How do you hang the snow blower up? I loosened the side levers, but the handle doesn't want to go down and I don't want to force it.
1412169
I don't hang mine up but if nothing else, you could tie a piece of rope around the handle and use that as the hanger. Do you have the handles loose enough to move them? Sorry I can't help more.
1412170
I don't hang mine but do you have the handles loose enough to spin them downward? you could just tie something around the handle and use that as the hanger. Sorry I can't help much.
1412171
I don't collapse the handle to hang it, I leave it extended. I will upload pictures on the site to show this, but basically I can hang it by the top of the handle, just put the hook between the handle and the lever, so that it doesn't pull on the lever, OR you can hang it by the middle bar if you have exposed studs (the pictures will show how to do this).
1412172
I don't hang it, but it seems reasonable that you should be able to. I am able to fold the handle down by loosening the side levers as you mention, and you will need to apply enough force to get the handle out of the grooves. As long as there isn't something else prohibiting it from folding down, that should be enough.
1412173
You have to keep turning the knobs on the side till the handles will go down. It really does, but you have to keep turning the knobs till it does. Then you can use two bicycle hooks to hang the blower up by the middle handle bar. WE have a big blower for big snowfalls of 24 inches or so but this small one is really handy for little corners and light snow up to 12 inchesKodo
1176445
Part of my driveway is gravel. I do have to push down on the handles to slightly lift the front end of the snowblower to avoid picking up too much gravel. This would a problem with any snowblower in my opinion. Overall I really like my Husqvarna. It does a great job. --ST
2131217
there is a small tiny slot on the inside handle. use a small flat head screwdriver to push into the slot which will release a catch and while holding it in pull the handle off. sometimes it is very tight but be persistent and the handle will come off. then reverse the handle and push back on.
435172
Pull the handle away from the jaws-it has adjustment teeth. Just adjust the clamping pressure, and you're good to go.
110145
Do not lift it all the way to the the top. leave 5 inches to allow you room to pull the handle and go up an inch before it will come down.
230782
I have had mine up for over a year without any issue. I also bolted it down. If it snows you will need to clear the roof if its more than two inches. This can be accomplished by used a push broom and pushing on on the inside of the roof. Hope this helps
1708304
...don't be so sure! I'm 6-4 and on my John Deere 828D, ended up mounting the clamps on the horizontal bar on the back side of the blower....had to stoop to be in the enclosure and ended up taking the unit off so that I could finish snowblowing without getting a backache!....all depends on which unit you have and where you can mount the clamps.
2189953
It seems difficult to do, but just keep pushing on the handle and blower part at the same time, essentially doing the opposite of opening it, as described by by Lisa P in answer 1-1.
1362887
I know I'm responding to this later than the others, but don't loosen the screws! You have to lift the handle first; I know, it's really tough, I had to get my dad to help me, but that really is the solution. Once the handle is lifted, you can turn to knob to adjust the pressure.
2010826
SOME OF THE OTHER ANSWERS ARE, WELL, not wrong, but not quite right. Yes, the photo is deceptive; the end of the handle that you push is rather trapezoidal in shape. The idea of the design is to get the horizontal part higher than the rest, so that when you go to unload it you can push down to lift the edge of the shovel to go up on top of snow. Understand, there's no way to lift this thing when it's full of snow. If you want to unload it on the back of a snowbank, you have to glide over the snowbank, not lift it over. The handle design facilitates that.
1964604
I had the same problem. The outside handle has to be vertical. It doesn't look so great but it works. The spring in the inside of the original handle must have been stronger.
1488281
Mine is remaining tight so far but I have not used the shovel very much yet. I did look at how they attached it to the handle and it looks like a "wedge" type of system with two screws. It looks like they attached the wedge on the handle at the factory and then slide the plastic shovel down onto it. If mine does loosen up I will drill a small hole in the topside of the shovel and install a screw into the handle. Good luck with yours, other than the issue you are having, the shovel does work very well and the longer handle is very nice especially if you are tall...
894759
There is a bolt that you insert to keep the handle from falling out. Twist the handle to one side (the right I think) and start pumping. If the jack doesn't start to raise, twist the handle to the other side and pump. To lower the jack twist (slowly) the handle back to the starting position. I found this video on Youtube that you may find helpful. Skip to 6:00 where he has take it out of the box. http://youtu.be/yESlS408mJo
312692
Make sure the attachment is pushed all the way in, then turn the locking ring at the top of the handle. It can be difficult to turn!
1516591
Where the handle attaches to the shaft is a thumb screw. Loosen that and adjust the lever under that. It's easy.
1255526
I'd add a carabiner to the handle so that you aren't tempted to use the blue triggers to hang stuff on. I mention this in case you don't feel the need to go up Fool's Hill alone...
1979926
Just pull HARD! I thought I was missing part of the instructions, because the handle would not easily open and had to google this myself. Just pull HARD. It won't break, but you think it's going to.