yea, we got a few inches in the high elevation where I live.. I did clear the driveway with the snowblower just to make sure it still ran ok... but I do have a spare, and a parts machine ( 2 '71 Gilsons 1 is parts if I don't fix the mag soon, other runs 'ok' , and a '72 Gilson as the main machine ) so even if it didn't get it running, I'd still be ok...