shoe leather (yours) applied directly to their "stern"

Old School remedy, time tested, proven positive results...


however, in this day & age of "lightweight" oil..
it is not "PC" anymore, hence, the increased tolerance for whining and coddling, and "lightweight" oil....

Just don't let your wife Fire them up......they usually have a tendency to gum up the Fuel Line w/ cookies and hot cocoa. Then blame you when they stall....

grab an old ariens- real workhorses, mines 20 yrs old and does a great job.

you have to feed them CARBS for a good steady BURN

Key is to use a gas additive , Sta bil etc., all year long, and in all small engines
ONLY use supreme gas.
Ethanol kills small engines.

When storing, run engine dry with a small amount of carbmaster then if
it's a metal tank fill to the top with a with the gas mix, prevents rust, with a plastic tank drain it completely.

Something like this, and take it to a shop to get the once over initial tune up.

Ariens snow blower

John, have you done anything yet? You might, just might need it for Monday morning.... Just wondering.

Also, if you are cruising CL, you want to look through farm and garden section, as well as tools section.

I like the older models with the chain drive. I think you have to spend over $800 to get a new chain driven model now. Anything below that is belt driven. If anyone knows of a brand that makes a chain driven model for less please let me know. Thx:jump1:

John buy a Toro paddle blower, these things kick other blowers arse. I have one for everyone of my plow crews. They are so light weight easy one guy in and out of the trucks. Easy pull start and cannot be stopped. In slush it takes it deep snow it takes it. People dont believe me when I say what these things are capable of doing, but me and my guys will take those paddle blowers over those big heavy metal blowers any day.

Ross is Right

1 foot of snow coming John

guess you'll be lifting it

a little birdy told me
John found a machine

it's no wonder :point: a foot of snow approaches :wall:

Nope, not heavy enough, I like the 2-stroke better to tow the pto mower attachment

I perfer a V snow plow for my chevy 2500hd hahaha

These are the ones that throw over the house, great deal for someone handy

Free snoblower

So how did everyone make out with their machines of choice? Much of the area I had to clear was hardpacked by the wind. It was also higher than the top of the machine's opening. I would plow into it, let the augers undermine it, pull back and hit it again. Often had to knock it down though.
After 3-4 hours, the machine started to stall when the impeller must have been overloaded. At least I that
s what I think. If I disengaged the auger/impeller when it began to struggle, it would return to normal. Also started to hear a clunk when engaging.....I will explore that today. Any thoughts on that?

Same thing for me yesterday. Tighten the idler, by moving it over 1 position towards the belt. That should fix it. Also get a spare belt as that is the only adjustment you can do for the attachment belt.

my old Ariens ate it no problem. Glad I have chains on the tires though as it was tough getting thru the slush at bottom, traction wise. The chain drive wheels are really hard to stop but the slush would build up on them. Only real problem I had was i ran over a brick around the wood pile and stalled out the machine. Had to break up brick with hammer as it was stuck in the good. Started right up after that and I continued.

It would appear that I was not paying attention to my fuel level:smash:.... and that the pick up must not like it being at 1/4 or less as the machine gets moved up and down... Keeping it topped off had it eating snow, and snowbanks for another four hours today. Glad it was operator error...

The Sean 1.0 fired up flawlessly.....fired it up at about 7:30 and was on my way to work by 8. :hee:

That sux. I had that happen too. 1/4 sounds like a boat pickup :biglaugh:

Tighten the cable running from the handle, should be a double threaded screw in line? Topping off the gas helps too, as you found out, as you tilt the machine to eat through high banks.

My Craftsman ran flawlessly, used it for 5 hours straight
only used 1 tank of gas

My driveway is 3 cars long by 2 cars wide, plus I did my 1 other driveway across the street (same size)

My snowblower/lawn repairman is recommending a higher than 87 octane also on all lawn and outdoor equipment. Apparently most of the companies have recommended the change due to the changes in gas lately. Something to do with the lack of lubricants (in the 87 test gas ) affecting the plastic and rubber parts in these engines.

I have a 9hp Craftsman with a 28" cutting path. it did just fine, till it ate an old grill grate I forgot to toss, 2 minutes and a new shear bolt and back in business.

i waited til it was dark to start....

the driveway is around one hundred feet long and i did four passes
and did the back yard too for the dog area....as the snow drifts made traveling for her very difficult

thankfully my neighbor had pushed the snow plow barrier
off to the side
with his plow which made the job that much easier...

my ski goggles kept fogging up.... :wall:

Now that would have been a sight to see.

I made out well. I live in the merrimack valley around 495 and only got about 6". Had a couple drifts to around 8" but nothing near what the map said. That has happened to me before. Everyone around seems to have a foot to 18" and I get a lot less. I am thinking I live in some type of hole that misses the big bands of snow. Not complaining :)

I really splurged this year and got an Ariens pro 28. I actually have about half a dozen snowblowers in my collection of stuff. None of them are perfect but then again they were all free. Something always needs tinkering and I just wanted something that I could fire up and go. It did a fantastic job of clearing the driveway. Looking forward to using it again.

Enough toys in that one picture to keep anyone happy.

So JohnR....what did you get?????

Just in from topping off fuel and spraying PAM through the chute and auger. Chains are on and electric start plugged in. It's supposed to be heavy wet snow here on the coast. Using the snowblower is the only thing I enjoy about a big snowstorm anymore, besides being among the first vehicles not plowing out on the road for a tour....

Hey, hey, down here in Mansfield that sound like lunch at the local pizza place tomorrow!