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

I own a Ariens 824 model 932101. It has a Tecumseh 8 horse engine.  On the throttle it has a rabbit for high speed and a turtle for low. When I put the throttle at the low speed setting it shuts off. It runs fine at high or mid throttle. Is this normal or should it Idle at the lowest or turtle setting? Thanks, Glen from Minnesota   By the way, it's done this since new.

Try putting on a "longer" turtle sticker on the  engine, or just stretch the existing turtle's neck out a bit.   

We're getting a good dump up here on the north west shore of Lake Superior.  Looks like at least five inches out on the driveway now and it's not done.  Does anyone here look at the radar maps on their local weather  web sites?  I look at mine regularly (it's in my favourites).   It's pretty accurate.    It's animated so you can see the storm moving on the screen.  You can see how much of the system has passed and how much more to come.  Neat stuff.