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

These things are loaded. Not only remote chute deflector...remote chute rotation.

The picture shows a crank handle but the parts lists shows a motor on the bottom of the chute. Looks like I could retrofit some stuff onto mine.The handlbars are nice and high on these.They are sold at Menards.None around here.Craftsman has the clone with the Briggs OHV 11 horse.Looks pretty good in black.

Buy one of these and support American jobs.

Hello Boblloyd,

You are right.  I did previously  melt part of a nylon jacket trying to start a 25 year old Torro snowblower.  I had a heck of a time trying to find a muffler gard for my B&S 7.75 OHV Intek engine.  Last year Bosco posted a picture of his Simplicity 860 EI with a B&S OHV engine that came with a muffler guard.  But he B&S Accessories Catalog said a guard was not available for my engine .  After a lot of research, I went back to B&S with some part numbers and they thought  part number 699313 would fit .  I ordered it from Jacks Small Engine  for $21.60 and only had to add one screw part # 699209 for $1.20 to attach it .  There was one screw already on the muffler.  I figured I would give you the part numbers and their cost if you or anyone else was interested in adding it to your snowblower.

For what it's worth, Briggs & Stratton now own Murray for moneys owed to B&S for engines delivered and not paid for by Murray. With B&S also aquiring Simplicity (AGCO and Massey Ferguson lawn equip. also) they have positioned them selves to be a MAJOR player in the outdoor power equipment market. And Deere snowblowers were indeed made by Murray as the Frontier line, last info I checked. I don't know what might be in store for next year in that relationship.

bontaiJoe wrote:
I believe the rumors are true, B&S wil be branding their own equipment soon with their recent acquisitions.  We will soon be arguing if B&S snowblowers are as good as the current market leaders.

I am curious if B&S simply ships out existing models from Murray, or updates them with a whole new line of products to make a big splash as a technology leader in the market.  They'll probably keep Simplicity as is and let it die a slow death as Microsoft is still doing to FoxPro.

--SnowRemover

Jim_O wrote:
Jim_O,  Thanks very much for the info.  Mine's on order.    This should have been standard equipment.    -Bob

Yeah that muffler looks like it gets pretty hot.Good coffee warmer though.

Maybe next season for the retrofit.I got motorcycle fever right now.

the snapper built by simplicity built by briggs is anything but dead.

they are just about the best anyone can get around here next to a honda.

and a large part of there success is in there engine .

if briggs puts some money in murry and puts back some of the parts that were recently robbed from them.then they could have a good quality economical snowblower.

not the best but pretty good.

best example is that crappy sheetmetal engine pto pulley.

it used to be made out of cast and lasted forever and was kind to belts

 but the new one splits into pieces

and takes the belt with it     

later chris 

Hey Chris, I'll have to check out my 88775 to see if it is sheetmetal too.I wonder if it can be swapped out with a cast one?

Jim o                    welcome  to the 4-um                        18degrees

Briggs builds Simplicity, John Deere , Snapper, Murray and Brute Snowblowers and probably a few others. Many parts are interchangable . The most difference between them is the color of the paint.  MTD builds snowblowers under the Yard Works Name , Bolens  and a few other names. MTD also builds some of the cheaper modela of the Craftsman name,   . Husqvarna builds their own snowblowers and some of the higher priced Craftsman models. Their factory in the USA is  American  Yard Products (AYP)Ariens also build their own snow blowers.