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I was digging around in my old work tool box of when I retired in 2004. I ran across a old work flashlight which I thought was junk. To my surprise it still worked after sitting for over 11 years with the same old D cell battery's in it. So I tested the battery's and they still had over 1.3...

I went to use my old worn out cord grass trimmer today. It is ready for the trash pile. I am in the market for a new battery power grass trimmer. I want something good quality and will last me a few years. I didn't really don't want a gas power trimmer because they are too heavy, noisy, and a...

I have through the years bought battery powered tools like drill motors etc. When the battery's go bad I just don't see much different in cost between buying new battery's and buying a another new battery powered tool with the new batteries. As a rule you get two new battery's with that...

I have been looking at some You tube repairs. I have come to the conclusion you can't always believe what is being said as being what the person is doing just doesn't know what they talking about or know what they are doing. I also found they will talk around a repair without doing anything...

Been heating my house with a fireplace wood burning insert for the last 15 years. I bought the unit used so really don't know how old it is. So I have had three contractors look at my unit and all three told me it was junk and I needed to replace it. I have to decide now with a new heater...

I seen on earlier post 10 years for a mower life? First of all I buy used if I can. I bought my push mowers in the 70's, my JD 1980, my Wheel Horse 1991, and my Ferris 1999 new and only one I ever bough new. The push mowers only get used for trim work so they don't get many hours per year...

Just had a job come into my shop which was a tiller with a Honda engine. Ever time it would go under a load it would start running bad. I knew it needed carburetor work. When I went on line to look for parts I found a new carburetor only cost 18 dollars. I couldn't rebuild the old one for...

One of my customers is thinking about buying a new Craftsman mower. He was looking to buy one of the lower priced mowers. The mower he was looking at has a Craftsman 4 cycle 420cc engine in it. The only information on that engine I could find is it is made by MTD. Has anybody have any...

My small repair shop I have been using a bernzomatic torch using mapp gas. I have been getting by with it, but there are times I just can't get enough heat from it. Also I would like to do some small brazing jobs at times. I know bernzomatic makes a set like that but uses mapp gas instead of...

Its about time that a manufacture came out with this idea. I have seen it many times a person buys a mower and never changes the oil. I can see this coming more all the time with the newer synthetic oils coming out. They say the engine runs cooler so the oil doesn't break down, time will...

Here we are coming into the last of February. We just had another snow storm last night and its still going strong this morning. This is my first year of cleaning out my driveway with my ATV and a plow. I was working at it this morning and its getting to the point the piles of snow are...

Our TV was off in the color so I called the company we bought it from. The service person came to our house took the hand control which it took him less then 5 min. and readjusted it. He got 183 dollars for this little job. I'm not complaining because he knew what he was doing and I didn't.

I have a good set of Hanson SAE taps and dies and have used them for years. So when I needed a set of metrics I bought a cheap set from HF. I have been getting by with them but you get what you pay for. (Chinese Junk) I have been looking on E-Bay but find many different brands and prices. I...

One of my clients that I deliver home meals to that lives in a wheel chair has a Wheel Horse that all wiring has been cut off all the safety switches. He hates using it that way because he said if he ever fell off it, it would keep going and who knows what would happen. :confused2: I told him...

Been thinking about getting a hydraulic press for my shop. I see cheap presses that run anywhere from 160 to 200 dollars. They also have different tonnage, from 5 to 20 ton. I would like to use it for bearings and every once in a wile to straighten something. Has anyone have one of...

When ever I come across the brand Electrolux I think Electrolux vacuum cleaners . I had a Sears mower come into my shop this week and when I looked up parts for it the name Electrolux came up. Did Electrolux make lawn mowers or just put there name on them?

I went to a farm show called Empire Farm Days. Kohler had a booth set up. So I asked the person at the Kohler booth about the cracked engine blocks they were having in the Courage engines. He told me that Kohler knew about the problem and was covering the cost of parts if the work was done...

I have a B&S gas tank that has sat a long time and now its rusty inside. The rust turn to a fine power when I stall gas and run the mower its plugs the carburetor. Has anybody have any ideas how to stop this other then buying a new tank? I now have the tank setting full of carburetor...

My neighbor needed to till up his garden. So me being a good neighbor let him take my rototiller. I needed to do my own garden so I went to his house to bring it back home again. He told me it ran out of gas so he added gas but now it won't start anymore. So I brought it into my shop to...

For some reason I have ants bad this year. I have been spraying seven on them but it just doesn't seen to do anything to them. I spray the seven around the outside of my house on the bottom of the house and ground. I have two different type of ants, large black ants and real small black ants...

I don't like using fowl language but the man in the pop-up on top of the forum that waves his finger at me. It pi@@@s me off and I would like to brake that finger off and stick it in his a@@.

Well this year so far I have a mower and a chainsaw that wouldn't start. Both Jobs they were getting everything they needed to run. As soon as I put fresh gas in the fuel tank they both started and ran good. The old gas smelled OK yet but it lost its kick for the equipment to run.

