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stresst
Location: The Village in the Middle of New York
Joined: Dec 11, 2010
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #12 Feb 11, 2012 6:23 pm |
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Last year, Home Depot dropped the price of a 221QRE from $799.00 to $599.00 in January. The local (out of his mind) Toro/Ariens dealer was charging $999.00 for the same machine!! Unbelievable. That guy has to get out more.
When I picked up the 221QRE, I put it in the back of my pickup and tied it down. The big price tags and stickers fluttering in the breeze. The route home goes right by the Toro/Ariens dealership and being on a corner lot, he's got a set of traffic lights just outside his place. As it was, I got a red light and ended up stopping the truck right in front of the Toro dealerships main entrance and display window, not much more than fifteen feet away. The only people in the store were the sales staff who were peering out the window obviously interested in what I had in the box of the truck. With red/black and blue combination, I'm certain that they recognized the machine.
Four hundred bucks difference is a lot of cash which I prefer to keep in my pocket rather than theirs. Hey, a man can buy a nice Echo chainsaw for $400.00!
I know the Toro/Ariens dealership is feeling the pinch this year. With very little snowfall, nothing is moving and he's got a lot of inventory sitting around. He's started to shell out big bucks for abundant TV advertising. I know things are tough when that happens.
That's effen priceless! Nice score!
I should start looking around again see what is out there, see who has what left.....I really have my eye on the big simplicity SS with its 208cc engine! But my issue is I have no friggen room, I guess if I buy it unassembeled I can stick the box on a shelf....But I definetely dont want to deal with it on the garage floor all summer....We will see.....
TORO 826OXE
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royster
" It is the use of power tools that separates man from animals"
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Joined: Feb 11, 2011
Points: 284
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #13 Feb 12, 2012 10:53 am |
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The Storm in Fredericton was only 15-20 cm, drifted some , but was about 8 inches in most of the driveway. then it turned very cold this morning -20 C The end of driveway was about 2 feet deep , the plow had gone by twice in the night, but with hydrostatic drive, my Husqvarna , 27 inch, B&S 14.5. went through it easily., not even changing engine speed or sound throwing snow 50-60 feet high and with the wind , the snow was travelling 100 ft or more in distance Then I noticed my neighbour with his new 26 inch Toro was having problems with his joystick chute control, seemed frozen , couldn't move the stick. So I did his driveway and parking lot before putting my blower in the garage.
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RedOctobyr
Location: Lowell area, MA
Joined: Nov 5, 2011
Points: 282
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #14 Feb 12, 2012 11:33 am |
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Heh, nice, glad it worked well for you! Hydrostatic must be really nice. We were supposed to get some snow yesterday. Earlier in the week they were talking about 3-6" (which, sadly, at 6", would have been the biggest storm for me so far this season). Then it changed to 1-3". And when yesterday actually came, we got nothing at all.  Feast or famine, I guess. Last year we got slammed. This year, nothing. |
royster
" It is the use of power tools that separates man from animals"
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Joined: Feb 11, 2011
Points: 284
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #15 Feb 12, 2012 8:04 pm |
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Heh, nice, glad it worked well for you! Hydrostatic must be really nice. We were supposed to get some snow yesterday. Earlier in the week they were talking about 3-6" (which, sadly, at 6", would have been the biggest storm for me so far this season). Then it changed to 1-3". And when yesterday actually came, we got nothing at all. Feast or famine, I guess. Last year we got slammed. This year, nothing.
Yes, last winter we got 4 heavy snowstorms in February about a week apart. 30 cm (12 inches) , 2 storms were 35 cm (14 inches ) heavy drfting, and another one had 45 cm (!8 inches) wet snow.
So this winter so far we have had only 3 snowstorms that were 4 , 6 and 7 inches.and very little drifting. No snow really, could have used a snow scoop , but end of the driveway is much easier with the blower. I really enjoy the hydrostatic drive, and the heated grips were nice this morning, -20 C
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Steve_Cebu
Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #16 Feb 13, 2012 2:25 am |
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The Storm in Fredericton was only 15-20 cm, drifted some , but was about 8 inches in most of the driveway. then it turned very cold this morning -20 C The end of driveway was about 2 feet deep , the plow had gone by twice in the night, but with hydrostatic drive, my Husqvarna , 27 inch, B&S 14.5. went through it easily., not even changing engine speed or sound throwing snow 50-60 feet high and with the wind , the snow was travelling 100 ft or more in distance Then I noticed my neighbour with his new 26 inch Toro was having problems with his joystick chute control, seemed frozen , couldn't move the stick. So I did his driveway and parking lot before putting my blower in the garage. Quite often on new Toro's the cables can be adjusted incorrectly by the dealer. Once they are adjusted he should be fine. Mine wasn't adjusted all that well when it first arrived so I went over it and it worked fine after that. Often the cables are set too loose and the joystick won't work. It's an easy fix.
"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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Stainless
Joined: Nov 17, 2011
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Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #18 Feb 13, 2012 1:12 pm |
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I built a house, moved in and bought my first snowblower, 30" dual stage, last year. All I can say so far is that 1/2" of snow is no match for it. It tears that $hit up.
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I'm glad you didn't whimp out and get a 28" or something. Or it would have been brought to its knees by that apocalyptic snow event.