76monte

If you live in Canada - this may be of interest to you..

I bought the 24 inch Craftsman with a 13.5 ft-lbs (or about 10 hp) Briggs & Statton 305 cc engine - assembled in the USA.  Right now it is available on the Sears.ca website for 1099.99.  There is a 10 percent off coupon 941612391that can be applied to cost you less than $1000 (before taxes).

The website is at:

http://www.sears.ca/gp/product/B002Q6G6UO/sr=1-1/qid=1254007961/ref=sr_1_1/191-2616191-9166350?ie=UTF8&searsBrand=core&mqnodeid=396784011

This appears to be a Husqvarna built machine with a metal chute (unlike the MTD's with plastic chute).

Good luck!

Greetings...

I did a google search..and found that the deflector extension isn't for throwing snow farther, but to keep the snow a little further away from the operator of the snow blower.

An old Husqvarna (2008 brochure) stated that...

"When winter delivers a dry snow and breezy conditions, clearing
your driveway and sidewalk can be unpleasant experience if you end
up covered in snow. LS snow throwers are equipped with a rubber
deflector extension to help keep you warm and dry while putting
snow in its place."

Regards.. Dan

Thanks for the response "krank" ...my pleasure to help :).

For Joe... Sears has posted more information about their Craftsman 24 inch 13.5 snow blower (model # 52907) on their website.

A pdf file is on there that show the features and differences between the models.

The link is located at:

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/00/00/05/60/68/76/560687630.pdf

Something that is nice about this 305 cc machine is that it has throttle control, which is great when you are letting the snow blower idle.

Thanks for the information!  Perhaps we are both right.

It appears that AYP does assemble snow blowers with the names Husqvarna, Poulan Pro and some Sears models.  But, from what I see Husqvarna owns American Yard Products.  In other words, Husqvarna is the parent company to AYP.  I found this information at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husqvarna_AB

Sounds similar to a Corvette, that is assembled by Chevrolet, a division of General Motors.

Regards.....Dan

Joe:

I just went to the Sears store today to take a close look at this model.

It has variable speed controls - just like the Husqvarna machine (check at Husqvarna.ca).

It has finger tip power steering (not clearly shown by picture at sears.ca).  It has a clean out tool as well.

Like Husqvarna, it has an all metal chute and a similar intake design.  It felt like a solid unit with a 1350 B&S Snow Series motor.

I look forward to getting this snow blower home, and especially to the first snow storm!

Regards...Dan