Where To Buy Toro 1800 18-Inch 12 Amp Electric Curve Snow Thrower #38025

After our 17" snowfall last week I realized the only thing standing in between me and backbreaking manual labour was money. What mattered was how much ... Realizing if I spent $600+ for a gas powered monster, global warming would immediately kick in, preventing snowfall in the Northeast U.S. for the rest of my productive life, I decided it was my patriotic duty to buy a mechanized snow-removal device.

I knew the little electric snow shovels at Lowes and Home Depot would not cut it in 17". A little Amazonian research showed this puppy to be very highly rated. As I have a great deal of faith in the collective intelligence of such a large statistical universe of Internet users, I clicked and Amazon shipped. They had some kind of special and free shipping that brought this down to $275.00 to my door. Though I had done the lion's share of heavy lifting (enough to get my car out of the drive) I was a little less than neighborly in scraping a 9 inch-wide chunk of sidewalk (just enough to meet local regulations and avoid a fine.)

When this showed up on my door two days after ordering, I was pretty amazed. I have to give Amazon credit for price, delivery, and the swell bunch of folks who selflessly share their honest opinions. This benefits all consumers, so I feel compelled to contibute in kind.

This took about 10 minutes to put together (a couple of nuts and washers, and badda-bing !!)

You should know (and this is apparently a trend in appliances these days) you bring your own extension cord !!

Well, this kicked pretty good butt, tossing the hardened snow left on the sidewalk an easy 30 feet as advertised. I can see the cord handling is less than elegant, but that will be true with any non-gas thrower. Cleared an 18-in wide swath in about 2 minutes down to bare sidewalk.

The construction seems a little cheesy (expecially the wheels) but plastic is plastic, and for < $300 I'm not going to complain. The local crackheads here in Philly now are asking $100 to shovel a driveway, and THEY didn't even show up for this last snowfall.

If this lasts me three years (and I suspect it will) I'll be a head of the game.




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