is it built with metal gears or plastic gears ?
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The gearbox housing is plastic and I think I saw an online discussion concerning the fact that it has plastic gears. Mine works, but it won't drag the hose but about 25'. But I kept it because it looks cool.
1081145
it appears to have steel gears, no idea on warranty, probably china. it is however very well built. it looks like a copy of the one cabellas sells for 1/3 the price. i'm very happy with mine.
2266679
The auger screw is stainless, the blade is stainless and the round disc that the meat goes thru at the end is metal (not sure what material). I don't see any plastic gears at all. I have now ground about 15 batchs of chicken legs (for dog food) and it is absolutely wonderful. One time I didn't screw the ring that holds the blade and plate in tight enough, and I thought for a minute the machine was not good, but it was operator error. I screwed that piece on tight and it was great. I truly love this machine. Good luck.
1787098
The spur is plastic, the pinion gear is metal (I've never seen it any other way). All the gears inside the transmission are plastic. Yes, you can upgrade it to brushless but you'll need to change out the esc also.
1107885
The gears are metal. I have two Z-ACTO pencil sharpeners, one of which is the Teacher Pro Electric. With 26-27 students they last 2-3 years before the metal gears need to be replaced.
2122153
Gears are all metal. Commercial grinder very well built. I got the foot control attachment with mine leaves hands free for handling meat. U will love it
241786
I dont know which exact model it is but I bought one previously and its absolute garbage, went through both plastic gears during the first few uses. Would not recommend buying under any circumstances. Buyer beware.
1008127
It has metal gears on drive belt. Outside housing is nylon or plastic. Pulley wheels for belt are metal
1464061
The model that I purchased is all metal. I believe some of their models have plastic gears so be careful. Used it all summer and love it. Other brand that I used with plastic gears would not last the season. Perhaps not as pretty as some others but pretty does not water the lawn.
64428
You can buy metal gears separately for $10. We had one with the regular hard (plastic?)gears they come with, lasted a few years
1955922
There's a small rubber band at the left front. The rest of the area is plastic gears
1470460
Hi Jennifer, I cannot visually see the gears because they're encased in a gear box. But I cannot imagine them to be made of plastic. I used the tiller on some pretty hard soil, also embedded with rocks. The tiller did fine. In fact, the tiller prongs (made of metal) sustained the heavy tilling without being bent or broken. I'm pretty happy with its overall performance. My only regret is that I didn't buy it sooner. Good luck on your experience.
341756
The loader is plastic - but its really well built, and of a high quality plastics. our boys have yet to break one, the loader part does get looser with wear, but its still solid.
2033404
Outside is metal. Inside is the same as any cheap mixer -- plastic gears, and generally quite failure-prone. I opened mine up after it broke, and was disappointed.
134096
It's plastic and kind of cheap. I bought a couple metal ones at my local bike shop instead
199493
Yes, everything is metal. I have not seen any plastic parts on this machine.
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Hello, I am not sure I had mine for a while...I like the way the unit works ...However, my issue is with the company not standing by the plastic gears failing that I have had..the design is flawed and they do not want to acknowledge this....I will never buy another