In their infinite wisdom....
"Never again." (Craftsman) Well of course now I'm old, it won't be many years til I'm unable to operate a blower anyhow, and Sears is basically "done."
I once had a Craftsman blower which EXACTLY matches the specs of the "what I now have" old beater Ariens.........both same width, same HP, both self propelled. The Craftsman had a TINY blower chute, and I spent more time unplugging the thing than I did USING the thing. NOT EVER again. I paid for that lesson!!!!
This, at one time, years ago, was "the fleet." The ill fated Craftsman is the green one, 8hp, 24". The big Ariens I no longer have, it beat me to death. 10hp, 32". I now have an ST8-24, 8hp, 24" same as the Craftsman. IT WORKS 10X BETTER than that Craftsman--which had had very little use, ever worked, anytime.
By the way, those single stage blowers like on this garden tractor--take a TREMENDOUS amount of HP to be effective. I think that tractor was ?16? hp?
Below, when I brought the Sears SS-16 home in '09. This was the year I had the bleeding stomach, and was severely anemic all that winter and much of the coming summer. I was completely exhausted by the time I got this thing home, and did not unload it that night
"Never again." (Craftsman) Well of course now I'm old, it won't be many years til I'm unable to operate a blower anyhow, and Sears is basically "done."
I once had a Craftsman blower which EXACTLY matches the specs of the "what I now have" old beater Ariens.........both same width, same HP, both self propelled. The Craftsman had a TINY blower chute, and I spent more time unplugging the thing than I did USING the thing. NOT EVER again. I paid for that lesson!!!!
This, at one time, years ago, was "the fleet." The ill fated Craftsman is the green one, 8hp, 24". The big Ariens I no longer have, it beat me to death. 10hp, 32". I now have an ST8-24, 8hp, 24" same as the Craftsman. IT WORKS 10X BETTER than that Craftsman--which had had very little use, ever worked, anytime.
By the way, those single stage blowers like on this garden tractor--take a TREMENDOUS amount of HP to be effective. I think that tractor was ?16? hp?
Below, when I brought the Sears SS-16 home in '09. This was the year I had the bleeding stomach, and was severely anemic all that winter and much of the coming summer. I was completely exhausted by the time I got this thing home, and did not unload it that night
