Have you tried one of those $80 electric snow blowers yet? They work pretty good and they always start.
Im too cheap to buy a snow blower. For several years, I had 2 God-given snow blowers —more commonly refered to as “sons” ;-)
I b*tch about shovelling now, but it is darned good exercise :-)
We have had an unusually mild winter thusfar, and it is a proven fact that we ALWAYS have blizzard conditions during state basketball and hockey tournamnent time.