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

They are having a big sale on snapper snowblowers now, I think they have a few from last year. Anyway, does snapper make their own products or are they made now by someone else for them? They have pretty good prices on the "24" cut two stage models.

I read that and had to go look. Gear drive tranny! Very nice, that should last forever assuming they use steel gears.

But I can't see what they use for a clutch - whatever it is, I hope it's sealed - that's most of the trouble with rubber disks.

Briggs and Stratton were making the John Deere units as well, here is a link that shows them being identical

 http://www.briggsandstrattonsnow.com/en/snow-blowers/briggs-and-stratton-bm1227se 

http://www.deere.com/wps/dcom/en_US/products/equipment/snow_equipment/john_deere_snowthrowers/1028E_dual_stage/1028E_Dual_Stage.page?