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Richie

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Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Original Message Feb 14, 2005 7:50 pm

Hi folks,

If anyone here has this new snowblower, can you tell me how well that new pivoting scraper works. It's supposed to scrape right down to the ground, yet pivot if an obstruction is encountered. Seems like an interesting feature and one I've never heard of before. If good, I'm wondering if it can be retro-fitted to other snowblowers. Thanks.

Richie

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OldToroOwner

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Re: Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Reply #2 Feb 14, 2005 8:35 pm

The pivoting scraper is not a new idea. Toro did that for many years. I really don't know why they discontinued it, but apparently they've decided to bring it back!

Like the song says...everything old is new again.

PS- My "new" 824 has it and it works beautifully!

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Richie

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Re: Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Reply #3 Feb 14, 2005 8:50 pm

OldToroOwner wrote:

The pivoting scraper is not a new idea. Toro did that for many years. I really don't know why they discontinued it, but apparently they've decided to bring it back!

Like the song says...everything old is new again.

PS- My "new" 824 has it and it works beautifully!

Shawn,

So you have this pivoting scraper, but what brand snowblower do you have, is it on an Ariens? I'm not aware of Toro having a 2-stage 24" snowblower. Thanks.

Richie

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Re: Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Reply #4 Feb 14, 2005 9:00 pm

As you can see by my name my "new" toro is a 1984 model! LOL... and it runs lika champion!

But... they also had it on my 'ole 524....which was a '79 . my brother now is the owner of that machine....

Richie

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Re: Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Reply #5 Feb 14, 2005 9:04 pm

OldToroOwner wrote:

As you can see by my name my "new" toro is a 1984 model! LOL... and it runs lika champion!

Thanks Shawn and welcome to the forum. How is the scraper attached to the auger housing, some type of coil spring screws? I have to check the exploded parts views of the 1128 OXE and see what they did.

Richie

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Re: Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Reply #6 Feb 14, 2005 9:10 pm

Yup...that's how they do it. On mine you can see them right near the outside, on either end of the "bucket".

BTW--Thanks for the welcome. I'm actually a former member of the What's the best..." forum, but I , uh.. had to take a break for a while.

Richie

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Re: Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Reply #7 Feb 14, 2005 9:15 pm

OldToroOwner wrote:

Yup...that's how they do it. On mine you can see them right near the outside, on either end of the "bucket".

Welcome back, Shawn.

Actually the only difference between my 828 LXE and the 1128 OXE is of course the engine and this pivoting scraper. Since the balance of the snowblower is identical, I thought I'd look into the pivoting scraper. Maybe I'll luck out and find that the scraper is exactly the same, only that these coil-over screws make the difference. Thanks for the information

Richie

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Re: Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Reply #8 Feb 14, 2005 9:20 pm

No problem.

Like I said, I could never figure out why they discontinued it ,,,..maybe peolple with gravel driveways complained about it??...

I know that on paved driveways it works like a charm!

ChrisS

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Re: Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Reply #9 Feb 14, 2005 11:43 pm

OldToroOwner wrote:

BTW--Thanks for the welcome. I'm actually a former member of the What's the best..." forum, but I , uh.. had to take a break for a while.

OTO, please send me a IM regarding this.

Thank-you,

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Richie

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Re: Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Reply #10 Feb 15, 2005 1:32 pm

This pivoting scraper looks like it would be on the expensive side, not to mention a bit involved to install. From what I saw on the diagram, my fixed position scraper is tossed aside and replaced with a "scraper cushion" as it's called. No simple spring screws on this one.

Then, what appears to be the actual pivoting scraper has to be installed by removing the augers, and attached at the same mounting location as the auger shafts.

The pivoting scraper has long arms that stretch along the insides of the inner auger housing and it sits just in front of the scraper cushion basically where the fixed position scraper is mounted. A heavy duty spring that attaches to the pivoting scraper keeps it true to the ground and also act as a buffer. Next time I'm near the dealer, I'll at least get a price for the parts.

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Re: Anyone Have a New Toro 1128 OXE?
Reply #11 Feb 15, 2005 2:59 pm

How about that strip of rubber someone used? Who was that?

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