LT1050 Snowblower attachment?

[Yosemite Sam]

Originally Posted by Cubcrazy

The money you will spend on a blower for your LT you could buy a nice older garden tractor with a blade or blower and be much farther ahead and just use your LT for lawn mowing duties.

I think Cubcrazy hit the nail on the head!

LT's run hard and LTs run long... but they don't run hard, long.

With the prices of things today, I really hate seeing someone prematurely wear out a perfectly good machine.

[Eric_04]

Originally Posted by alsparl

Eric, I have to agree with the above comments about putting a snowblower on a LT1050. Sure, MTD advertises a cast iron front axle and all these attachments, but that is to be sure to compete with the other companies and not used as a marketing tool against them.

From my dealer days, I quickly found to easiest way to do some damage to your LT machine is to mount a snowthrower on it, or pull a 2000lb roller. A blade wasn't too bad. And getting warranty to pay on normal use when this happened was a "pleasant experience." So my opinion was in part supported by MTD tech support as well as warranty.

But what I did personally, and after it worked well for me, then I started suggesting to others is this: (1) let your lawn tractor be your mower and invest in a walk-behind 2-stage snow thrower. Why? Easier to move around, store, easy to maintain, as well as easier to resell if you no longer have a need for it. Or (2) which has already been mentioned; find an older machine to be your "grunt/workhorse" to mount a snowblower, blade, etc on to.

This is certainly just my opinion and not trying to tell you what to do. But we all need to keep in mind, the current machines are nothing like what they used to be. And just because accessories are advertised as going on them, doesn't mean it is wise to put them on. Good luck to you and keep us informed of what you decide. Once again, just an opinion of someone who's driveway is 150 ft long and 35 ft wide.

I totally agree with what everybody has said about an LT being a light duty, chincy machine when compared to older models. Of any brand really. I would like to buy an older heavy duty machine and just sell this one. But thats not in the cards before winter hits this year. I wont be buying a walk behind. My driveway is 700+ feet long and about 50 feet wide by the garage and tapers to 30 ft wide the rest of the way to the road. Honestly I would like to get a plow truck rather than any snowblower, but its a lot of money for something that would take longer to warm up than it would to plow my driveway. I dont have the time to plow for others at any hour of the day to make some money with it, so thats out...

Now my next question is I found a 190-032 snowblower for sale for $200. It was mounted on an MTD. I dont know exactly which model. What Im wondering is, is that same as a cub 190-032 and would it mount up to an LT1050? Remember, mine is from either 05 or 06... Cant remember off the top of my head. That is the part number in my owners manual for a snowblower attachment, so I would assume it will work... Now trust me, I know very well this is about as light duty cheap machine as it gets, but $200 wont get me much else other than some shovels.