oljeeptek

Keeps the spammers away.

I don't know. My drive is about 400' long and my 24" Simplicity works great even in deep dumps. I wouldn't like wrestling a 32" machine around. I'd stay away from the wider unit.

Maybe hes got a rock driveway. I used to go through a few pins a year on gravel until a few years ago. Then rust locked the augers to the shafts until the gear box sheared. Now I'm putting in grease zerks.

Holy stinkin' Hannah!

I ordered all my Simplicity parts yesterday online from Small Engine Parts Warehouse (sepw.com) and they were on my front stoop this afternoon! I wasn't expecting them till sometime late last week. They had everything in stock (obviously) and their prices were great. Now I just have to put everything back in and weld up my cuts.

Its a no brainer I'll be using them for all my parts needs. These guys rock!

FYI, not all throwers have full length auger shafts. My Simplicity 560 (and the 760, 860 series anyway) has 6" of shaft coming out of each side of the auger. This thing has had hard use here in Minnesota every winter since it was new 20+ years ago. There wasn't any issues from lack of full shafts, other than it could only rustweld part of the shaft to the auger. I am happy for the short shafts actually since I had a heck of a time getting it apart to replace the worm gear. My drive is over 400' long and is full of rocks, and sticks falling from trees. I wouldn't be too worried about the lack of full shafts on the newer machines. It took me this long to bust it and I'm not delicate with the machine.