What's mildly irritating you today?

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Originally Posted by Griff

I was irritated because the tractor didn't want to start. Bro-in-law was using it which often results in brokey stuff.

It's funny how we don't notice funky stuff with our own equipment because we have learned how it behaves, and we just adjust our technique to use it. I was snow blowing my parents driveway, and it took me forever to start the snow blower (electric start) and then I though the thing was on its last legs, because it didn't have the power to get through the packed plowed snow bank at the end of the driveway.

Turns out it wouldn't start because the choke doesn't need to be on "full" to start, and it was fading by the time I got the the end of the driveway because the throttle lever is subject to vibrations making it slow down.

Once you know to set the choke on normal to start, and to occasionally push the throttle forward again, the thing works like a champ. You do it without even thinking.