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

anyone know anything about these old snowblowers ? Yard-Man Snow Wolf Twin Thrust 8HP 28" with 5 speeds color orange. There is one for sale local that i saw online. the owner says he smelled burnt rubber then the auger stopped spinning. I was going to take a look at it and maybe purchase it but cant seem to find any info online. i was told it is older. any input ??

Knee, I didn't find anything either except for a scraper bar for one. If I see anything I'll pass it on.

i found that also. just want to see if anyone knows if these where good machines or the stay away kind with known problems.

Knee the older the machine is the better the quality will be.  I think is is worth a look sure.  What is he asking?

I find some great deals now on snowblowers in the paper.

C

Knee,

I wouldn't pass it up if he had it for the right price.  Frankly, what else could cause a burnt rubber smell except for one of the drive belts.  Maybe one of the pulleys has gone bad and is ready to seize, or perhaps even a piece of debris is rubbing against a belt that is stuck under the shroud.  Just make sure parts are still avaiable for it, assuming you'll need any to get it going.  Also, if possible, try not to diagnose it in front of the person, assuming you find something minor, that is.  Remember, he thinks something may be wrong with it, obviously the reason he is selling it.  An 8 HP engine with the old style adjustable carburetor is all the power you'll need.  

I forgot, it could also be a friction disc.  If it runs, put it in gear and try to hold the machine back.

any chance you could post model numbers of chassis and engine ...

i would really like a pic but thats pushing it .

i can tell you lotsa stuff with numbers.

later chris

I have not even seen the machine myself yet. the model number is 31380c and he told me the manual has a gofer looking cartoon on it. he wants $100.00 for it. im going to try and get there sometime later tonight and get a look. he is aprox a 40 min drive from me so i wanted to get some advice here before making the drive.   snowshoveler wrote:

just found the manual online for download. the unit looks like it has dual augers one on top of the other. never seen this before. any thoughts ?  here is the link for the manual.    http://manuals.mtdproducts.com/mtd/manuals/770-5452A.PDF

Yes I have seen the double auger before will try and get u a pic or something later as have to run now.  Only reason I am saying this now before I research is the ones I have seen, Only pictures of,  The top auger was much littler than the bottom one. and they protruded well out of the chute. It sort of looked like it ccould be useless cept in high snow.  The pic in the manual almost looks like a 50 50 split on the two augers. so looks like they both got to work,  the other ones I saw looked like you could eliminate the top  if you had to, or they didn have to work and the machine would still work just like the current designs.  The ones I saw I think  were all like 1960's or older, I figured it was a temporary fad icing type thing on the cake. or maybe it was a good thing, just too costly  (They only seemed to be on what I woud have thought were high end quality machines in their day.   Dangerous though, watch your coat tails and fingers.

Where I think I saw a few  was on the Gilson's antique SB site.

Ben

Page 24 of that manual shows an old fashion belt pulley twist (twice)  . good place to look for that burnt rubber

If this machine uses idler pulleys, one could have "gone south" which would cause a burnt belt. Its an easy part to find & also an easy repair. Hammer him Marty's "mask & gun" style & offer him FYE 'OLLAZ for it...

Marty