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jubol

Location: Dover, De
Joined: Oct 3, 2003
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MTD Snow Blowers
Original Message Jan 28, 2005 4:48 pm

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

This message was modified Jan 28, 2005 by jubol

Husqvarna STE927(11.5HP) snowblower, MTD Pro Series 18/42 Lawnmower, MTD 6.5 HP Self Prop Lawn Mower, Weedeater 1500 Blower, Web Gensis 2000

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robmints

Joined: May 13, 2003
Points: 4691

Re: MTD Snow Blowers
Reply #81 Feb 5, 2005 8:48 pm

You mean people with hats don't tend to lend their machines out to be driven through the woods to another house? And since the shear bolts broke and the sticks that replaced the shear bolts broke, regular mild steel bolts aren't put in to clear an unpaved drive of 30 inches of middle Atlantic slop? My bad, stupid questions. The only hats that would have had a chance would be a Honda track. Nothing else would have had enough tracton and weight transfer.

If you need to ask, yes, I'm one of those people that keeps you in boom trucks.

AZinOH

Those who accept self-deception will perish by it.
Shakespeare said "to thine own self be true".

Joined: Nov 25, 2004
Points: 189

Re: MTD Snow Blowers
Reply #82 Feb 5, 2005 8:50 pm

Gilsons wrote:

I agree they (MTD, Murray (RIP) and AYP) are machines that fill a space in the market.

Any and every brand will have a quality problem crop in the field from time to time. It happens to auto makers all the time. No sampling plan can compare with mass use. With Gilson the year or the UniTrol chute ring welds comes to mind as well as the time a supplier changed the plating on idler rollers and the oil impreganted bushings all cooked in a few hours.

Sure there are construction details we can talk about but the real test is to take a population of machines MTD & SATH (my preferred order) and check on them 2 or 3 decades latter.

Pete

Pete,

I'll settle for five-ten years, and I hope we're all still around to have that debate.

Snowblower...Toro Power Max 726te 2004

Lawn tractor...AYP w/ 14.5 Briggs-42in 2000

navihawk

Joined: Jan 17, 2003
Points: 1318

Re: MTD Snow Blowers
Reply #83 Feb 5, 2005 9:00 pm

Hey Pete,(you'll always be Spectrum to me)......I don't agree,I think murray will be around for a while.I think their engineering is OK.They may not use the best parts, but the ones they use do the trick and aren't terribly hard to replace.

Gilsons

Let it snow, in southern Maine

Location: Southern Maine
Joined: Oct 10, 2002
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Re: MTD Snow Blowers
Reply #84 Feb 6, 2005 7:52 am

navihawk wrote:

Murray is in bancruptcy right now. They owe B&S a ton of money and it looks like B&S is getting control. Time will tell.

Pete

http://home.gwi.net/~spectrum/snowblower.html

jubol

Location: Dover, De
Joined: Oct 3, 2003
Points: 1558

Re: MTD Snow Blowers
Reply #85 Feb 6, 2005 8:32 am

Gilsons,

I read somewhere just recently that B & S now owns Murray.

Briggs said that they will most likely close the Lawrenceville Tn plant in about 18 months.

Fred

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Husqvarna STE927(11.5HP) snowblower, MTD Pro Series 18/42 Lawnmower, MTD 6.5 HP Self Prop Lawn Mower, Weedeater 1500 Blower, Web Gensis 2000

Cajunblu

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Location: Revere MA.
Joined: Sep 25, 2003
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Re: MTD Snow Blowers
Reply #86 Feb 6, 2005 10:41 am

I have a Craftsman 888531 MTD, and with the exception of tightening the auger cable last year and the skid shoes wearing out after one season I havent had any problems with it these past two winters. (Believe me that baby got a work out these past two storms totaling 36 plus inches) This machune has done its job, and done it very well.

Robert

Craftsman 888531 9/28 Easy Steer.

"My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles,
and the letters get in the wrong places"

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