I have a 15-year old Toro that I bought used several years back for $600 Canadian from a small engine repair shop. The thing is a tank compared to the Craftsman (MTD) I had before. If it broke today I would buy another Toro in a heartbeat. Probably one of their battery electric ones.

I remember when I bought it asking the guy about getting shear pins to have on hand. He said Toro doesn’t need them because of the way they are designed. He even said you can throw a brick in them and it will keep going. I thought, “yeah, right.” Then last season I ran over a garden trowel that was buried in the snow. The thing bent the metal trowel almost in half and threw it 20 feet. Didn’t even slow the engine.