Good idea about measuring what comes out....I hope it is less, because none of my other motors use 10W-40. I'll have to buy 2 quarts and I only need 5 ounces out of the second. I would use 10W-30, but according the chart above, that's only good to the low 30's.....
I've used the machine twice now. During the first storm this past week and then again yesterday after I made some linkage adjustments. I have a few neighbors that have weekend homes in my neighborhood. I usually do their driveways for them. I purposefully left one undone.
The machine took care of a wet slushy 8" storm with absolute ease. I did 5 driveways, all the sidewalks and all of the EODs. The EOD where not only thick, but, because of the wet slushy stuff, they were heavy, compacted and solid. As always. the first cut into an EOD pile is the toughest. After that, I just ate them away. I never once had to clean out the chute.
I live at the end of a cul de sac. The town sucks. They sometimes send a front end loader to clean up the cul de sac and sometimes not. This time....not. So, I did the entire cul de sac street area also.
Initial run was a total of just over 3 hours run time. The machine was delivered assembled. However, the adjustments weren't tweaked well. After the first run, I noticed I wasn't getting the full 200deg rotation on the chute. I also notice that either reverse was too slow and that 1st Forward was too fast. Putting it in 2nd and 3rd forward was jumpy. An easy adjustment to the gear cable and now all gears are just right. I also took the chute hex rod off and re-installed it according to the manuals. Now, I get the full 200deg rotation AND, more importantly, it rotates silky smooth.
So, yesterday, after about another hour of runtime cleaning out the one neighbors very packed down driveway, his walkway and solid EOD mess, I can clearly state that I couldn't be happier with the new machine.
We've got another winter storm coming in Wednesday, but right now it's being billed as a rain maker....but....that's what they said about the 12/26 storm.....and we got over 30" plus 4 and 5 FOOT drifts.....we shall see!!!!!