I live in Boston, MA area and bought an ST230P 1/25/2015. Biggest problem I am having is that the auger belt broke after about 10 - 15 hours total operation. (Worked great until belt broke). Searched up and down all local dealers and belt manufactures for replacement with no luck. Closest I could get was a rubber v-belt with same dimension. This belt broke after about 5 minutes operation.
I believe the cause of belt wear on my machine is the belt guide on the idler arm opposite the idler pulley. The guide pulls the belt off the auger drive pulley to tension it when the lever is pressed to engage auger. Unless it was installed wrong?
Anyone else experience similar problems with auger belt??
My father-in-law bought a new Husqvarna ST 121E. He is a 6'4 dude (and a contractor!) but finds it really hard to pull the snow blower.
He took it to the local dealer in Chicago and they found nothing wrong. Because there was no snow is December (when he bought it), the return policy expired. The dealer offered 50% of the price he paid, which is ridiculous.
Can anyone help in explaining how to fix this (is there something stuck in the whells or something), or how can he return the machine. Thank you. Tony