Buying my first Ariens?

[detdrbuzzard]

good find at a great price hcbph

[Talon1189]

Daaaayuum.........What a bargain for $50.00.......You lucky dog.....

[HCBPH]

I picked up #2 tonight. Really hard to read the model on the tractor unit but I think it is 924020 but I can't be sure. 8 HP, looks to be a 24" auger again. Definitely is not in the condition the other one is. The bottom of the auger housing at the end of the scaperbar is broken on both sides, I'll have to weld that up. I may add a small piece of angle iron on the outside to reinforce it (looks like it may have been welded once before.
The engine turns over and does have compression, the auger rakes are loose on the auger shaft plus when you turn the rakes it does turn the impeller.

The guy said a neighbor set it out for the trashman so he took it home. He's happy because he has $20 for dragging it home and I'm happy because I'm sure at a minimum there are more than $20 in parts if the rest is not salvagable. Just looking it over quickly, I'm fairly sure it's savable.

This makes the 2d Ariens to come home in a couple of days. Guess that makes me an Ariens owner too. Total of 7 blowers in the shed and the unfinished ones should be enough to keep me busy this summer.

Paul

[Talon1189]

Originally Posted by HCBPH

I picked up #2 tonight. Really hard to read the model on the tractor unit but I think it is 924020 but I can't be sure. 8 HP, looks to be a 24" auger again. Definitely is not in the condition the other one is. The bottom of the auger housing at the end of the scaperbar is broken on both sides, I'll have to weld that up. I may add a small piece of angle iron on the outside to reinforce it (looks like it may have been welded once before.
The engine turns over and does have compression, the auger rakes are loose on the auger shaft plus when you turn the rakes it does turn the impeller.

The guy said a neighbor set it out for the trashman so he took it home. He's happy because he has $20 for dragging it home and I'm happy because I'm sure at a minimum there are more than $20 in parts if the rest is not salvagable. Just looking it over quickly, I'm fairly sure it's savable.

This makes the 2d Ariens to come home in a couple of days. Guess that makes me an Ariens owner too. Total of 7 blowers in the shed and the unfinished ones should be enough to keep me busy this summer.

Paul

Rumor has been going around that a new snowblower hoarder site is going on the "DIY" channel this fall.........hahahaha.......Just kidding of course buddy.........Great finds can be had this time of year after the very mild winter that we got dealt this season >>>>>>>Talon

[HCBPH]

You know, some of the best deals are those that others don't see. I got that 2d one that way. The ad had 2 mowers and a blower for $50. I didn't want the mowers and offered him $20 for the blower. The 10-32 was listed for around $100 and was sitting in a snowbank. It had an electric starter and I offered him $50 for it (based on what I would give max for a starter) and he accepted it. I got a 7-24 for $40 because it has drive issues. Figured it was the drive chain but turned out to be a broken tranny mount, so I made a new one. Another was one listed with drive problems and only had a picture of the handlebars. I recognized it as one I already had parts for, paid him $25 and it was a jammed drive chain. I even had one where a guy listed selling a blower with manual in Kentucky. I was looking for that manual, emailed him asking if he'd scan it for me. He was nice enough to do it for me so I got a long sought after manual. That's just a few of them, most I've ever paid for any blower is $125 and all that one needed was a carb kit. In most cases, it was looking between the line and figure out what it really is.

If I can get them for the right price, I don't mind putting some money into them to make them work and look pretty. Then sell them so I can look for the next one.

I've had as many say no but the ones that say yes offset the no's.

[Shryp]

You still haven't topped mine. Was listed as snowblower leafblower - $20.

I thought that sounded like an interesting contraption and imagined a hand held blower. Opened the ad to find a very tiny and blurry picture of my Ariens and an 8HP walk behind blower. Guy wanted $20 each or $30 for both so I took both and sold the leaf blower for $50 about a month later when I picked up my lawn vac. Neither were running at the time.

I also managed a nice Simplicity 5.5HP OHV Tecumseh Chipper / Shredder for $25. Engine ran perfect and all it needed was the blades sharpened and a few nuts and bolts that vibrated out. Still need to make a back cover plate for it, but works fine without. That one even has a 12V starter, but the battery is dead. I haven't tried it with a good battery, but it does click with the dead one that is on it now.

[HCBPH]

You get bragging rights. My MIL always said when she was alive: "I love my deals", guess a little rubbed off. Best I think I ever did was ended up spending about $70 on a machine and parts a year ago and sold it for $250 last fall after going through it. If I charged for my time, then it would have been different.

[HCBPH]

I finished off the first one, the 924020 unit. Went through the whole thing and replaced or repaired anything I found that needed attention. About the only thing I'm not planning (at least at this time) to repaint the handlebars. Went through the tractor, auger and motor before it was done. Some of those things were a real pain.
Here it is



Now to start on the other Ariens in the queue.

[HCBPH]

Well I did do a little more work on the 924020. I did repaint the handlebar and controls. While pianting, I found a decal I liked better for the handlebars so I used that instead of the original one.
Here's the before picture

Here's the after picture

I think it came out pretty good, what with the auger housing repairs etc that had to be done to it.

Now on to the next one.