New from Michigan with a White Snow Boss 410

Make sure you are using mower blower belts rather than engine motor belts, there's a different side angle.

I use D&D Power, Pix, or A&I Sports.

38" is not 38" from every manufacturer, some are inaccurate.

Check the specs for the actual size.

You can identify the year of the snowblower from the DOM of the engine.

Check the belt slap both disengaged idling & fast, and engaged.

Do a Search for my "Snowblower Checklist".

Excellent information and checklist. I’ve done about 3/4 of those things within the last few years. Including the wheel drive area. I got it for $100 back in 2014 and it’s not pretty but it doesn’t have to be. Prime it about 5 times and it starts on the first pull.

The belt engages at about half the travel of the idler assembly, then it’s under spring tension. A 37” belt won’t disengage, I tried that years ago. It looks like there is room to try a 1/2” belt. At least it would give more material before it wears through. I will try that next. These are the belts I use, I can get them in town.


Looks like my photo of the tag won’t show up right. But I was able to get it to show up in the right light. It says 310-440-190/I059B. Going back to look at different angles it’s definitely an uppercase I and B.

The older MTD's had those auger gear boxes.

The machine looks like a MTD that was made for White Equipment.

Great to know about the MTD compatibility. I found quite a few pictures and videos for MTD and it’s almost identical to mine. Only thing different in the auger drive area looks like MTD used pin type belt retainers with a hex at the base, where mine is hex head shoulder bolts with larger diameter shank. Or maybe they were replaced, who knows. This puts them extremely close to touching a 1/2” belt. The belt is basically flush with the outside of the pulleys when engaged.

I picked up a couple belts today, and the 1/2” x 39” fits well. It engages at about 1/3 the travel instead of 1/2. Same as I saw in one of the videos. It does seem to engage more solidly. And it does fully disengage and stop promptly. There was only an inch of fluff to play with but storms are on the way.

Curious how long this one lasts. I still have a 3/8” x 38” to go back to if needed.

Thanks for the help everyone!