I have just acquired a Jacobsen Model 53201 with a Kohler K241AQS 10hp engine and a Ford 100 and 120 Operator's Manual. I would like find out the year of it and to get my hands on some PDFs of the engine and the tractor, but am so far coming up short on my search. Does anyone have any idea of where I can get this info? Image link:

How is there not a class action lawsuit against these pieces of crap??? Mine has worked mediocrely for 4 years till the left rear axle broke!!! Evidently this is a common problem as well!!! I pay almost$200 for the axle kit that came with new seals and 20-50 oil and after 15 minutes it won't move!!! Husqvarna!!! Proof that Sweden is only good for porn and smoked fish!!! I saw where someone is selling kits for this swap but they cost what I paid for this POS new!!!

Tire spinning.........and then catching SUDDENLY (like going from zero traction to 100% traction) could produce some twisting (torsion) in the axle shafts, but I would not have thought that prevailing traction afforded during "snow plow" conditions/surfaces would be great enough to induce enough torsion to damage things this way. Unless YOUR snow plowing technique is radically different than the rest of the plowing society, I would have figured the instance of snapping axle shafts (or other failures) would be well known and documented.

This time last year this happenend to me, wd-40 did not work! After $300 and a lot of time on-line, I got a refund check for $215 from Ford. This is a common problem! A couple of other things to watch for is the rear wheel bearings it is also common for them to wear out, The wheel bearing are covered under 100,000 mile warranty, however, according to Ford the wheel bearing cannot be purchased alone, it comes in a hub assembly which is not covered! Tricky! They ended replacing both rear wheel bearings for the deductible of my warranty $100 vs $250 each! The other is the head. Took the car in for scheduled oil change and found the head was warped. They fixed it, the next week after finding oil under the car, they replace our engine. Good Luck!