Electric snow blower - first test use! Toro Flex Force 60 Volt e26 HA Power Max brushless

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  • Опубліковано 19 лис 2024

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  • @PawPawMountain
    @PawPawMountain Рік тому +7

    Amazing how far they've came with battery technology! Nice Tool!

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  Рік тому +1

      I agree. Even 5 years ago I wouldn't have imagined I'd be trying an electric snow blower. And a TWO STAGE at that!!

    • @ajgreen868
      @ajgreen868 10 місяців тому +1

      Yet people bitch about it cause they want to turn it political. I’ll never understand they’re hate towards cordless. I mean all the hand tools we use are cordless as well. And the tech is just gonna get better as the years pass.

  • @davida.p.9911
    @davida.p.9911 Рік тому +1

    Finally nature delivers! 🌨🌨🌨 Nice demonstration! It seems to perform very well! 👍👍 Thanks for sharing Chad!

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  Рік тому +1

      Thanks 👍. It certainly does better than I would have expected.

  • @biggyboodles6458
    @biggyboodles6458 Рік тому +2

    We picked up the 24 inch version, put my 10 yr old Ariens compact to shame, the torque is amazing for the big 20+" piles ate the end of our driveway! Love it!

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  Рік тому +2

      Isn't it crazy how powerful these machines can be?!

    • @biggyboodles6458
      @biggyboodles6458 Рік тому +1

      @@PurpleCollarLife the torque is a beautiful thing, in a machine that's lighter than the previous.

  • @DaveMalby
    @DaveMalby 2 місяці тому

    I picked up seven new e26 Toro Snow Blowers without the batteries for only $700 from a freight liquidator in Savannah, Georgia. Since snow blowers are useless here, I got this super deal. The inventory was at a Home Depot, and all the batteries somehow became missing??? (You can only sell them with batteries!) Unfortunately, shipping these 175-lb machines is so expensive, and the batteries are costly, so the only thing I can do for a profit is sell the parts on eBay. The DC motor would make a damn cool motor for a motorbike or buggy! I bet it will go 40+ MPH! If you need e26 parts, I got them!

  • @WesternPaFlyFisher
    @WesternPaFlyFisher Рік тому +1

    I'm surprised that you purchased another snowblower so soon. I've been toying around with replacing my old Troy Bilt 10 horse with something a little more manageable. The Troy Bilt served me well for 25+ years but is very heavy. And since I purchased the Troy Bilt we moved to a home with a smaller driveway (but very steep). Thanks for demoing the Toro for me.

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  Рік тому +2

      Actually - Toro is one of our channel sponsors. So they sent us the new 60V snow blower to use and test out on the channel. I'll be doing a comparison video between the gas and the electric versions of the Power Max in the future.

  • @jeanpomerleau8416
    @jeanpomerleau8416 Рік тому +1

    Not sure if I am ready for a battery snow blower yet, but I did just by a small battery push mower for my wife, she has not used it yet, (we still have snow) but she is really glad I was thoughtful enough to get it for her for Valentines Day :)

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  Рік тому +1

      What a great Valentine's present! :) I am really impressed with what two 60-volt batteries can do!

  • @leadfootnick4x4
    @leadfootnick4x4 10 місяців тому +1

    Good video and have a good day

  • @larrykluckoutdoors8227
    @larrykluckoutdoors8227 Рік тому +2

    Nice blower, that snow looks damp and heavy and it still did a good job.

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  Рік тому

      It was some heavy packing snow. The blower did a nice job. I wish we had more snow to test it some more. That snow all melted today already.

  • @davidboultinghouse3332
    @davidboultinghouse3332 10 місяців тому +1

    Just used my toro for the first time this morning really love it I am up in Coeur d Alene Idaho I only received one battery and one charger I bought mine from ace hardware and cannot seem to find one with them for a extra battery do you have any recommendations were to get an extra battery and charger thank you

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  10 місяців тому +1

      Our local Home Depot carries the batteries and chargers. And the Toro dealership near us (also a John Deere and Stihl dealer) has the batteries in stock.

  • @joeanybudy3335
    @joeanybudy3335 11 місяців тому

    4 inches of snow. Performance was better than shovel.

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  11 місяців тому

      Thank you for watching. Yes - definitely beats a shovel.

  • @colo5220
    @colo5220 5 місяців тому

    Lol, I wonder why Home Depot and Ace Hardware stopped selling this Toro 2-stage electric snowblower.

