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If you have one of the shop vacuum hoses that are 2 1/2 inch size, odds are, you will break the plastic end on the so called "crushproof" hose. No, you cannot buy just that part, they want to sell you a new hose instead. So, next time your better half throws an empty plastic bottle from the...

I am in the process of cleaning, sanding, and staining a large deck. As the house siding is a light color, and the deck railings white PVC, any stain splatter will show easily, and cleaning the stuff off either is a huge PIB. I have about a dozen lengths of old aluminum siding that I...

Look at the attachment, and see if you can deduce what I used these kiddie blocks for when I first moved here back in 1988 and began cleaning up four acres of overgrown meadows and cornfields and making them a lawn. At one time I had 3 dozen of these blocks. Think hard, now...

As for me: Blackberry 8330 Curve smartphone Toshiba L-355 17 inch laptop Dell 530 desktop, Pentium E-2180, 4 gb ram, 320 gb hard drive, 320 gb external Western digital hard drive, Asus 1 GB video card, Corsair 450 watt power supply, 23 inch Asus LCD monitor, Canon MP 210 MFP, Canon IP2600...

We have about a dozen huge black walnut trees, some are about 50-60 years old. Many of them began dropping their nuts about a week ago, I have never known them to begin shedding walnuts this early in the year. Thankfully there are not a lot of them to pick up this season, at times in the past...

How many of you remember where you were and what you were doing at the time you got the news of 9/11? While I can barely remember what I was doing a week ago, I will always remember that morning, probably for the rest of my life. It will give you some idea of how old I am, when I reveal that I...

The great thing about Deere quality (and the high purchase price) is that you are encouraged to take good care of your equipment. NOBODY can convince me JD isn't the best you can buy.

HERE is what a well designed and engineered, carefully maintained and proudly owned tractor should appear like as it nears the 900 hour mark. My Deere never fails to put a grin on my face when I open the garage door and start it up, anticipating "seat time".....:thumbsup::biggrin::thumbsup:

While I enjoy changing the oil and greasing my tractor, as well as other tasks, I always have and always will dread the underside cleaning of my deck that is required about every 40 mowing hours. The pictures show the mess from the second time this year, as my deck weighs 400 pounds and is a...

I have nearly 2300 posts on TBN, and Some rank newbie (70 posts) on TBN was talking smack yesterday about my John Deere, saying it was a Yanmar with green paint and an inflated price tag. Well that ticked me off so I told him so, now he is saying I am a TROLL, well if I am so be it. So...

Come out from under the bridge and tell us about yourselves, warts and all. Let it be known the majority of LMF members do not discriminate against others with a genuine interest in mowers and equpiment, only against frauds, fakes, and phonies.

No grumpy old fart, no Twall, how about somebody else pick up the flipping ball?

Today my county Waste Management Authority is hosting a Clean Community Event, which allows residents to get rid of trash, scrap metal, household chemicals and fluids, junk, E-waste, etc. for free or a token charge. I took in about 200 alkaline and 20 ni cad batteries and 500 pounds of scrap...

Today's project was to load my utility trailer with the scrap metal that has built up on my pole for the last two years...my neighbors and brother contribute to the pile also.

What's that up in the sky...a bird, a plane...no, it's SUPERZEKE, making sure no birds are around before I pick this year's crop of Elberta peaches. Box shows about 25 pounds, most are tennis ball size (dwarf tree) will probably harvest about 80 pounds total. THEY ARE TASTY !!!!

One pic shows my place when I moved here back in fall 1988. The other was taken this morning from about the same vantage point. What a difference 23 years of sweat equity and $200,000 make !!!

I just read an opinion on the editorial page of our local paper, authored by a man who quoted: "While driving down a Delta Township road recently, I observed a 60-something-year old man mowing his lawn on a riding mower, this man was without a shirt and about 350 pounds. Absolutely extremely...

I hit the big "SIX-OH" at midnight today. What are the odds of me being around long enough to collect my first Social Security check and be REAL geezer, with a permanent monthly stipend granted by Uncle Sam? And how many of you guys expect to actually collect what you paid into Social...

According to USA Weekend, the insert packaged with our local Sunday paper, you can now buy "Depends" underwear at Wally World in COLORS !!!! :confused2: Told my wife next time she visits that store, pick me up a package of dark brown, and a package of yellow. We all know how important it is...

According to the local news here, on Wednesday, a 24 year old man tried to use his feet to stop his car after his brakes failed, in Roseville, Michigan. His brakes failed as he approached a red light, and he ran the light, striking two vehicles, while sticking his feet out to attempt to stop...

