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Catt
Location: Minnesota
Joined: Oct 16, 2009
Points: 196
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John Deere 1330SE
Original Message Sep 9, 2010 7:18 pm |
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Last year I bought a John Deere 1130SE snowblower and for the most part I was extremely happy with it's performance. I love the hand warmers, electric chute rotation, easy steer and the front end weight just to name a few. The only problem I had, which was pretty significant, was the intermittent transmission slipping. After sealing the transmission housing with silicone and some weather stripping, the problem was completely gone. The remainder of the winter was very pleasing and I always looked forward to using the 1130. I also had a second snowblower that I'm trading for a new 1330SE. So now I'll have the 1130 and the 1330. The 1130 will be for my business parking lot. Some of the interesting features of the 1330 is the addition of an electric deflector control and dash area integrated headlights. So now the chute is totally electric (both rotation and the deflector). The slipping transmission should be resolved from water getting into the rubber/aluminum disc drive. To fix this problem, Deere added a rubber gasket between the engine mounting plate and the transmission housing. I'll try to post some pictures in the future. BTW, my second choice would have been an Ariens since they seem to give people on this website support from at least one poster. I wish Briggs, Simplicity or Deere would give the same support.
This message was modified Sep 9, 2010 by Catt
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Twisted_Uterus
Joined: Nov 14, 2010
Points: 5
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Re: John Deere 1330SE
Reply #65 Dec 30, 2010 4:32 pm |
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I finally got a chance to break out my 1330 to tackle the Long Island blizzard of 2010. I had it running for about 2 hours and think it's GREAT!. I will have to get used to the way the Easy Stear System works as I have never had that before. The only way I would improve on it is to move the chute controls a little bit closer to the end of the handles. I prefer to walk with my hands at the very end of the handles, putting the controls a bit out of thumbs-reach. Other than that, this thing is a monster. What would take me 40 minutes with my smaller Craftsman, literally, took me 12 minutes, leaving plenty of time to help dig out the neighbors... I also bought the "fuel gauge/filler cap" which worked well, and the roller-skids (thumbs-up)
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jdpilot
Location: Minnesota
Joined: Dec 7, 2010
Points: 10
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Re: John Deere 1330SE
Reply #66 Dec 30, 2010 8:05 pm |
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When I reported on my new 1330SE on December 12th, after my first chance to use it, I commented on a few "bad" impressions that I had, in addition to several good things. JohnWI had some astute observations about each of my concerns, and they've all virtually evaporated over the last couple weeks. At this point, after assaulting record snow for any one month in southeast Minnesota, I'm a full fledged fan of the big green beast. It sounds like the whole northern half of the Country is getting pummeled already this Winter; but here's what December looked like around here: Dec 3-4: 9 inches of snow Dec 10-11: 16 inches (the first snow for my 1330SE) Dec 15-16: 6 inches Dec 20: 6 inches Dec 25: 5 inches As you can imagine, the piles just kept getting higher; but the beast made easy work of clearing the snow plow mounds and opening access to the mail box. Those were major chores with my old John Deere 624. It's been great to have the power to launch snow out of the way on a single pass, rather than having to re-blow snow that my old machine couldn't throw far enough to completely clear our wide driveway. I think my disappointment in the Easy-Steer feature stemmed from the fact that turning after that first snow storm required pushing 16+ inches of snow latterally with the side of the bucket, and was no fault of the split (open) axel. Either I"ve gotten used to the strength of the drive lever or it's loosened up some; because I really don't notice it much any more. What I do notice is that my hands don't get cold, I don't have to yank a rope in the tight confines of my garage to get things started, I can change blow directions with the push of a button, and I can launch snow as far as I need to. If we've got to deal with record breaking snow falls, it's great to have a blow beast that can handle it.
This message was modified Dec 30, 2010 by jdpilot
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producerboy
Joined: Jan 13, 2011
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Re: John Deere 1330SE
Reply #67 Jan 13, 2011 1:41 pm |
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Catt, could you please tell me if the handle bars on the 1330SE are height adjustable? Jason
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kevivoe
Joined: Jan 19, 2011
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Re: John Deere 1330SE
Reply #69 Jan 19, 2011 10:48 am |
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Plastic cover removed from motor. No clip on the gear, the cover is what keeps it in place. Plastic tensioning wheels, the MTD had steel and two drive belts on the auger. The bolt holding these 2 pulleys in place became lose on my machine after 2 hours use. The drive belt then came off rendering F/R unuseable. I would guess it was not tightened down properly at the factory. I used a large wrench to hold the HEX between the pulleys and another smaller wrench to tighten the bolt down and re-installed the belts. Works now.
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