Seasonal & Replacement Guides

The manufacturer discounts the machine before or during the season, never after it. Toro’s published promotional windows for the 2026 season put US mower rebates at April 1 – May 31 — peak mowing season — and three of its four US snow blower rebates at September 1 – February 28, a window that opens…

The whole job is fuel. Everything else on a storage checklist — oil, blades, covers, greasing — is worth doing and none of it is what strands the machine next season. Gasoline “begins to degrade in as little as 30 days” (Briggs & Stratton), and a machine stored full of untreated fuel for seven months…