Are there any bolts/nuts you can tighten up to keep the shoot from rotating so easily?
No, the handle, when the chute is positioned to the left or right sticks out beyond the body of the snowblower.
When going though high snow drifts or the plow mountain at the top of the driveway the snow will catch the handle and push it back moving the chute to the forward position.
A small nuisance considering the remote chute option bolted on the handlebar with the included useless electric start (needs and extension power cord plugged in) raises the price 200 bucks.
200 buck more for essentially the exact same blower.
i compared part #’s and everything else about the blower is identical.
Just a way for Toro to make more money on basically the same device.
I can live with it.
Looking outside my driveway is very long, wide and opens up to a parking lot out back.....and surrounded by 15 inches of snow.
Las year my old 31 year old blower died for good and i had to shovel deep snow like 5 times, like trying to shovel a mall parking lot lol.
Take a scoop, walk 20 feet dump it and repeat about 200 time.
UGH
The new blower is a godsend, saved so much time already. Already paid itself off as far a i am concerned.
I DO miss the crank my 1986 CCR1000 had though...or maybe it was 2000 i forget.