Cub Cadet 147 w/QA42 vs. jd112 w/37a
 

there is a local listing for a qa42 blower. currently i have a '71 112 with a 37a blower. i wonder which one performs better. the local listing is for 150 bucks for a qa42. is this a better performing snowblower than my current rig. the engine for 147 is still at the mower shop getting measured and honed/bored, but im still looking for things i can do with this tractor once she's back together. could someone tell me if the qa42 would be an upgrade to my 37a or should i just keep using the 37a. im not complaining about the performance of the 37a, just would like something that could throw further. i was also thinking that i have a stepfather that doesnt currently have a working snowblower and i could let him borrow one of the rigs until spring.

The 147 with a QA42A will out perform the green thing.

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the qa42 for 150 is gone. there is another qa42 for 100 bucks, but its missing the chute control rod and drive shaft guard. 100 bucks is pretty cheap and if its otherwise complete and in good condition, i might buy it. are those 2 items hard to come by? too bad its one of those ads that dont list a phone number. i hate when people do that. now i have to email them and wait for a response instead of just calling them

It's too bad you're over at the other end of the state, I've got a 127/QA42A and you could come try it out......if we ever get any snow. So far I've only plowed once this winter and that was just 5".

cub vs jd
 

i have the haban h48 on my 982 and it outperforms my former landlords johndeere blower.i love my cub.:biggrin2.gif:

the guy at the mower shop insists that the cub cadet tractor mounted snowblowers do not work well. i insist that i have seen evidence to the contrary but he insists that is only perfect conditions. im not going to discredit the 37a, its a well made blower and has sevred me well for what i paid for it. what i dont like about it is that it doesnt quite throw it far enough. i havent really had issues but there has been years where it has been that if i got to much more snow i would have been in trouble. i want a snowblower that will launch that **** into outer space, lol. the old john deere were built well just like the rest of the bunch.... wheelhorse, IH cub cadet, sears suburban, ingersol/case, ect. there were all built well. seems like the cub is built a little heavier than all of the rest. the transmissions, i would say were/are the best ever put into a garden tractor.

i think i might buy that unit at 100 bucks. what do i have to loose at that price. if i dont like it i could always sell it for what i paid for it. seems like the qa42 is longer, but not as tall as the 37a. how difficult is it to find the missing parts on the qa42 that im thinking about buying? i wouldnt be using it this year most likely, well maybe. it depends upon how long it takes to rebuild that engine.

my dream tractor...... a case 446, that thing is nuts, but i dont think you can buy one for what i paid for that 147, not to mention onans, while very good engines are expensive to work on. kohler k series are cheap in comparison.

The guard is a piece of steel with a bend in it, and the chute rotator rod is a piece of 3/8" steel with a couple of bends in it. You can make them easily.

Your 'guy at the mower shop' must not know how to use the CC throwers correctly. My neighbor has a newer JD garden tractor and snowthrower, and when he got a closer look at my QA-36A one time, he was surprised it wasn't a two-stage...he didn't think a single stage could throw the snow as far as it did. Need I say more?:biggrin2.gif:

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boy you arent kidding matt my 982 at full throttle with the haban will throw even the wet snow about 15 feet i consider that good for a single stage unit.

personally i prefer the single stage tractor units to the 2 stage units, they have fewer moving parts and usually are heavier duty. now im taking about single stage tractor units, cause single stage walk behind units suck. usually people think of those little 2 cycle toys when they think of single stage, not the powerful tractor mounted units we have. i only had a problem with the greenie single stage clogging up once this year. it was that first snowfall, really wet and heavy stuff. most 2 stage units wouldnt throw that crap either. i just shut the pto down and pushed it like a plow. tractors have enough weight and power where you can do that as a last option.

my qa42a doesnt throw near as far as the 2stage on my dads 2165 but its still not bad at all. i hope to give the shute and auger housing a paint job this summer so it will make it better. i have a little toro 2000 walk behind single stage and couldnt live with out it. its fast and throws alot of snow. sure beats shoveling