Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

After last weekends snow storm in which my new Ariens 11528le performed flawlessly, I am now thinking about doing the breakin oil change, and was wondering should I use a regular or synthetic oil?  What would a synthetic do for me?  I am in the habit of changing the oil in my snowblower and running her dry at the end of each season, and have been doing so since I was 10yrs old.

Any advice would be appreciated, because I am not familiar with synthetic oils, but seem to see them mentioned her a lot.

Check your owner's manual. The one for my B&S  Snow Intek says to use synthetic. I also have a habit of leaving the beast outside during the winter, under a cover. Sometimes in -30-40C weather.
( -40C = -40F = friggin cold or in Canadian "Crispy Eh!" ) so the previous comment abotut using synthetic in "adverse" conditions applies.

If you go here

http://www.ariens.com/customer_service/order_owners_manuals/

you can download or order a manual.