Miscellaneous Vehicles

A bicycle frame is typically made of hollow pipes rather than solid metal bars for several reasons. Firstly, hollow pipes provide a good balance between strength and weight, making the bicycle lighter and easier to handle. Secondly, the hollow design allows for internal cable routing, which protects the cables from dirt and debris, improving the bike's performance and longevity. Additionally, the hollow structure of the pipes can also help absorb vibrations and shocks from the road, providing a smoother and more comfortable ride for the cyclist.

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Oh, dude, the crappiest car in the world? Well, that's like asking what's the worst hairstyle - it's all subjective, man. But if you want a technical answer, maybe the Yugo gets a bad rap for being unreliable and just generally not great. But hey, at least it's got character, right?

Around $2,000. Factoring in inflation that is around $45,000 in today's money. But remember homes then were not near as big as they are now. They also did not have electrical wiring, A/C or central heat. There was also rarely indoor plumbing of any kind.

The lifespan of a snow blower can vary depending on factors such as maintenance, usage frequency, and brand quality. On average, a well-maintained snow blower can last between 5 to 10 years. It's important to follow the manufacturer's maintenance guidelines to extend the lifespan of your snow blower.

A heavy truck with a shovel on the front used to clear snow is called a snow plow. It is designed to push snow out of the way to clear roads, parking lots, and other surfaces during the winter season. Snow plows are essential for maintaining safe driving conditions in snowy and icy weather.

Sled or snowmobile.

Simplicity snow blowers are made by Briggs & Stratton Corporation, an American manufacturer of outdoor power equipment. They are known for their durable construction and ease of use, making them popular among homeowners for clearing snow from driveways and sidewalks.

Troy-Bilt products are now owned by Modern Tool and Die of Cleveland Ohio. They were purchased by MTD around 1987. Though they still use the old assembly line for the tillers, Snow Blower and yard tractors are are an MTD design and built in MTD's manufacturing plant in Cleveland.

The majority of Craftsman branded snow blowers are also manufactured by Modern Tool and Die, or MTD for short, located in Valley City Ohio, usually labeled Cleveland Ohio. Some models are made by other American manufacturers such as Murray, Toro, Husqvarna and Roper. Sear also sells equipment made and branded by their respective manufacturer. If you wish to know the manufacturer of a Sears product, it is designated by the first three digits of the model number;

Prefix Manufacturer

001 Stevens

002 Lemont Industries

071 Agri-Fab Corp

093 Ametek

101 Atlas Press (now Clausing Industrial)

102 Walker Turner

102 Robert Shaw

103 King Seeley

103 Roper

103 Sarlo Power Mower Inc

106 Campbell Hausfeld

106 Tate Mfg Co

106 WHIRLPOOL

107 Millers Falls (Dunlap electric drills 25830 & 1345, drill stand 25630, and hand planes)

108 Covel Mfg Co (now Clausing Industrial)

109 AA Engineering / Double A Products

110 Charglow

110 KITCHENAID

110 Syncro Devices / Syncro Corp

110 WHIRLPOOL

111 Watson Mfg Co (4 jaw lathe chuck)

112 Parks Tool Co

113 EMERSON ELECTRIC

114 Pioneer Gen-E-Motor

114 ROYAL

115 Rixon

116 MATSUSHITA

117 Excel Auto Radiator Co (Crafty rotary tool made by Handee)

117 White

119 FRIGIDAIRE

119 (2302 1940s worm drive circular saw) possibly Wappat or Wodack Elect Tool

121 Dille & McGuire

122 Blair Mfg

123 Yardman

128 E.T (J?). Rugg

129 Mono Mfg

130 Bosch

131 American Yard Products (now Husqvarna)

131 Rally/Roper Lawn

133 American Yard Products (now Husqvarna)

135 Skil or SB (Skil/Bosch)

136 Toro Manufacturing Corp.

137 Rexon

139 Chamberlain (garage goor openers)

139 Chamberlain/Duchoissois

143 FISHER

143 SFS CORP (Sanyo/FISHER)

143 Tecumseh (Lauson Power Products)

143 Tecumseh Engine & Gear

144 TRANE

145 Country Mfg

145 Evans Rule

146 Wen

147 Village Blacksmith (McGraw Edison)

149 AMT (American Machine and Tool)

150 Cal Pump

150 White Consolidated

152 Orion International

153 STATE INDUSTRIES

155 Preway

160 Wisconsin Magneto

161 Actron Industries

161 NAKAJIMA

165 Wagner (painting products)

171 Vermont American

171 Larson Mfg

172 Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.-Charlotte NC (importer)

