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toroman

Joined: Dec 21, 2003
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How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Original Message Feb 18, 2005 10:28 pm

We are smack in the middle of February and here in Montreal Quebec Canada , i've only taken the toro out twice. Talk about no snow. Seems when I was a young lad growing up in the 70's and early 80' s we had so much more snow.

Have you guys used your machines much this year? I've used more wd40 and oil than gas

Cheers

Jim

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Walt

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. -T. Roosevelt

Location: Chester County, PA
Joined: Dec 31, 2004
Points: 148

Re: How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Reply #14 Feb 19, 2005 4:03 pm

One "real" storm (about 15 inches) in Chester County. One about 1.5 inches (took out the blower to see how it did in the small stuff)..and like the others, hoping for something worthwhile Sunday night.

Walt

AZinOH

Those who accept self-deception will perish by it.
Shakespeare said "to thine own self be true".

Joined: Nov 25, 2004
Points: 189

Re: How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Reply #15 Feb 19, 2005 4:12 pm

In my area we had about 12 inches of white on 23 December, three storms since then about 4-6 inches. The Toro 726 has worked like a charm thus far. Maybe 2-4 inches coming 20 February, we'll see.

Snowblower...Toro Power Max 726te 2004

Lawn tractor...AYP w/ 14.5 Briggs-42in 2000

Marshall

As Long As There Are Tests, There Will Be Prayer In Public Schools. ;- )

Joined: Sep 16, 2002
Points: 7730

Re: How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Reply #16 Feb 19, 2005 4:32 pm

How many times this winter did you get the beast out?

Hey, what I do with "my buddy" is none of your business!

Walt

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. -T. Roosevelt

Location: Chester County, PA
Joined: Dec 31, 2004
Points: 148

Re: How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Reply #17 Feb 19, 2005 4:49 pm

Marshall wrote:

How many times this winter did you get the beast out?

Hey, what I do with "my buddy" is none of your business!

LOL,

Marshall,

He didn't ask you what you did with it, just how many times you had it out!

This message was modified Feb 20, 2005 by Walt

bbwb

Less is more...more or less

Location: NE Minnesota
Joined: Feb 23, 2004
Points: 115

Re: How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Reply #18 Feb 19, 2005 6:06 pm

Sounds like I have the greatest number of uses, but not the winner for total snow fall amounts. My blower has been out 10 times so far, and my neighbors machine has been used by me three times. In early January, I put on the Sendec tach/hour meter. My display is reading 9 hrs.

. The weatherman is calling for a 1" event tonight but nothing more

. I want to continue to try out my chain tensioner modification and now my new adjustable carburator.

bbwb

robmints

Joined: May 13, 2003
Points: 4691

Re: How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Reply #19 Feb 19, 2005 8:35 pm

bbwb wrote:

. The weatherman is calling for a 1" event tonight but nothing more

. I want to continue to try out my chain tensioner modification and now my new adjustable carburator.

bbwb

Ritchie's experiment got to you?

AJace

I have an Ariens 926 Pro because I like Orange

Location: Near Gettysburg
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Re: How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Reply #20 Feb 19, 2005 11:56 pm

Only once and I played for an hour. We are supposed to get 3-5 inches Sunday into Monday.

Ariens 926 DLE Professional; Toro S200; Craftsman LT1000, Echo ES-230;

walbroman

Clean Carb Clean Machine

Location: Plattsburg
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Re: How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Reply #21 Feb 20, 2005 12:31 am

Not much :( I think I should refresh my gasoline in the tank in case of

Termy

Location: Washington
Joined: Oct 24, 2004
Points: 960

Re: How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Reply #22 Feb 20, 2005 12:41 am

If I had a beast I would tell him to eat the snow then I would not need a snowblower lol

Jerry944T

Toro 8/26 LE
Love the joystick!

Location: Haverford PA
Joined: Sep 2, 2003
Points: 148

Re: How many times this winter did you get the beast out?
Reply #23 Feb 20, 2005 7:39 am

When I bought my machine I tried to get everyone I knew to kick in on it since I was sure the minute I bought a snowblower the snow would end, forever. I thought of it as insurance against snow! So far it's worked well as insurance. I've only used it twice, once last year and on the 12 incher we got this year. It's worked wonderfully when it was needed and it's great insurance.

Like others said we are expecting a minor snow event in eastern PA this evening but it sounds like it's not enought to even bother firing El Toro up.

Jerry

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