"Pete C." wrote:

Karl Townsend wrote:

"The Kid" is moving into his first house. He's got a couple acres (out of
six total) to mow and a long driveway to blow.

He's shopping in the very old to antique category. Can anyone recommend a
particularly well made old unit? There's lots to choose from on Craig's
list. Especially old craftsman and john deere 110 for example.

Karl

I have a Deere 110 that I bought used about 10 years ago. It runs great
and despite it's 10 HP rating, that cast iron Kohler engine has at least
the power of today's over hyped "18 HP" machines. I also had a problem
with it once and an email to Kohler at about 2pm one day got a reply at
about 9am the next day with links to full PDF manuals and parts lists
for the 32yr old engine. Got to love a company that supports it's old
products that well.

For blowers, I have an ordinary Echo blower that seems to work fine. For
other stuff like trimmers and chain saws I recommend Shindaiwa.

I see you were referring to a snowblower, I tend to forget about those
things now that I've bailed out of the frozen northeast.

The Deere 110 has front mount points for attachments (I have a small
plow). Since this is the metalworking group, I'd suggest finding a good
old Ariens snowblower with a dead engine and adapting it to run off the
110. Should be a pretty easy project.