Any Vac System For Toro Z Yet?

[LJ lawn]

is someone finally making a vac system for the toro z? when i bought my small 44"z 2 yrs ago nothing was available.anyone running a factory setup?i adapted a trac-vac to it but i would rather have a deck mounted blower assembly.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

I hope you didn't buy the home owner one. You could probably get the Exmark Ultra Vac system to work on it.

Come on take a chance and let us know if it will fit.

[mdb landscaping]

turf products corp makes one for it i beleive

[bruces]

According to my dealer & distributor reps, there will be one available in 2002, similar to the Exmark system.

I was informed that it would fit my 52", don't know about a 44" or pricing.

[landscaper3]

Yes a new bagging system will be available for all Toro Z-Masters including prior 2001 years, It will be its own design and nothing like the Exmark version!!! It will have a blower assembly (turbine type) like the walkers and toro Z355 version with a vaccume system inside the bin to prevent clogging as on the Trac Vac, grasshoppers and others do, as we had manyyyyyy upper clogging problems with our demod mowers and Toro will make a vaccume system to prevent this. And we also were told there will be no counter weights on front like the others have to composate the rear weight. Our local dealer is going to let us demo 1 for one of our Z-Masters in the spring for our imput on how it works. We demoed the Trac-Vac one that bolts to the back but clogged all the time, real heavy and the counter weights on front were so heavy it slowed 1 of out Z-Masters down at least 1.5mph plus it vaccumed nothing like our Walkers mowers did. We had to go over everything with our Walkers to make them look mint. The Exmark has a better version then the after market ones do to there turbine flows in the same direction as the spent grass clipons. But do to there turned turbine they do take much extra space up on trailers and harder to get into small tight areas but the do seem to have one of the better vaccume systems we tried.

[LAWNGODFATHER]

TRY HERE (www.lawnvac.com)

or

Blue bird. don't know the web site off hand.

[DanG]

Landscaper,
I believe that the vac that Toro is coming out with will not retro fit to the older decks. It fastens to the plate that toro added onto the discharge of their deck and has a snap to hold it in place. The older deck 2000 and prior don't have this on them add it would have to be fabricated to make it work.

[Kevin Neely]

I attended the G.I.E show in Tampa last week as was able to see the new Toro Turbo Vac. This thing rocks. It will fit prior 2001 decks with a simple bolt on plate that is currently in design stages.
Capacity is something like 14.0 cu. ft. turbine is run off engine with no blower assymbly attached to deck. Dump from seat with easy on off capabilities. Due out spring of 2002.
They will also have the run of the mill triple soft cloth bagger simular to competitors with a blower assymbly mounted to deck. From what Toro told me both styles will be produced by them and not outsourced. Oh yea, they will also have both models for the compact Z 100 series.
CAN'T WAIT.....THIS THING ROCKS!!!

[LAWNGODFATHER]

Toro has that nice Clambshell one out now.

I thik it goes for about $2k.

It wasn't easy to close but it did work and fit the water cooled engines.

[BobR]

This unit fits the 100 series Z from TORO my dealer indicated that they are working on a 200 series model.. no extra weight on the front..
BobR

[BobR]

Sorry - the last post connect to a PDF file for the 'softbagger' isn't working ???

Try This.

www.toro.com - select 'professional contractor' - 'Landscape contractor equipment' - 'Z master ZRT riders' - select one of the 100 series models from the pulldown menu - select 'accessories' - 'softbagger' download the PDF file.

nice labled pic of the bagger on a 100 series zrt, no extra weight needed on this system also your approach & departure algles do not change. I understand that it can be retrofitted to older SFS decks I wouldnt install on anything under 20hp.

BobR

[NHLawns]

I had the new double bin soft bagger put on my Toro 44'' Z at the begining of fall last year. It worked great, easy to remove, easy to dump, saved me lots of time on leaf clean ups. If I recall it ran me around $1200 or so.

[Blessed 1]

I received a Email from Toro last week that said the bagger for the Z255 series will be out in late spring. I too am waiting. It would be nice if they can keep it down to $1200.:rolleyes:

[KerryB]

I saw the clamshell system on the Toro the other day. The rep had one on his trailer. It did have counter weights on the front and the vac motor was belt driven but located on top of the bagger.
I also saw the new dump from seat bagger for the Exmarks.
It too has weights on the front of the machine but the vac motor is located on the deck.
I must say it cost considerably more than the vac system on the Lazer but , from the looks of it , it is well worth it.
The bagger is larger and dumps from the seat. That alone is worth the price however, it works just as nice as the ultravac system.
A friendly LCO just bought one for his new 60" Lazer. Man was this a hoss.

[BobR]

Did you notice how much ground clearance you lose on the new DFS collection system ? I would really have to demo before a purchase.. Approach and departure angles also appear to have been reduced and did you see the 'gobs' of extra weight on the front casters (rut city) .. Z350 or Walker ??
BobR

[LAWNGODFATHER]

I've got Peco vacs with 180# ove the front castor wheels.

No ruts.

[BobR]

Toro Z153 w/blubird vacuum (toro option) has a weight mounting bar plus 4 pig iron removable weights just to keep the nose in contact with the ground, I have some lawns that are a bit on the soft side (poor drainage) and if I am not careful it can get a bit messy. I dont use the system year round (mostly for leaf pickup).
Going to demo a new Z153 with the softbagger (no extra weight on the front) and if it works I will probably trade.
BobR

[LAWNGODFATHER]

The weight in front is to counter act the weight you add in back.

That also include the "stuff" that goes in the vacs.

If you have a rutt problem, you should not be even walking in that aera, much less taking a mower on it.

[BobR]

LawnGodFather

Amen with the balancing act, I just have a problem with all the extra rolling #'s. If Toro can build a lighter system that will do as well of a job as the Bluebird i'm all for it, also have some approach / departure issues that the 'softbagger' would solve.

BobR