  • @mikes2148
    @mikes2148 Рік тому +1

    Hi there if I bought a toro self propelled lawnmower with lithium ion battery can I use it in the snowblower as a third battery

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  Рік тому

      As long as it's the same 60V battery - it should be perfect to use as your 3rd battery.

  • @skipperbill84
    @skipperbill84 Рік тому +1

    I really want to buy one of these, but where I live in Canada we get a lot of snow (10 feet so far this year), so not sure if it can throw the wet heavy snow high enough onto the enormous snow banks we get.

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  Рік тому

      That would certainly be a test! It throws pretty good. Not quite as far as our gas powered version.

    • @donalddumas6987
      @donalddumas6987 Рік тому +1

      Wow where do you live in Canada to get 10 feet of snow?

    • @skipperbill84
      @skipperbill84 Рік тому +3

      @@donalddumas6987 Newfoundland

    • @donalddumas6987
      @donalddumas6987 Рік тому

      @@skipperbill84 Geez, you guys need huge loaders over there. We used to get a lot of snow here in Kirkland Lake Ontario. Last year on my camper there was nearly six feet, but this year only 3 and a half.

  • @reallysearching
    @reallysearching 10 місяців тому +1

    Hey Purple Collar Life - do you think a small woman (5' 1", < 100 lbs) could handle this snow blower?

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  10 місяців тому +1

      I believe so. You could always go to the local store and test one in the store by moving it around without it running.

    • @reallysearching
      @reallysearching 10 місяців тому

      @@PurpleCollarLife Oh good idea - thank you!

  • @NeonRayable
    @NeonRayable Рік тому

    What size batteries are you using?

  • @randomrazr
    @randomrazr Рік тому

    did u consider ego

  • @dordoight3448
    @dordoight3448 Рік тому +1

    How does it handle the 3-4 feet of snow?

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  Рік тому

      That's a great question. We didn't get that much snow last winter, so I haven't had a chance to test it out in deep snow. But I would think if you let 3-4 feet of snow build up, any snowblower would have a difficult time.

    • @hernandayolearyallda
      @hernandayolearyallda Рік тому +1

      @@PurpleCollarLife How does it handle the snow berms at the bottom of the driveway, like the 1-2 feet? How was the battery?

    • @WatsitTooyah
      @WatsitTooyah Рік тому +1

      ​​@@hernandayolearyalldait cuts through anything. If the snow is 2+ feet and frozen over the only thing holding it back is traction. Could put weights on the front
      Battery will drain quite faster if the snow is extreme. Takes a lot of energy to throw heavy snow.

  • @thefix-itguyreviewer8151
    @thefix-itguyreviewer8151 10 місяців тому +2

    ABSOLUTELY LOVE MINE BUT TORO COMPLETELY LIED ABOUT SOMETHING!! DOES NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO 30 CARS OR 45 IN ANY SITUATION WHATSOEVER!!
    So dishonest about this...
    They try to tell you oh we said UP TO!! OH SO THAT MEANS IT DOES UP TO ONE DRIVEWAY, OR A BUNCH OF DRIVEWAYS WHAT A JOKE!!
    That's definitely false advertising.
    In any average snow you're lucky to get out of this 5 cars, including small patio in the back and a front walkway THAT'S ALL YOU'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE!!
    The chargers they gave you are a joke they take three and a half hours I had to buy the expensive rapid chargers that take about 1 hour I do understand it's battery powered and it wears out a lot quicker so if you have tons of driveways lot of things to snowblow get the gas powered version!!
    If you have a small property like mine it's awesome.
    If you want to go this way and you have a lot of property you'll need to spend AT LEAST $3,000 TO GET ENOUGH BATTERIES TO KEEP UP WITH A GAS POWER!!
    THIS IS A FACT NOT AN OPINION FOLKS!!

    • @PurpleCollarLife
      @PurpleCollarLife  10 місяців тому +2

      Thanks for watching! I'm not sure how they come up with those measurements. Maybe they're tiny little smart cars? :)

    • @thefix-itguyreviewer8151
      @thefix-itguyreviewer8151 10 місяців тому

      @@PurpleCollarLife battery powered things are battery powered things as of right now there is no two-stage snowblower that can do anything close to that running on batteries.
      That much power it's going to be the same no matter what you buy but Toros version is like their gas version it's like a brick crap house. That's why I liked it better than the other ones.
      Because it's mostly just replacing the motor from gas to electric. The other ones like greenworks and all the others use a lot of electronics inside making it all electronic which cuz I'm an engineer I know that electronics outside over time is a bad idea capacitors, resistors a lot of things break easily.
      So I like the way Toro did everything with theirs very smart especially for longevity.