It's been a great winter (sarcasm intended), another 5" of snow this morning. Got out the 1999 model Craftsman Single Stage(5 hp Tecumseh 2-cycle 21" MTD. ) Wouldn't hardly start. Finally got it going, lacked its usual power, look down to see 2 cycle oil coming out the muffler on the pavement. Started making a not so great sounding noise. So I figure that I probably got my $399 out of it but still need to get 5" of snow off the ground and I'm not going to do it by hand with my bad back, so I start snowblower shopping on line. Wanted a single stage 2 cycle with an electric start. That narrowed it down to a Toro. Started working the phone, calling every Toro dealer in a one county radius. Ended up at a small shop that had 4 Toro Power Clear 221QE's and bought one for $25 over cost (saw the invoice.) It is an impressive machine (can't remember the last time I saw total black when I cleaned my drive) and I can't remember seeing a single stage throw snow that far. The question that I have (and I know that it has been covered in some form before but not quite this form,) I have a variety of 2 cycle mixtures: 32:1 (lawn boy ,tiller)
40:1 (blower, weedeater, and old Craftsman) and now this snowblower is 50:1. Was talking to the owner of the shop and he said that he recommends Echo oil and says that it is such a superior product that I can run it in everything 50:1 without problems. I'm somewhat uncertain and need some advice. Thanks in advance.
40:1 (blower, weedeater, and old Craftsman) and now this snowblower is 50:1. Was talking to the owner of the shop and he said that he recommends Echo oil and says that it is such a superior product that I can run it in everything 50:1 without problems. I'm somewhat uncertain and need some advice. Thanks in advance.