How's your snow blower?

Hello winter warriors!!!!! How's your snow blower? I'm asking to kinda remind others of maintenance steps needed.... steps I often neglected. If you didn't put in fuel stabilizer OR if you didn't drain the gas at the end of the season, go out and fire up your snow blower and let it run a bit. This should help keep the carburetor from gumming up. If it doesn't start... have a mechanic check it out. Better to work on a snow blower now rather then days before a snowstorm hits.

For those looking into getting a new snow blower, now is generally a good time to look as many businesses are holding sales to get rid of snow blowers from last year's models/inventory. See if you can trade in your snow blower to get an additional discount on a new or used snow blower. For those who can't find someone to buy their old snow blower, keep it as a backup or donate it to a non-profit organization. As for brands I recommend, I like Troy-Bilt as well as Toro and Ariens. For corded electric, Snow Joe is good. As for battery-powered, my Greenworks 40V is amazing. Cheers to all. Remember... "Winter is coming!"

*** Fyi - In a Buffalo blizzard in 2022, my gas-powered snow blower malfunctioned due to the drive belt going, so consider having extra belts (I recommend brand name belts - my luck with generics has been worse than bad). Thankfully, my Snow Joe electric/corded snow blower stepped in and got my 80 foot driveway cleared! 

https://www.greenworkstools.com/

https://www.troybilt.com/

https://snowjoe.com/

https://www.ariens.com/en-us/power-equipment/snow-products