Thanks guys!! I drove through what seemed to be impassable country roads to buy it about 4 years ago and use it for back up, following my grandpa's advice--"Never stand when you can sit and never sit when you can lie down."--so I opt to sit on a cub rather than walk behind it. Today, it was more productive to walk rather than sit. I've never been disappointed with this performance. As I look at the modern snow throwers, this older (I think 1974 model) blows them away with quality of the housing, etc. I believe Ariens made them for IH and they definitely built them solid!!
Here is one similar to mine for sale in the Pennsylvania area if anyone is interested in one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/IH-internati...item43c5537b2e
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