Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025 Review

This Toro was a Christmas gift from my in-laws. We have a huge gas snow plow that only starts in the summer. My neighbors also own gas snow plows but they just do not start when you really need them. Even when we have them serviced & cleaned annually they just do not start up. Well it is March 2, 2009 & we were just hit with a HUGE stow storm here on Long Island, NY, (over a foot of snow). The Toro is so light weight that I carried the Toro up to our deck and cleaned it off. Then I did the 2 car driveway. All this with a back brace on. You need a long, COLD WEATHER extension cord that really should be plugged into a GFI outlet. I also recommend you have a a small hand shovel in your coat pocket so that you can safely unclog the thrower chute if needed. You dont want to make a mistake of using your hand to clear the chute. For very deep snow at the apron of our driveway, where the snow plow trucks pushed the snow aside, I plowed half the width of the Toro thrower, basically smaller sections, and it was done in no time. I let my neighbor use it to do his driveway and now he is getting one too. I hope we don't get this much snow any time soon but if we do, I am sure that there will be a lot more Toro's in the neighborhood. PS: I ALSO RECOMMEND AMAZON.COM (that is where our Toro was purchased & it shipped free).Get more detail about Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025.