Winter has arrived in Wisconsin — Time to dig out the snowblower

MADISON, Wis. — With temperatures dropping rapidly into the low 30’s, it was solely a matter of time till most of Wisconsin noticed its first snowstorm of the season. 

Projections present that Madison and Milwaukee may get 1-3 inches of snow on Tuesday. 

With winter arriving meaning it’s time to get away the snowblowers however after having them sit for a whole yr with out being turned on, an necessary query to ask is ‘does my snowblower work?’

Ed Prochaska, proprietor of Prairie Energy Middle stated for those who had been to drop your snowblower off on Monday November 14th, it will take at the least two weeks to get it again to you due to what number of his store already has to repair. 

“Don’t wait till there is a foot of snow in entrance of your storage after which, my god it would not begin,” stated Prochaska. 

If you have not had time to carry your snowblower in for upkeep, listed below are some fundamental tips about methods to put together your snowblower for the winter months from house:

• Change the oil. This ought to be completed on the finish and the start of every season. 

• Empty out the previous gasoline from the earlier season and fill it up with model new stabilized gasoline. 

• Be sure that the tires have air. 

There are lots of different repairs that might have to be completed to your snowblower and in case you are not effectively educated on what to search for, it will be clever to load the snowblower up and take it right down to the restore store. 

“In the present day we may already see an uptick as a result of they had been speaking about snow yesterday and as we speak within the forecast so it is getting a little bit busier,” stated Prochaska.