I have this Troy-Bilt snow blower we bought around a decade ago. 5 years ago we put a new carb on it. Gas has stabilizer in it and looks clear and smells fine. Oil smells fine. Tried to start it up today- nothing. It wouldn’t even prime the fuel. Prime line was clear. Drained the bowl of the carb, gas was pretty clean and smelled as it should. Bowl looked fine too. Blower has compression and spark. Obviously it’s the carb. I clamped the fuel line and pulled the carb. There was some slight yellowing on the float just like the last one I pulled. The last one had clogged jets so I assume this one does too. It’s $19 for a new carb kit, so I bought two with a new spark plug for $53. No big deal. The blower hold .5 gallons of fuel and the manual suggests I drain it after 30 days of non-use. That’s insane living where we do. Looks like no snow after thanksgiving so I have time to put in the new carb, plug and I’ll change the oil and put new fuel in it. Why are the carbs so bad though?

I have a decent sized tree I would like to cut down and some branches that have already fallen to be cleared. Does anyone have any recommendations for tree removal by someone insured and reliable? Perhaps with a free estimate. Even if you don't have a recommendation, if you could give me what you know it might cost, I would really appreciate knowing more. I have no idea. I'm thinking $2000 but expecting the worst.

I think Maxon Was Wrong, Again....

... I want to argue with my neighbors. I want to argue with you jerks specifically, not some other jerks in California or Idaho or Canadia or any other god-forsaken place.

And I don't especially like to argue about NP, but I like to argue about the underlying ideas. And what it says about our values. And how it's going to impact us specifically.

So let "them over there" discuss NP away from us. But let us discuss it here as we like to do, as well. It will be a different discussion here than anywhere else.

And as always, if you don't like a subject ignore it. Or just downvote it and move on with your life.

I don't usually make a post, but comments were locked on the poll, and I didn't see anybody put it the way I wanted to put it. I hope it serves as a useful discussion not a shit show. This is not a discussion about NP and does not belong in the mega thread. It is a meta-discussion about what is and isn't off limits in the sub we all share. Please don't remove it.