Comments on: Toro Power Max 1028 LXE Review

By: J Sears

J Sears — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:15:08 +0000

I have owned a Power Max 1028LXE for 4 years. Until this past Nov it worked like a charm. I made the mistake of trusting that Toro was a quality manufacturer that supplied parts for even their discontinued models – like the old Snow King version of the 1028LXE. WRONG!

I searched high and low online for a part and finally found partstree dot com, whose schematics claimed that they had the part I needed. Mind you this was a Toro part…

One problem. The new Toro part doesn’t work on my old model even though the factory supplied info said it would. No-one else was making such a claim nor did they have any solution.

So, here I sit at 9,200 plus elevation with a forecasted blizzard and no snowblower.

My Toro Powermax 1028LXE is 4 years old and permanently unusable.

Be mindful when choosing Toro snowblowers.

I used to sell power equipment for a wholesaler that competed with Toro. I know this industry, how to read schematics and to find the correct part.

I know for a fact that the price driven big box store market has lessened service, created worse manufacturers (some with formerly good names like Toro) and basically crippled the Power equipment industry to a shadow of its former self.

As long as this remains the way things are, we’ll have to accept Amazon feeds from blogs like the unnamed “Quality Snowblower Guy” and price driven garbage that soon after purchase becomes unserviceable due to big box store price pressure that puts full service power equipment dealers out of business.

Congrats to the narrow-minded idiots who think price is everything. Similar to the rest of your lives, you get what you pay for and what you vote for.

By: Joseph L Sexton

Joseph L Sexton — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:42:43 +0000

My only complaints is the roughness of the engine, it just does not run smooth but TORO screwed up, the electric start is attached to the engine but has no lock washers to keep the bolts tight & in my case is shook loose during operation & screwed up the starter gear which I’m now trying to find & replace.

By: Sunnydin

Sunnydin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:39:46 +0000

Tried the Simplicity and not pleased:
1 Couldn’t handle wet snow, plugged up solid 8 times in one snow clearing.
2. Two revese gears unworkable after one season. Trash!
3. Throttle handle & Adjustment screw not adjustable after 1 yr. Lousy!
4 My driveway is 30′ X 30′ plus sidewalk is 55′ X 5″ So not a big area, but the Simpicity just couldn’t take it after ONLY 1 Year! Very disapointed!
5. I just bought a Toro 10hp X 28″ width, which I was “going to” in the beginning last year!
6 I am retired, and do not work for Toro or Simplicity

Same price Toro and Simplicity…Now we will see who wins!

By: paul

paul — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:20:44 +0000

I just gave my new 1028 a real workout in some very wet and heavy snow along with end of the driveway 20″ snow banks courtesy of the town plows. My machine didn’t flinch.
It tossed whatever I put into it a good 40 feet or more and chewed thorough the densely packed banks at the end of the driveway like it wasn’t there.
I would recommend this 2 stage snow thrower to anyone needing a machine that doesn’t quit. A great buy !

By: SnowBlowersDirect

SnowBlowersDirect — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:25:07 +0000

We agree that the Toro Power Max 1028 is a great snow blower. The LXE version is last year’s model, featuring a Tecumseh Snow King Engine, which is no longer manufactured.

The new Toro Power Max 1028OXE features all of the same great features as the older version. However, it simply has a Briggs & Stratton Snow Series engine instead.

Either way, you’ll be pleased with the performance of this snow blower.