174 Caloric

174 SOUNDESIGN

175 Bissell

175 RYOBI

175 In-Sink-Erator

176 MURATA

177 ___?___ (model 24480 motor on 112.23160 radial arm saw)

179 Deuer Mfg

180 Lambert Corp

187 Stanley / Stanley Tools

187 White Consolidated

190 PIONEER

193 Parker Mfg

198 Whirlpool (freezer)

200 Schumaker Electric (battery chargers)

201 Furnas Electric (reversing switches) (code 2018?)

202 Gannon Mfg

204 IONA

207 ___?___ (circular saws & 3-drum belt sander portable power tools)

213 Lewisan Products

214 BISSELL

214 Shinn Fu/MVP

214 Shinn Fu of America

216 PHONEMATE

217 Eska Outboards

219 MTD

222 PANASONIC VIDEO/AUDIO

225 Force Outboards/Brunswick Corp (source=Sears employee)

233 BROAN

234 Beard-Poulan & Lazy Boy

234 Poulan

235 INGERSOLL RAND

239 __?__ (flex-shafts for electric motors)

240 Disston Inc

241 Fimco

244 Kal Equipment/Peerless Instruments

246 BRK Electronic

247 MTD (Modern Tool and Die)

250 J.I. Case

250 Turner Industries

251 Century Electric Div of Magnetech

253 FRIGIDAIRE

253 Gibson (now Frigidare)

253 WHITE CONSOLIDATED

253 WHITE WESTINGHOUSE

256 EMERSON ELECTRIC

257 Allegretti Co & Paramount

257 Paramount (now Poulan)

259 Taylor Woodcraft

260 Unger Division of Eldon Inc

261 Brave Corp

264 EMERSON ELECTRIC

266 __?__ (variable speed power tool motor)

268 BROTHER INTERNATIONAL

271 Kioritz Corp (Echo)

272 Arrow Products

274 RCA

278 GENERAL ELECTRIC

278 Roper

281 ELECTRO-AIRE

281 WHITE RODGERS

282 Norgren / CA Norgren

283 Thomas Industries

284 Gold Eagle

285 The Hirst Co

289 SHARP

291 American Lawn Mower

292 LENNOX

294 TUNTURI

300 Kar-Rite Corp

302 IBM

304 FUNAI

306 Belsaw / Foley-Belsaw

312 GTE

312 Milwaukee Tools

313 Harris Calorific

315 Ryan

315 RYOBI / Ryobi Motor Products

315 Diehl Mfg Co (portable power tools, prior to Ryobi)

316 MTD (yard equipment)

316 RYOBI / Ryobi America Corp

317 MAKITA

318 Right Touch Inc

319 Hand Tools International

322 Reelcraft Industries

327 Process Engineering Company

328 McLANE

328 Tru-Products Inc

329 Ametek

329 INVENTA

330 APPLE

334 COMMODORE

334 DWYER

335 AMANA

335 Welliver & Sons (drill & router accessories)

336 ELECTROLUX

338 Shop Vac

340 NECCHI

342 YORK

351 Colovos Co

355 Roper Outdoor

358 Beaird - Poulan, Inc

358 POULAN/WEEDEATER

359 Bolens Products

362 GENERAL ELECTRIC (range)

363 GENERAL ELECTRIC (refrigerator, dishwasher)

365 U.S. Lawn

366 KOSS ELECTRONICS

367 AT&T

372 Zeus Generator Corp

374 DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS

378 Omark (Oregon)

380 Moto-Mower Inc (Dura)

385 JAMAC

387 WHITE RODGERS

390 King-O-Lawn

391 __?__ (wood & metal vises, possibly Adjustable Clamp Co)

