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

Just purchased this unit from my local Home Depot around the 2nd week of November 2008 in anticipation of a large storm (which never came). Read several reviews that claimed this was a good blower. Very convenient in that it starts immediately, with no gas motor to monkey with, and it's very light and easy to move. It does throw the snow 30' as advertised.

Unfortunately, I had my first and last problem with this unit when I fired it up this past weekend. Tried to blow 1 inch of light snow to test it out. It worked for about 20 minutes, then the belt came off. Tried to get the plate off the side of the frame to take a look but all the screws are stripped. Very frustrating!!!

From what I have read, this issue seems to be rather common. People who have never had this problem say this is the best blower you can get for the money. People who have had the problem are plagued by it with no way to prevent the belt from constantly coming loose.

This thing is going back to the store. If I am having this many problems with it after using it for 20 minutes, it wont last very long in the snow belt of northeast Ohio.
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