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??

Richie,

Toro not  American made?  Are you certain? I just rechecked every label I could find on my machine and they all say "The Toro Company, Bloomington Minnesota".  Nothing to indicate they were built anywhere else. I know they're all dual-labeled in French, but I just figured that one (U.S.) facility was making machines for sale in both the States and Canada.

I thought it was not a good thing for Toro to be seen as making their stuff outside of the US also.  Many have spent a good bit of money on Toro, Simplicity, and Ariens products to the exclusion of Honda, just because they believed  the Toro, Simp, and Ariens to be American made. So I sent Toro an E mail asking about the 828LE. Toro said they make their "power products" in Windum, MN.

Ritchie, please help me here. Is Toro blowing some smoke up my butt?

I have a Toro in the garage, I bought it with the Kohler over the Kawasaki. I sure hope the Toro I bought was made in the US.  I hope all Toros, Simps, Ariens, and Hondas are made in the US.

Marshall, thank you for the link. It confirms that Toro's headquarters are indeed in Bloomington MN, but I didn't see anything saying where the manufacturing facilities are located. Did I miss something? Interesting reading there and elsewhere on the site. I noted the statement on the company history that Toro introduced the first snowblower in 1951, and that their sales are far more geared to the professional market than to the residential (62 percent vs. 34 percent).

AZ

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