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

After living with the JD 1130 for 2 seasons  , I thought  I would update.
1. The electric chute, I was most worried  that when I bought it.  I pleased to say it works  perfect, no problems without freezing. We have had alot of snow this winter with cold temps wth no problems.  The cable for the flap does freeze as lot.
2.The blower works but it does slip in 1st gear when there is snow falling on the machine. JD has service bulletin for the problem ,so hopefully that fixes that problem

Overall the machine greats  and the electric controls are a not problem.

same here, only my 1130 has the revised fix. it has never slipped in gear had a couple of ice snots on the chute gear but knocked it off quick and kept going.i did have an issue with the blower dieing out ,took it to the dealer and they put a revised gas cap and gasket because i was over tightening the original gas cap to the point of warping the gasket and then would not vent the system and not stay running.   works great and i hope to keep it,  but it is to hard getting it out of the garage to snowblow when both cars are in the garage.maybe i might get a smaller jd.