Keith Chase

The same thing happened to me on Sat. 1/23/16. Purchased St 224 SnowThrower in Oct. Ran it a couple of times before and including day before storm. I went out during middle of storm to stay ahead of the accumulation. I cleaned my driveway @ 10 x 30. My wifes driveway 10 x 20, then started to clear the sidewalk across the street. I used 1 tank of gas filled tank and it ran for @ 10 miniutes I noticed a rubber burning smell right before it  quit. I removed the belt cover in the middle of a blizzard under a carport, I HATE SNOW! Needless to say the belt jumped the pully and is frayed just like yours. I put it (the belt) back on and it's so streached out there's not enough tension when the auger clutch is engaged. Called 2 dealers 1 said 1 week for new belt and 1 said a couple of days. This is what I got for $850.00. WTF. Thank you very much for your post I thought it was me, and not a design screw up. Will be calling Husqvarna tomorrow. Good luck with your pile of orange metal your not alone!