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Craftsman Snow Thrower Owner Manual with discount
The quality of America | dwasifar's daily gripe
Today was the first significant snow of the season where I live.
This year, I bought a snowthrower. This is the first one I’ve ever owned; I was using my neighbor’s all last winter and I kind of got spoiled by it. It’s a Troy-Bilt, a big hulking thing that cost several hundred dollars. It’s been sitting in my garage since early September, waiting for today. I read the instructions, wheeled it into the driveway, and pushed the button. It started right up and I started happily clearing away snow.
This went on for about eight minutes, and then it broke down.
What a letdown. Brand-new American-built machine, and it lasts eight minutes before a breakdown that stops it in its tracks – literally. The engine was running and the auger was spinning but the wheels didn’t turn. I looked at the owner’s manual for troubleshooting tips, and found nothing that was relevant except possibly a drive belt. So I opened it up and found a spring-loaded idler pulley for the drive belt was flopping around loose, the end of the spring actually sitting against the slack belt. I poked around trying to figure out where the spring end was supposed to attach, then suddenly noticed an extra bolt hole with nothing in it. At that moment I realized the problem – a dual-function bolt, intended both as a fastener (to hold the engine to its mounting) and as a pressure point for the spring, had simply come out of its hole and fallen away. I guess it was never tightened. I realized the only place it could have gone was down further into the housing, so I had to remove the bottom of the machine to retrieve the lost bolt. I reassembled everything and went back to snow removal.
But the whole time, I was grousing to myself about why I should have had to do this.
America likes to make a lot of noise about quality American built products. You couldn’t tell it from this. The machine shipped with a loose bolt. It’s not rocket science to tighten the damn bolts before you put it on the truck. It’s just carelessness. If I were not handy with tools, and willing to take apart a brand new machine to figure out what’s wrong – if I had been most other buyers – the machine would have been returned to the store and become a service problem for the dealer or distributor, to be resold at a loss as a refurbished item. And as long as we’re talking about service problems, how about this (paraphrased) service advice from the manual: “Do not tilt the unit with gasoline in the tank. Do not attempt to drain gasoline from the tank. Instead, run the engine until the tank is empty.”
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Poulan Pro 208cc 24-inch electric start 2 Stage Snow Thrower PR624ES. Poulan Pro snow throwers are built like a tank and balanced for heavy snow. Easy out of the box set up (10 minutes), Long life and easy to service. Ergonomic handle and easy to use controls that have a single motion. High performance auger/impeller with a high velocity discharge. Super-slow speed for heavy and deep snow. Optimized styling / high performance skid adjustment and single motion chute adjustment control. The Poulan Pro PR624ES also includes the following specifications: OHV LCT Engine. 12-by-12-inch diameter auger/impeller. Plow style. Standard speed drive. 23-inch intake height. Interlock. Optional drift cutter and weight bar. 13-by-5-inch wheels. The Poulan Pro PR624ES Snow Thrower features an electric start, powerful engine, and 24-inch-wide coverage, making it ideal for snow removal on sidewalks and driveways. The PR624ES is well-suited for residential use in areas with light-to-moderate snowfall. This heavy-duty snow thrower uses deep-tread tires and comfortable loop handles for maximum maneuverability on snowy terrain. What’s more, an easily accessible control panel keeps you in control of the auger, throttle, discharge chute, and snow deflector. The PR624ES is powered by a reliable 208-cc OHV engine with standard speed drive that is designed for colder climates. There are two ways to start up the engine: electric or traditional recoil starting. Electric starting fires up the engine by using the included power cord connected to a standard 120-volt outlet and pressing the electric start button located on the engine. The engine will fire up without priming.
The deep-tread 13-inch tires are powered for easy maneuvering over snowy terrain. The drive speed lever controls the snow thrower’s speed and direction (forward/reverse). The traction drive lever allows the user to quickly engage or disengage the drive system.
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