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Simplicity 1530 (1696832) – Electric Start and Remote Crank Special Features Simplicity 1227 (1696819) – Electric Start and Electric Chute Rotation Simplicity 1024 (1696811) – Electric Start and Electric Chute Rotation Simplicity 1222EE (1696755) – Electric Start and Electric Chute Rotation Two-Stage Snow Blowers Simplicity 1022EE (1696854) – Electric Start and Electric Chute Rotation Simplicity 1022ER (1696846) – Electric Start and Remote Crank Single Stage Snow Blowers w/ SnowShredder Auger was acquired by Briggs & Stratton Corp., which is based out of Wisconsin. Simplicity is also marketed under the brand names AGCO, Massey Ferguson, Snapper, Snapper-Pro, Ferris Industries and Giant-Vac. Simplicity Manufacturing produces, designs and sells a variety of lawn and garden equipment for residential and commercial use.

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Simplicity also markets a Signature Pro Commercial Duty line of throwers. Simplicity’s large-frame, dual-stage throwers are available in four different models with clearing widths ranging from 26 to 32 inches, have serrated steel augers and multiple speeds. The intermediate dual-stage blower comes with 13-inch Snow Hog tires for added traction, a 24-inch clearing width, and can throw snow up to 38 feet. The compact single-stage thrower has an all rubber auger, electric start and is available in 19-, 20- and 22-inch clearing widths. Going to have to clamp it with vise grips I think.Simplicity touts 10 different walk-behind models of snow blowers. I am preparing for a storm tonight and fighting a throttle that will not stay on. At least on my older Landlords and B112s they are very finicky as to getting the proper tension and alignment but once done correctly they work amazingly well. It has been a PITA whenever conditions are just right for it where I live but in most circumstances my tractors do very well if I have everything properly adjusted.

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I have had tractors that for one reason or another were adjusted to too low an RPM at full throttle and unless you have an educated ear you would not know it was too slow but the performance impact can be quite high for blowing snow.Īnother issue for wet slushy snow is how it can tend to freeze in the chute causing restriction that slows more snow going through. So what I think you need to do is find the documentation on tuning up your blower, your PTO and to verify that your engine is correctly adjusted so that it runs at the proper RPM. If you get a clog and the belt starts to burn it greatly reduces it's ability to keep traction from that point forward. If the tension when engaging the PTO is not correct the belt slips. I have found my most common problems to be the positioning of the pulley on the PTO so that the belt lines up correctly with the pulleys it is driving (this may not apply for your type of PTO) and settings on the snow blower side.

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Ground speed pushing the snow into the blower is very important and it takes time to learn how to judge based on the density/wetness and volume of snow you are moving, how fast the tractor needs to go. My tractors all use mechanical engagement on the snow blower rather than mechanical or electrical on the tractor so I cannot give any advice in that regard but here are some things to consider. Slipping will greatly affect the performance.

Either way you have to always run WOT when blowing snow, and all of the engine's power needs to be transferred to the blower. Now, this assumes the belt is slipping and not the clutch. If it's been slipping that is probably why it then broke.

A new belt will still give you grief if that's the case. The pulleys may be worn to the point where the belt isn't being snugly nested as it should in the groove. I would recommend a good new belt, make sure the tension is set correctly, and, because that setup is a two pulley setup and mount, it is likely 40+ years old. The belt barely gave ground under that condition, maybe a second or less before the engine killed. I have actually killed the 18 horse Magnum once in the neighbor's driveway when I caught a 'yule' log in the impeller ( A Christmas crisis). But that is not going to happen if the belt is slipping. To rectify that, I'll run it into a bank of snow to push the clog out. I rarely have a clog, and when I do it is the heavy wet stuff and generally because I didn't give it enough to eat. Keeping them 'fed' is key to keeping the snow moving through them as Robert said. I can blow most anything with mine (they are all the same blower head basically, regardless of the tractor, just different hitches to mount them), and the belt does not slip. The belt stops moving when the blades get clogged.