Most of the Toro Commercials (22030, 22035, 22040, 22XXX) used the trans mounted 3/2/1/N lever protruding from the rear of the tranmission itself. The earliest models had a metal lever, then they went to black nylon later on. The idea is lawn crews could just reach down with their foot and kick the speed up or down. Simple, no nonsense, durable and effective. The residential and Landscape model trans were typically almost identical but cable operated from the handlebars, and those trans cases were 2 piece sheet metal with no grease zerk, as opposed to the commercials 2 piece cast aluminum case with grease zerk, and "HD" (heavy duty ?) stamped on the lower case half, visible when you flip the mower over. Im not as familiar with the later 2216X, 2217X etc commercials when they got into 4 strokes, BBC, consoles etc so Toro may have mixed and matched safety/convenience features on them by then.
The WR 2 stroke is little heftier than other 2 strokes and the Toro commercial deck is no lightweight either, but Toro's commercial single piece 1" thick handlebars and well designed single bail trans control are very solid providing excellent feedback and control while pivoting and working the mower around, making the package a joy to operate. You come to appreciate quality, solid handlebars and simplicity in design/function after many years of mower ownership :fing32:
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