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im45us

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Ariens 24" Platinum or Toro 826 oxe or ?
Original Message Oct 9, 2010 2:15 pm

I am looking for a new blower. I have about 1400.00 to spend . I am looking at the 2 machines listed above. I had an Ariens 824 for 28 years but have never had a Toro. I prefer the Toro dealer but both dealers are ok. Any Ideas on which is a better choice or other suggestions ?

Thanks Ivan

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Shryp

Location: Cleveland, OH
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Re: Ariens 24" Platinum or Toro 826 oxe or ?
Reply #28 Oct 12, 2010 4:19 am

DavidNJ wrote:

This is the Toro impeller. It is the only impeller where the manufacturer thought it was so weak it needed a thin stamped reinforcement:

Yea, I am not so sure I would want to buy a snowblower that the manufacturer decided to reinforce the load bearing parts of either.

Lets get one of the plastic impellers, those are much better.

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DavidNJ

Joined: Sep 26, 2010
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Re: Ariens 24" Platinum or Toro 826 oxe or ?
Reply #29 Oct 12, 2010 9:48 am

Shryp wrote:

Yea, I am not so sure I would want to buy a snowblower that the manufacturer decided to reinforce the load bearing parts of either.

Lets get one of the plastic impellers, those are much better.

Reminds me of the days when US auto manufacturers hung crude weights off of transmissions to counter driveline vibrations rather than have tigher production tolerances that balanced the assembly in the first place.

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
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Re: Ariens 24" Platinum or Toro 826 oxe or ?
Reply #30 Oct 12, 2010 9:51 am

DavidNJ wrote:

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giocam

Joined: Sep 18, 2010
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Re: Ariens 24" Platinum or Toro 826 oxe or ?
Reply #31 Oct 18, 2010 9:28 am

slinger wrote:

According to SnoBlowers Direct the Toro has no steering. If it did I probably would have bought it.

The 826oe is last years model and did not have power steering.
This years model which is called 826oxe does have power steering, I just bought one myself.

Steve_Cebu

Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888

Re: Ariens 24" Platinum or Toro 826 oxe or ?
Reply #32 Oct 18, 2010 9:34 am

giocam wrote:

The 826oe is last years model and did not have power steering.
This years model which is called 826oxe does have power steering, I just bought one myself.

Congratulations!

It's a great machine, post some pics of it this winter blasting out the snow.

"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England." "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."

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