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I know that a lot of contractors in the US use Toro.
I'm glad you've said this as I was just going to post if anyone was using one and what they thought.
I've recently taken on a couple of huge lawns, the owners aren't interested in stripes, as they're both Air B&Bs, the Toro looks perfect for the job!
My dealer sells these, says they are really good but they are too big for my jobs (access to lawns). He says you really have to keep on top of the maintenance though as the blades are timed.
I have a Toro 21" commercial with a Kawasaki engine which bags and mulches and altought it is a heavy duty mower regarding the build quaility the performace doesn't match the commercial tag,the blade is belt driven and there is no tensioner to tighten the belt when it starts to wear so the blade starts slipping and doesn't have a side chute, this is not upto commercial standards, it cost me £1200 but i think that it's only worth £800.What you do find with mowers built and designed for the US market is that they struggle to work in the Uk as we have a finer grass.
The best mower i have owned is a Lawn-boy 2 stroke absolute beast of a machine.
I've had quite a few of the Toro 22" mowers that bag, mulch or side eject. They are ok and do a job, but same as you say my dealer told me US designed/ built machines are different to ours as in the States they have different grass type and don't cut as short as we do. My Toros work well unless you are trying to cut short, in which case I find a hayter or honda works better.