Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Here on Long Island last two storms 5" to 7" snow quickly turned to slush.

I was using a Ariens 1128 and did so so by putting it into high (fast) gear to blow snow/slush.

Are Toro units any better in this sitation?

TIA

Kevin

PS Richie how was your 828LXE??

They have many manufacturing facilities in the US. They also have some in other countries.


Toro Job Listings

"Where We Are
Our headquarters are located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a southern suburb of Minneapolis. Our manufacturing plants and distribution centers are located throughout the country and internationally."

That's all I can find guys.

I was told by a friend that there headquarters are located in Canada and I never confirmed that.  I didn't care to confirm it because I was purchasing from a local dealer in business for many decades.  Sorry guys if I made a big mistake on this one.  Since they have their headquarters in the US, I'm also feeling very, very happy to hear that. Thanks for correcting me

Ritchie,
No correcting. With the way some of these companies do business now a days, it is sometimes hard to see the smoke through the fog.  Too bad we don't have a someone like Snowmann from Toro and Simplicity to clear things like this up.

Bullcrap, get a rope.  











Just giggin you Richie!

Marshall wrote:

That was a funny one

Anyway, I'm going to call Toro tomorrow and ask them to send me some "Made in America" stickers for my snowblower.  That was the other reason why I never questioned any of this. Can you believe it, this thing hasn't a single one on it anywhere. 

Yes, I'm sitting on my high horse now

My Ariens came with an American flag sticker on the back of the chute. Not absolutely sure if it was factory or dealer installed. I have assumed it was the factory though.

I'm sure you all know this,, and maybe you covered it and I missed it.  But made in America could and most of the time does only primarily mean , assembled in America.  The best example I can give is when I bought my first new Jeep.  You know Jeep famous American vehicle that practically help win WW2 single handid.  I had to do some digging but what I found was that 49% of the parts on that vehicle were from overseas.  Chrysler had to keep the content under 50 percent as that was the threshold that they could say something like "American made" and "Made in America" .. That may have all changed now and the things may be 90 percent overseas.  Who knows. 

Ben07

American made...Of my last eight cars, five were "American", three Japanese (Honda, Nissan, Acura), and one Sweedish (Volvo - owned by Ford).  Only two of the eight were "Made in the USA," the Honda and the Nissan...as for Toro, maybe they should paint them red, white, and blue instead of just red!

As for performance, my 826 has handled everything I have thrown at it for the past two seasons without a single "burp" (if you don't count sucking up the Sunday paper...but that wasn't the Toro's fault).  It blows the same left or right, and I see no need to question the quality and durability of the polymer (plastic to some) parts.  They don't flex, won't rust, and the snow doesn't stick to them.  The ground was warm for the last snowfall and by the time I got around to blowing there was a pretty good layer of wet, slushy snow along the bottom.  The 826 cleaned it right up.  Didn't throw it 40 feet but threw it far enough to get it out of the way.  A great machine...

LL

lland wrote:
Yeah, that 826 LE must really do a great job compared to the 828.  I have no doubt having 2" less width on the auger makes a nice difference especially when in deeper snow.  From your post, I'm glad to see you never had any surging issues with the engine.  I also agree with everything you posted