That time of year in PA

[chilly]

Wait a minute--when you said you only had a carport--you really had a garage but it had too much stuff in it so you kept the car outside? In Alaska?? That sounds like something that would happen to me, I have my cars in the garage but I'm running out of room in the house for me.

Our old house that we bought in 2002 and sold to our son in 2020 had a 2 car heated garage

Our pickup lived in it for about a week and then the moving van showed up and that was that

2 or more cars, outside, 24/7/365 for 18 years

TOO MUCH CRAP

We still have a 10'x20' storage unit thats been full for about 21 years at the current rate of $256 a month, you do the math

There is stuff in there in boxes that we put into long term storage in 1994 when we moved back up to Alaska

You tell me just how badly we need stuff stored for 29 years

Or better yet, tell the boss

That's one reason we got a 12'x24' barn shed, hoping to get out of that storage unit for good

[Thunderchicken]

I've used the expensive pump protectant/anti-freeze from Briggs & Stratton for some time. Every year when I do it I wonder to myself if it isn't just snake oil. If you drained the pw in the fall what is there to freeze up & cause damage?

[chilly]

That Sta-Bil stuff works good Mikey. Just be sure to empty out the pump the best you can before you use it.

Snazzy Snow Blower you have there........

Fanks Paulie, I have a set of tire chains coming from Ariens, it was having a hard time with some of the hard wind packed drifts we have been getting and I am hoping they help

[Setec Astronomy]

I've used the expensive pump protectant/anti-freeze from Briggs & Stratton for some time. Every year when I do it I wonder to myself if it isn't just snake oil. If you drained the pw in the fall what is there to freeze up & cause damage?

Isn't some of the function anti-rust? Even if there isn't enough water for freeze damage, it's still going to be wet in there to rust everything up.

[PaulMys]

Fanks Paulie, I have a set of tire chains coming from Ariens, it was having a hard time with some of the hard wind packed drifts we have been getting and I am hoping they help

Nice. You can also try lowering the tire pressures a bit. My blower tires call for 14psi, but I find it gets more "bite" running them at 10psi.

[PaulMys]

Isn't some of the function anti-rust? Even if there isn't enough water for freeze damage, it's still going to be wet in there to rust everything up.

Yes. And it also lubricates the pump seals. I like to run a little through the wand as well.