So long, Old Reliable Toro.

[NormanBuntz]

Today I sold my 1988 Toro GTS 21 inch mower (Suzuki 4.5 hp two cycle motor) to a Toro dealer for $30. It still runs like a champ. That was a great motor, but I'll be moving and I no longer needed it. I paid $399 for it in 1989, some serious shekels then for a mower.

 

[tbm5690]

It appears that you invested well when you bought it!

 

[Brian123]

Today I sold my 1988 Toro GTS 21 inch mower (Suzuki 4.5 hp two cycle motor) to a Toro dealer for $30. It still runs like a champ. That was a great motor, but I'll be moving and I no longer needed it. I paid $399 for it in 1989, some serious shekels then for a mower.

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I think you could have gotten more than $30.00

 

[gman2304]

Today I sold my 1988 Toro GTS 21 inch mower (Suzuki 4.5 hp two cycle motor) to a Toro dealer for $30.

That’s a great mower. I had one about 15 years ago. You could have gotten at least $200 on FB/CL.

 

[NormanBuntz]

I tried to sell it on FB Marketplace two years ago for a month and got no inquiries. This weekend I even contacted a guy who buys old mowers and fixes them to resell. No luck. It takes an old head to know the value of that Suzuki motor, and no one around here wanted it. The Toro dealer took it before I headed to the dump with it. I figure got my good use out of it.

 

[Cujet]

I would have purchased from you, for far more!! I love those things! They go for big bucks.

 

[dishdude]

When I was a kid that was the mower we had, except it was a rear bagger. I remember using it a lot!

 

[super20dan]

i have many of these from the 90.s still in commercial duty

 

[Lubener]

I would have purchased from you, for far more!! I love those things! They go for big bucks.

The Toro dealer knows that.

 

[Egg_Head]

Solid deck and frame. They truly don't make 'em like they used to.

 

[oil pan 4]

Today I sold my 1988 Toro GTS 21 inch mower (Suzuki 4.5 hp two cycle motor) to a Toro dealer for $30. It still runs like a champ. That was a great motor, but I'll be moving and I no longer needed it. I paid $399 for it in 1989, some serious shekels then for a mower.

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You should have put it for sale on here I bet someone would have bought it for a lot more than. I would have paid 100 for it but I can't drive to NC to buy a lawnmower.

 

[spasm3]

I'd have bought that from you.

 

[georgemiller]

I garbaged picked one of these. I thought I had the steal of a lifetime. Started it up and purred like a kitten until she got hot. Turns out the coil was bad, at the time they wanted $ over 200 for new coil.