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I live in central New Jersey, and had the first opportunity to use my new Toro 1800 snow thrower today on 1-2" of wet, heavy snow. Throw away the Toro specs of throwing snow 30 feet - this might be the case for light fluffy snow, but not with the wet snow on my driveway. I'd say 2 feet to 10 feet of throw was more like it. All in all, using the Toro took me about as long as it would have taken to clear the driveway with a good snow shovel, but it was easier on my back. The product has several weaknesses and annoying design flaws, in my opinion:
a)The discharge chute clogged constantly with wet snow and had to be cleaned out manually
b)No matter how I aimed the deflector on the 2-piece discharge chute, it leaked some snow down it's back, between the two
pieces
c)As other have noted, the long extension cord kept getting in the way and having to be moved
d)A most annoying property of the extension cord connection is that its locking design limits the size of the plug that it will take. The plug of my 100' heavy duty extension cord wouldn't fit into it. The manual says nothing to warn you about this when choosing an extension cord. I had to cut off part of the plug enclosure to get my plug to fit.
e)Keep in mind that the blades of the rotor are plastic. After using the Toro just one time, there are nicks and deformities of the plastic from hitting some of my red stone mulch.
f)The crank that turns the discharge chute kept coming apart from the shoot. It doesn't lock into the crank very securely.
g)After clearing half of my driveway, the Toro started throwing a small amount of snow straight out instead of through the shoot. I think this was due to the build up of ice on it, but some manual clearing of the snow didn't help.
On a positive note, I had none of the assembly problems that others have mentioned. I found assembly staight-forward and easy. And my back still feels fine.Get more detail about Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025.
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