Before You Start Your Snowblower This Winter, Do This (Or Pay for It at the First Storm)

📘 My book, Before the First Frost — 181 tricks for a warm house and a lower heating bill: https://beforethefirstfrost.com 🔔 Subscribe for a new line off Arne's door every week: https://www.youtube.com/@jakeholloways?sub_confirmation=1 Your snowblower sat all summer with last winter's gas in it. Five things to do before the first storm: drain the old gas and stay at E10 or below, check the oil and the spark plug, look over the shear bolts, scraper, skids, tires and belts, do the first start outside with the engine cold, and keep your hands out of the chute with the clean-out tool. I'm Jake Holloway. I cut timber in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the rules on this channel come off Arne Maki's woodshed door. Today's line: start it in the sun, clear it with a stick. Start and run a snowblower outside only, away from the garage, even with the door open. Refuel outdoors with the engine cold. To clear a clog: engine off, wait for every moving part to stop, then the clean-out tool or a stick. Next week: before you buy a wood stove this fall, what to check so you don't pay for it for twenty years. Every rule in this video, read on October 6, 2026: Honda, HSS724A Snow Blower Owner's Manual — https://cdn.powerequipment.honda.com/pe/pdf/manuals/00X31V45A040.pdf Toro, Power Max 726 OE Snowthrower Operator's Manual (Form 3447-769) — https://www.toro.com/getpub/217350 Briggs & Stratton, The Importance of Fuel Stabilizer — https://www.briggsandstratton.com/en-us/support/maintenance-how-to/the-importance-of-fuel-stabilizer-by-briggsandstratton-stratton US EPA, E15 fuel registration — https://www.epa.gov/fuels-registration-reporting-and-compliance-help/e15-fuel-registration US EIA, Use and supply of ethanol — https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/biofuels/use-and-supply-of-ethanol.php CPSC, winter safety tips incl. snow blowers (Dec 6, 2022) — https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2023/Cozy-Up-to-Winter-with-These-CPSC-Safety-Tips-for-Outdoor-Activities CPSC, Warns of Hazards with Snow Throwers — https://www.cpsc.gov/node/20160 CDC MMWR, Snow-Blower Injuries, Colorado and New York — https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001247.htm CDC, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Basics — https://www.cdc.gov/carbon-monoxide/about/index.html AAOS OrthoInfo, Prevent Snow Shoveling and Snowblowing Injuries — https://www.orthoinfo.org/staying-healthy/prevent-snow-shoveling-and-snowblowing-injuries/ Jake Holloway is a character. The rules and the sources are real. Narrated with an AI voice and a synthetic presenter. Burn it hot, folks. Burn it dry.