srgallan

I figured if I did not post my feedback now I would completely forget.  I got passed some of the initial hurdles from when I received it by getting it serviced by the local retailer of Ariens equipment.

So today we received 15 cm's of snow in my area of the east cost which equated to about 14-18 inches if wet snow/slush in my driveway.  It performed flawlessly, struggled a bit at the end of the driveway if you were taking it in too quick but going at a decent speed while using 1/2-3/4 of a bucket worked like a charm.  For such wet snow it threw it a good distance, better than I expected.  It was just fair in control I would say and since it did not have power steering it could be tiring for bigger driveways or someone much smaller than I am.  The chute control (manual) was great and the wheel lock system worked perfectly once setup correctly.  It took about 30 minutes to clear a double width 3 car length driveway taking my time on the slow speed.

All in all I was quite pleased with the price/performance ratio and doubt I could of gotten any better.  We'll see towards the spring how it held up over the winter, we have another similar dump of wet snow forecasted for tonight so I'll be taking it out tomorrow morning again I assume.

SG

Well I took a look and everything seems to be fine, it's a slow rotating noise and you only hear it when your leaning towards the bucket if someone else is running the impeller.  It's a rythmic noise to the speed of the auger rotation so I am assuming something with the gearcase or auger itself?  It would almost sound like the auger scraping against the bucket but no marks are left behind, not sure what the problem is if there is an issue.

SRG

Thanks Snowmann, I'll check it out.  Finally found some gear oil for it so I will give it a go this weekend.

I just purchased a 927 LE and started it up for the first time yesterday, today I had someone come over and help me with it since I could not see the Impeller/auger when operating from the rear.  When we engaged the impeller up close we could hear this rythmic metalic grinding almost as if I was missing a bearing or something was off.  It was very much like a lopsided wheel scrapping against metal, we then verified the gear case which according to the manual oil should be filled to the bottom of the bunk and be visible.  We did not see any oil in it so I am going to pick some up tomorrow, is that noise normal?  I am going to see if adding new gear case oil will resolve the issue.

To JhonnyBoyupNorth,

Glad to see another maritimer, I will definetely post another review as soon as I get to take this bad boy out in the snow.  Although I don't have much of a baseline to compare since my experience has been limited to a 12 year old MTD when visiting my parents.  The other one of interest I was finally able to get a price on a 924SBE Husqvarna blower which seemed pretty sturdy, going for $1,149 here.  Nice 9HP tec with 24 inch cut and cast iron gear case, for $899 I could not pass up on this sale.

So far this 927LE seems to be a fairly sturdy machine, just appears to need some initial adjustments.  Even little things like the oil was just dripping while the blower was in the box because the bunk was not properly secured when the unit was shipped, cables are loose and need to be tightened a bit as per manual....

Will write back in December when we get our first foot of snowstorm.