397 Paramount/Allegretti & Co (bench grinders 1960s/70s), I believe the base motor was made by Delco.

401 BISSELL

401 SAMSUNG (microwave)

402 Stanley/Bostitch

410 Brown-Brockmeyer Co. (grinders)

410 John Bean Food Machinery Corp.

415 Char Broil

416 CARRIER

417 Kelvinator

417 Stover Engine Works

426 Parker Sweeper

429 __?__ (model 24250 3-wheel band saw)

445 Melmer

451 National Mfg (ref. 69972 sprinkler)

452 AT&T

455 J.S.Technology

457 CODE-A-PHONE

459 TECHNICS

464 GE

467 Mooradian or Master Craft

471 BIONAIRE

471 Bon-Aire

472 Dremel

473 HOOVER

473 Quincy Compressor

474 SONY

476 COLEMAN

480 BOSE

484 AIRTEMP

484 CLIMATROL

484 COMFORT BAY

484 CREST

484 CROSLEY

484 FEDDERS

484 GALAXY BAY

484 HAMPTON BAY

484 HUNTER

484 J.C. Penney & Sons Co.

484 MARTA

484 MONTGOMERY WARD

484 PROTON

484 REGENT-AIRE

484 SINGER

484 SSMSC, INC

484 SUMMIT

484 SYNCO

486 Agri-Fab

486 IMPERIAL

487 __?__ (model 19070 TFEC electric motor)

490 Indiana Steel

491 Delta Consolidated Industries

498 Didier Mfg Co

500 Briggs & Stratton

502 Murray

502 Murray Ohio

506 Columbian (bench vises)

509 PAYNE

514 Dynaquip Controls

517 HOMELITE/JACOBSEN

517 Homelite

517 JACOBSEN

521 EZ Rake

523 MGM TECHNOLOGY

527 Sherline

528 Warrick Electronics (source=Sears employee)

534 Power King Tool Corp (now Clausing Industrial)

536 AMF (Murray)

536 Noma (Murray)

536 Western Tool & Stamping

538 AMF (Murray)

542 Clark Mfg Co

549 Midwest Ind

551 unknown (models 1933-1 and 1939 RI motors from the 1950s)

552 COBRA

562 TOSHIBA

564 SANYO

565 SANYO

566 PACKARD BELL

566 SANYO

568 PANASONIC

572 Dremel

575 SHARP

576 D & M (now Frigidaire)

579 __?__ (model 27320 soldering iron-USA made)

580 GENERAC CORP

580 GOLDSTAR

582 Clinton Engine Co

583 REMINGTON/DESA

586 PANASONIC OFFICE EQUIP

587 FRIGIDAIRE

587 White Consolidated

596 AMANA

604 DIGITAL EQUIP CO

605 ___?___ (model 26320 Craftsman drill planer attachment)

609 Waterloo

610 Ohio Steel Fabrication

610 YUKON

613 CONSOLIDATED TECHNOLOGIES

619 Arps Corporation

620 ENVIRO-RESEARCH

621 BRYANT

622 Kelvinator

623 Dumore (die grinders & 25190 router, previously listed as Casco Electric)

624 Harris (welding regulators)

625 Ecodyne

626 __?__ (model 2575 Dunlap ¼" drill)

626 MAGNAVOX (PHILIPS)

626 PHILIPS (MAGNAVOX, SYLVANIA)

628 FRIGIDAIRE

628 Kelvinator

628 White Consolidated

629 JENN-AIR

629 Kelvinator

629 WILLIAMS FURNACE

636 Echo

639 King-O-Lawn

640 CERWIN VEGA

646 Chamberlain (garage door openers)

647 Roper

651 O.M.C. Dist

651 SPEED QUEEN

651 Standard Eng

654 Mott

655 Danaher

663 Air Cap Industries

664 Whirlpool (cooktop, wall over)

665 JVC (electronics)

665 WHIRLPOOL

665 Supreme Chucks, Chicago (model 256560 drill driver kit)

666 KITCHENAID

668 Echowater

678 VAC APPLIANCES, LTD

680 Generac

683 Philco (Italy)

689 S.C. America

689 Smartel

700 __?__ (old cord wood saw-model 140)

