Thread Number: 74048
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John Deere snow-blower |
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Post# 978335 , Reply# 1   1/14/2018 at 17:35 (2,265 days old) by Gotwasher (minnesota)   |   | |
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Hi those machines rock they were made by ariens mfr I you need parts you may check with ariens as they arare same except ones orange and other green peace |
Post# 978353 , Reply# 2   1/14/2018 at 19:30 (2,264 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Wow, nice Deere! My wife and I bought a new house on a corner lot just before winter, which finally inspired me to find a snow blower. I stumbled upon a '75 JD 726 a month or so ago. It ran like a top and had been well maintained by the previous owner. They certainly are heavy and honestly will run forever if they are taken care of.
You'd be surprised at how many parts are still available from Deere for these.
jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/servlet/com.d...
And, after doing some research it seems that folks say that Ariens made these for Deere or that Deere copied Ariens and that some Ariens parts will match and some apparently won't. I'd suggest checking out items from the Deere parts sites/eBay first before heading to your Ariens dealer. I know that after decoding my '75 it indicates that it was made in Horicon, WI, which isn't too far from where the Ariens blowers would have been made.
Also, if you need a service manual this thread over on the snow blower forum has a dropbox link for one.
www.snowblowerforum.com/forum/joh...
Good luck!
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Post# 978360 , Reply# 3   1/14/2018 at 20:38 (2,264 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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In 1988 I bought a new John Deere lawnmower and snowblower and the snowblower blew the gears up in 1995, bought another Sears crap one and that saga continues today, waiting for it to be fixed AGAIN before it snows middle of the week. I still have mower, non self propelled, for sale. Mower weighs a ton and works best on flat ground and still starts on the first pull.
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Post# 978400 , Reply# 6   1/15/2018 at 02:59 (2,264 days old) by robbinsandmyers (Conn)   |   | |
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Post# 978420 , Reply# 7   1/15/2018 at 08:11 (2,264 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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I'm teased by your Monet Carlo. "76?, 77? 305? 350? bench, split, buckets? If you posted pics on the car thread I forgot. |
Post# 978482 , Reply# 8   1/15/2018 at 17:30 (2,264 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN)   |   | |
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Here is a short video of a 1980's vintage Roper that my girlfriends father used for a few decades. I rebuilt the carb and welded up the skids a few years back.
We shot the video to sell it on Craigslist. It was replaced with a modern OHV Toro machine. This Roper went up for sale as soon as we tried the Toro. Amazing at the difference 3 points higher compression makes. First pull starts, WAY more power and it doesn't make you smell like raw gasoline. |
Post# 978521 , Reply# 10   1/16/2018 at 00:51 (2,263 days old) by Diesirae7 (Central Illinois)   |   | |
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Here's a photo! Need more and better photos, hard to remember everything.
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Post# 978580 , Reply# 12   1/16/2018 at 13:09 (2,263 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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I also like old Snowblowers, I have two almost identical late seventies MTD Yard Man snowblowers with Briggs 11 HP motors and 12v starters.
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Post# 978615 , Reply# 13   1/16/2018 at 18:18 (2,263 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Ben, I never heard of a Deere/Ariens connection. I do know Deere Horicon works is where the garden tractors are made, wouldn't be surprised to see snowblowers, push mowers, etc made there. Me, I still like Allis Chalmers/Simplicity. One snowblower I have is a Simplicity Landlord, from about 1968. Also a 1972 Landlord, with a blade. |