Favorite season, hands down.
So, huge snowstorm in October. Snowblower runs awful, bogs down under no load. Do my best to shovel driveway while neighbors blithely run theirs no problem. Later, take carb off, clean thoroughly (butterfly valve hardly moving at all).
Second snow storm came in November. Snowblower runs great for about twenty minutes, then takes a rock bigger than my fist and snaps a shear bolt. Can't get the remainder of the broken shear bolt out, even using heat. Snow too heavy for just half of the thing to do, so do my best to shovel driveway while neighbors blithely run theirs no problem.
Awesomely warm winter, hardly any real snow, very atypical. Third snow storm today, got the tools out, drilled the snapped shear bolt out and put a new one in. Thing runs great for about twenty minutes, then bogs down under empty auger, starts smoking. I shut it down, pull it in, pull off the oil fill and smoke billows out (I had done new oil this fall, should be fine). Now it won't start, won't even turn over, acting like the engine has seized. Do my best to shovel of driveway while neighbors blithely run theirs no problem. I give up.
Yeah, I'm that guy who does everything right and can never catch a break. Just one break. Just one. Car has been uninspected since Sept.,well, never mind. This isn't the place to dump. Not much time left for LYD, hope you all got how many you wanted. Looking forward to St. Patrick's Day dragon and decorations. Don't forget to buy an astrolabe before they disappear.
