WHY DON'T OTHER BRANDS DO THIS?

[lawn mower fanatic]

I was looking at some Toro 2-Stage snowblowers. They have something called the Quick Stick, which is a lever mounted in between the handlebars that changes the direction of the chute. Watch the following video to see what I mean. It is 40 seconds into the video. It is so easy. Why don't other brands do that, instead of having to turn and turn and turn a lever?? It would save a lot of time.
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Toro's Quick Stick:
(http://www.powerequipmentdirect.com/product-images/Toro Quick Stick_500.jpg)

Conventional Method:

 

[My_guy99]

They do have them! Craftsmans had one out for yrs! Looks like a video game joystick, craftsman even had the power steering an chute control!

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

They do have them! Craftsmans had one out for yrs! Looks like a video game joystick, craftsman even had the power steering an chute control!

Really? Because I have a new Craftsman snowblower and it doesn't have it. And I don't remember seeing ones with it.

 

[Rivets]

Where have you been? This system has been around for 10+ years. Very reliable. Repaired my first one last spring. What went wrong? Customers son dropped a bar bell on it.

 

[My_guy99]

I went shopping for about 2yrs ago, they only had a few so I put it in layaway because I didn't need it in September! Lol anyways I went to pick it up and see a bigger stronger motor blower by Mtd, I believe it's 357 cc the gold edition. So I returned mines before the guy brought it out an got that! It has everything in the toro video an heated grips, surprisingly nice feature!

 

[My_guy99]

Really? Because I have a new Craftsman snowblower and it doesn't have it. And I don't remember seeing ones with it.

You gotta check online! BEFORE you buy! I compare all the time! An I love my Mtd gold! That's the only thing I have that's not craftsman in my garage! I love there tools despite not all being made in the US, but the problem is Americans don't wanna pay for American made cost all the time! It's the said truth!

 

[msaeger]

Yeah I got a Toro with it 6 years ago. It's the best thing ever! I haven't seen another brand with it either but I haven't looked for 6 years