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When I first got this snow blower ( 5 yrs ago ), it would hurl snow 25 - 30 feet. Over the winters since . . not so much. I know that the ' wetness ' of the snow has a big effect, but I'm also wondering if the ( fiberglass ? ) impeller hasn't worn down. I have a long gravel road and have always...

I have owned various models of the DR mowers all the way from the clunky ' hi-wheel ' 8 HP model up to my purchase of the latest 14.5 HP, electric start with " power steering ". I still have the 10.5 HP pull-start which I actually prefer . . except I'm getting a bit old to be pulling that...

I bought a 54", QuickHitch front plow blade for my 1023R, plus the hydraulic angling adapter. Try as I might, I can't get the front hydraulic line connector to stay connected. It's a hinky two rigid right-angle adapters arrangement to which the ' retract ' hydraulic line is connected. After a...

I've been looking into getting a 60" plow blade for the 1023E tractor in order to deal with very wet, heavy snow that won't go thru the 54" sno-blower. The attraction for a plow blade is two-fold: 1) when the snow is too wet and heavy ; and 2) when the sno-blower ' breaks ' and I have nothing...

I bought the 1023E with 54" snow blower three winter's ago. First problem was with the PTO shaft in the front support bearings ( which support bolts I'm assuming weren't properly tightened when the dealer installed but there's no way of proving that ). Late last winter the drive chain in the...

Mid winter, in the middle of clearing my road of snow with my JD1023E/snow blower combo, I went to back up, and the engine died. Typically, previously, I'd just raise the blower and back up with no adverse consequences . . . I called the service department at the dealership where I bought this...

I am Rick, first-time tractor owner in Maine . . . well, I bought a JD1023E, if that qualifies as a ' real tractor '. I got tired of trying to clear my long, steep driveway of snow by pushing it around with the usual P/U snowplow combo, so I decided to give a snow blower a try. So far, so good ...