnowRemover

Not necessarily true.

You guys that come up these scenarios that end with "this can only mean............", blow me away.

Did it ever accure to you that the the people that buy the cheaper machines are more prone to be the type that just waltz into a store and buy something without spending time on the internet looking, shopping and comparing?

Likewise the type that come to the internet  and spend time looking, shopping and comparing are probably more concerned about the purchase they make?

I think it's very logical that this could be the case, not saying it is because I don't know for sure. But I can tell you this, the people that come to this forum asking about snowblowers hardly ever come asking about MTD's. It's mostly Toro, Sim's, Ariens and Murray's. Now, that does lead one to believe that what Chris stated to be truer than what you are suggesting.

Marshall wrote:
Yes, this did occur to me.  But Ariens is not the only maker of premium machines.

I admit that due to price, Honda's are seldom mentioned here, but Honda's are about as premium as you get, yet I see zero posts from Honda's having problems (I mean newer Honda's, not 15 year old models). 

Toro's are comparible to Ariens pricing, and they sell more snow blowers than Ariens (admittedly Toro's numbers are boosted by their huge market share on the single-stage market), yet again, I see few Toro posting for relatively new machines.

Simplicity and Husqvarna seem to have a low market share, but I just can't find exact numbers on that, so I'm going buy number of dealers I can find and the lack of much Internet sites where people post about them.


--SnowRemover

SnowRemover wrote:
OK, that's it.  I've tried really hard to tolerate your pig-logic formed opinions, but now you've mis-represented ME.  And i will NOT tolerate it.  Why don't you ACTUALLY READ that thread, you'll see it's actually a highly detailed performance report , written specifically to detail (in a hopefully entertaining manner) the experiences I had using my snowblower during the last noreaster that we got.  Not only is it topically relevant, but there's a lesson or two to be learned in that thread for newbies and old hats alike.  READ -- THINK -- WRITE.  If you mis represent ME again, I WILL formally move to have you BANNED from the forum.  Spout all the sh!t you want based on your own garbage, but don't you DARE try to implicate other people, you 'nob.  BTW, there is also a refernce in my post in that thread to MTD snowblowers, and in the WTB archives i have made numerous posts detailing the failures of neighbors' mtd made machines last year(for half the winter, i was doing 3 drives with my "lowly" ariens, while the mtd's sat in pieces).  Fred, I thought better of you than to start a libelous thread like this.

Terrapin,

I thought I made it clear that while that topic didn't interest me, I also said "But for others, it could be a very productive use of their time."

I also stated this "is not a dig at the originator of the topic"

I apologize for not making myself clearer, but the point of my post was to make the point that the readers should decide what is productive and what is not.

Once again, my apologies,
--SnowRemover  

When I first decided I wanted to buy a snow blower I had no idea what type of machine to consider, I just new that I wanted a good machine.

I'm a new home owner and I don't have any expeirience with buying ope at all.  I saw a machine at costco a yardman 10.5 horse. I like costco so I nearly bought it that day, but decided to do a little research first. So I came here and read post's like this, I wanted to learn about the problems people had with different brands and what brands seem to hold up well.   I did not go back to costco to buy the mtd, but I feel I made a good decision and I'm happy with what I bought.     just my .02

Mang