Honda HS720C

[edds1213]

My parents gave me their Honda HS720C last year and I started using it during the winter. Before this, I've been using PowerClear 180 for years, and I'd say my new snowblower (okay, it's a bit used but..) has been a fantastic upgrade!

The chute director is incredibly precise and it was really convenient that I could adjust both left/right and up/down on the fly, especially on a long driveway. I noticed the extra power too and it handled end-of-driveway slush without breaking a sweat!

I've been keeping it in storage since I obviously don't have any use of it right now and I'm wondering if I should've totally drained the fuel. Anyone knows what's the proper long-term storage for this?

 

[Ed.lonan]

You'll be fine as long as you used a stabilizer before putting it away, if you didn't, you might get some gumming in the carb, especially with ethanol fuel and ideally, yeah, either run the tank dry or drain it completely if you're not using a stabilizer, I usually just shut off the fuel valve and run it until it dies

 

[swordfights134]

Same here. I always shut off the fuel valve, run the engine until it stalls to empty the tank and carb, then cover it.