Learned 2 things today.

[McGill]

1. Don't use old gas. 2. Don't blow snow to the left side of the tractor I ran out of gas so hunting around the shed I found a can with somethinng that smelled a little like gas, so... I poured it in. Bad move. Second, I wanted to blow the driveway going the other direction so I turned the shut to the left. So much snow blew back on the carb that everything froze up.

[ehertzfeld]

sounds like good advice. Sorry to hear you learned the hard way. Elon

[callwill]

Make a shroud out of light metal that you can use to keep out the snow & keep the carb & linkage warm. I went thru a couple of winters of that before i made mine out of some leftover aluminum flashing.

[D-17_Dave]

Old license plates make good temporary shields as they are very tough and very easy to bend around most shapes. These will get you by in a pinch till something nicer can be fashened out.

[Karl_Brandt]

I always use Briggs & Stratton gas additive in my gas cans,good for 2 years(gas never last around here for 3 months);) I always have one 5 gallon can full of gas. With 3 tractors running this winter,that is 7 gallons all together. Never had a problem with blowing snow to the left side of tractor . [url]www.simplicityva.com[/url] Karl