http://www.jackssmallengines.com/hour_meter.cfm this link give about what want in meter hours rpm's and 25 hour service reminder.
battery last for many years

Here is a link that might be useful: small engine hour meter

gator rider2,

any experience on how easy this is to install? where would you hook it up to?

thanks,
rid

not much experience with this type but on heavy equipment 36 years of experience. Hooking up real easy if tie wire tie all come with instruction maybe good ideal mount meter as for from vibration as can. Some these meters stick on with no wire just antenna wire wrap around the sparkplug wire. As I live in south have no experience with snow blowing. Meter comein single and double cylinder models.

I bought two of these hour meters; one is for the LT and the other for a chipper/shredder. I bought them at the local mower repair shop and I think for around 1/2 the price stated on the link.

The installation is simple. One wire secured to ground and the other wraps around the spark plug wire - no batteries involved.

Terran

Here is a link that might be useful: B/S Maintenance Minder