704 ROYAL

705 CANON

706 Fidelitone

706 Waterloo

7075 Prestolite Battery

716 H.H.SCOTT/EMERSON

716 MOTOROLA

719 TAPPAN

720 Vermont American

720 BVI (Burgess Vibrocrafters Inc.)

721 GOLDSTAR (Lucky Gold Star Electronics)

723 YAMAHA

724 SHERWOOD

7287 EMERSON ELECTRIC

7296 EMERSON ELECTRIC

733 Fairbanks Morse

739 Onan

745 O & R Engines

747 Litton

756 Chicago Pneumatic

757 Brinly-Hardy Co

757 EMERSON ELECTRIC

757 IMPERIAL

757 MARVEL

757 NORTHLAND

758 EMERSON ELECTRIC (early wet/dry shop vacuums)

761 Whirlpool

767 MARVEL

768 TECHNICS (MATSUSHITA)

769 Mercury Clutch Division

773 MARANTZ

775 JOHNSON

778 Comet Industries

785 General Power (Magna America)

786 Chapin (garden sprayers)

789 DEFIANCE

790 FRIGIDAIRE

791 Tappan

793 Ford

798 Speed Queen

799 Suncast

809 AMF

815 DAEWOO

831 NordicTrack

831 WESLO, INC/U.T.S.

832 XEROX

835 Roper

840 FRIEDRICH

842 Haban Mfg

846 EPSON

850 Whirlpool (Chambers?)

854 White

854 White Farm Equipment (Formerly Oliver)

855 ILG

860 EUREKA COMPANY

864 ZENITH

867 CLIMETTE

867 HEIL-QUAKER

867 KEEPRITE

867 TEMPSTAR

867 ZONAIRE

871 SMITH CORONA

875 Florida Pneumatic

879 RHEEM/RUDD

881 Hempe

900 BLACK & DECKER

900 DeWalt Products Co.

900 Elu

901 Protech

911 GENERAL ELECTRIC

911 Roper

916 Campbell Hausfeld

917 American Yard Products

917 Frigidaire

917 Roper Corp

918 DeWalt Products Co.

919 DeVilbiss

919 Ingersol Rand

920 Hobart

921 Midwest Air Technologies Inc.

922 Original Tractor Cab Corp

923 HEWLETT PACKARD

925 Maycor (Maytag)

934 Century Mfg Co

934 FUNAI

934 HITACHI

937 Air Cap Ind

937 Sunbeam

944 Husqvarna

950 LASER (V-TECH)

960 Caloric

967 Delta

973 Ryobi

987 TROY BILT/GARDEN WAY

988 KUBOTA

989 McCULLOGH

990 FORD

991 LAWNBOY

Space shuttles enter space by launching vertically with the help of rocket boosters and then using their engines to achieve orbital velocity. To exit space, shuttles use their engines to slow down and re-enter Earth's atmosphere, descending gradually until they land safely back on the ground.

Moon buggies, like the one used during the Apollo missions, were primarily made of lightweight aluminum alloy. This material helped reduce weight and increase mobility. Other components included steel tubing, mesh seats, and insulating materials to protect against extreme temperatures.

Craftsman recommends using SAE 5W-30 oil for their snowblowers, including model 247.886640. It's important to follow the manufacturer's recommendations to ensure optimal performance and longevity of the equipment. Be sure to check the owner's manual for specific instructions and maintenance guidelines.

I'm unable to provide the age of your snow blower without more specific information such as the make, model, and year it was manufactured. You can usually determine the age by checking the serial number or consulting the manufacturer's website for guidance.

Craftsman recommends using SAE 5W-30 oil in the 536.88150 snowblower model. It is important to check the manual for the specific requirements and instructions for oil maintenance.

Craftsman recommends using SAE 5W-30 motor oil for their snow thrower model 247.889571. It is important to follow the manufacturer's guidelines to ensure proper operation and prolong the lifespan of the equipment.