Paul has passed away at age 86. Paul and his wife has run a very large mower salvage yards in Seneca Falls NY. He was always very fair with his prices, guaranteed his parts, and had a head full of knowledge on mower repairs and mower parts. He will surely be missed.

Was working in my lawn this afternoon. This evening when I was taking my shower I found a tick on me. I was lucky seeing my daughter had a tick remover and she removed it for me. Has ticks been a problem for anyone and if so what do you do about them? How do you remove them?

This pass week we had some warm weather. I had a company come into my house and replaced all my windows with new Ellison window inserts. We are having high winds today and what a different. My old windows just made all kinds of noises when the wind was blowing. Its just like a different house.

It just seems that that our NYS governor has some weird ideas. Send a person to prison and give them a free collage bachelors degree. The newest idea, if you are stopped for a traffic violation and found guilty or NOT guilty it will be held against you for ten years.. He sure wouldn't be...

I took on a new job this pass winter. I have found it sure beats repairing equipment. No looking for over priced parts and getting the job done, then on top of it not make much money. It delivering meals to the shut-in for the town. I deliver one hot and one cold meal then just check on...

I will take a guess and say most people have more hobby's then mowers. As for myself it seems the computer seems to be my biggest hobby now with all the snow and 0 temperatures out side. I have found that my hobby's are changing now that I am older and my back and knees are going bad. I...

My house is covered with Masonite siding now. I just contracted to have it resided with vinyl. They tell me they will be striping the Masonite siding off and putting it in the landfill. This siding has several layers of latex paint on it. My question is. I now heat my shop with a wood...

Looking at some used JD mowers for my camp, R70, RX75, Gx75 can anyone tell me the different in these mowers

If you need another vote give this jerk the boot.

Looks like some more junk coming our way with chendshoome and his mulbeery junk

We are at our camp in the upper NY and had a wood fire all day and the weather report is calling for snow tonight!!! :thumbdown:

I know its a little early here in NY but I have started to plan this summers garden, I have given it a once over with the rototiller and will do it again in a week or two. I keep my garden on the small side because it is easier to take care of it that way. I always put in a few tomato plants...

Well the old Dell is about 5 years old and I was getting very conformable with the windows 7. But for some reason I got a virus and with two trips to the repair shop and 300 hundred poorer I gave it up. I just got my new Dell but it has a new operating system on it called windows 8. Has any...

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I have the same type of tailgate on mine which it had when I bought the trailer. The only problim I have with it is the mower will hang up sometimes when loading.

I am picking up lawn tractors for repair. A lot of the time the reason I am picking them up is they don't run or move by themselves. Now if I have a heavy tractor that moves a little on the hard side it become a problim for me to load. Has anyone ever install a winch of some type to load...

[Its getting along in age but still does a good job with a lot of maintenance.

It just got to the point that heating my house with fuel oil anymore is gotten out of sight. I now have to pay 4.00 dollars a gallon for heating oil. I have installed a insert into my fire place and heat with wood. I have 5 acres of woods and get some of my wood from there. I have found I...

Every time I see bigheaded5, trying to start a new thread looking for parts it's not there. Must be bigheaded5 is up to no good. I give him some advice where to look for parts but it didn't go far. Is bigheaded5 looking for some free advertising or just trying to give us some junk because I...

My insurance company came and looked my house and shop. Seeing my shop is attached to my house and I heat it with wood they will not insure it as long as I am heating the shop with wood. I can still heat my house with wood OK but not the shop. So I have to close down my repair shop for the...

I have a Onan generator in my shop to get running. I sure hope I didn't get over my head with this job. The fuel system was all plugged up with real old gas which I believe I am OK with. The next problim I have is no spark to the plugs or voltage to the fuel pump. It looks like everything...

You are going to mow your own private lawn and it,s not near any public land or sidewalk. Just what would you consider to be too much adult beverage not to mow your lawn? I have seen some mowers with cup holders. It seems that a lot of people have a different tolerance when it comes to alcohol...

I have always been a good fan for the Kohler engine, (Until) Just got a Troy Built mower with a Kohler SV590 Courage engine in it for a repair job. Leaking oil bad. Disassembled the engine today and found large cracks in the engine crankcase and as far as I can see no reason for it. Seeing...

Its that time of year again. Roll the lawn. I don't like mowing and the only thing worst is rolling the lawn. Way too slow and boring. Just back and forth at a very slow speed. Most people on this forum enjoy using the lawn tractor but to me I prefer repairing them not operating them. I...

If you are going to need a flashing advertising why not do it with a Ferris a real mower? :biggrin:

I have some tree sapling that got started in my rhubarb pach. I have been trying to pull them out. The problim is how do you get a hold on them to pull them out by the roots? Everthing I try just slips off.

I have been putting a garden for years now and every spring I rototiller the soil. I was just looking at the garden tractors with the dirt plows trend. My question would be which would make for a better garden rototilling or plowing? It looks like a plow goes much deeper in the soil then a...