Took this about 9 pm last night, the view is of our one acre northside yard, which was originally a cornfield when I moved here 22 years ago. The barn in the background is where I store my tractor. I enjoy night mowing because it is cooler and the engine heat isn't so uncomfortable. And...

WARNING AND DISCLAIMER: Those who are PC and love bugs are NOT advised to view the attachment here. Guts EVERYPLACE !!! REAL VIOLENCE !!! Found a yellow jacket nest in the side of my north barn last nite while push mowing, got a few stings in the process. Could not get close enuff to spray...

My Husqvarna (as well as many other brands such as Craftsman) offer 3 modes of dealing with grass clippings, rear bagging with the hinged side discharge plate down, mulching (plate down but no grass bag) and side discharge with the plate holding in a discharge chute. I do mostly side discharge...

As of now, 34 members online AND 561 GUESTS !!!!! Go figger. Maybe that is why LMF never has any new posts....NOBODY WANTS TO JOIN , LOGIN AND CONTRIBUTE. FRIGGIN' LURKERS !!!! :mad::thumbdown: FOUR QUE.

Do other members get to censor my opinions because it offends their personal feelings?

And hopefully, with NO CENSORSHIP !!!!!!

Gotta help my brother and his sons do a roof tearoff tomorrow, thankfully it's a small house, only 26X36 and two layers to remove. Enjoy spending the time with them although the pay is zero, and actually enjoy also the real work. Trouble with being retired, after a while you really don't want...

Wenr downstairs about 6 pm yesterday, and in the cat's litterbox was a big frickin' MOLE, trying to climb out. I helped him climb out, took the vermin outside, and bashed his head in with a shovel. What I don't understand is how it even got inside in the first place. The only way it could...

For getting to 1,000 posts and becoming a certified MOWER ADDICT. He didn't toot his own horn about it (something this old fart is infamous for) so give him a well deserved pat on the back !!! :smile:

Looks like the grumpy old fart (me) is the only one making comments here these days.

On the south side of our property we have four dwarf apple trees, all are different types. This is the first year in 20 following planting that there are ZERO apples on the trees !!! We have two larger, older apple trees that are full of green apples already. The dwarf peach trees near the...

Yes, it is. I can't find my owners manual. What octane of diesel fuel am I supposed to use in my John Deere?

I have barely had to do any for the past two or three weeks, then over the weekend I did the trimming and push mowing early in the day before the temp hit 85, and than at 8 pm I took the tractor out to do the big areas. I got my entire place done over the weekend...usually when there is a lot...

Yes, I will try to do that!

Why does it take so long to get these removed from LMF ????? I am sure I am not the only member who has this concern.

My aluminum utility trailer is the high-side type, to access the cargo area means either climbing on the trailer tongue and front toolbox, or lowering the 6 1/2 foot high rear gate. I kept trying to think of a way to build an easier method to get in and out...saw this aluminum RV ladder at a...

Whenever we have a hard rainfall here, I am out by the main downspout of our house with a collection of empty cat litter pails, they hold 5 gallons of water each. I fill them full, them tote them two at a time to my garden plot, where I have a half dozen 33 gallon trash cans with lids where I...

Tried out a new 2 gallon tank sprayer yesterday, and when I wanted to refill it, I had to use a section of 1X3 lumber as a lever to get the D handle unthreaded from the tank. Before I reinstalled the handle, I put a lite coat of grease on the threads. Amazed me how much easier it is to...

Last week TIME magazine had an article that basically said "If you want to make more (money) than a banker, become a farmer. They went on to tell about farmers who are worth a huge amount of money. Well, the tone of the article ticked me off, so I sent them an email opinion that said: Your...

Local news website just reported that a 3 year old girl in the mid-Michigan area lost most of one leg in a mowing accident. She was at her grandparents, ran out to surprise her grandfather who was mowing with a tractor, and he backed up and knocked her down, the blades cut much of one leg off...

DISCLAIMER: LMF members under legal drinking age are strongly encouraged not to post in this thread. :laughing: As for me, I prefer either white zinfandel or Moscato wine. The zinfandel is a step up, just barely, from the Ripple and Boones Farm I consumed when younger.

Last nite my brother in law was showing off his new Chevy Cruze to the family, they appear to be a very modern looking vehicle, but in the quest for better fuel mileage GM installed an EIGHTY THREE cubic inch engine (although a turbo) in a 3200 pound car. My '04 Lesabre has a 231 cubic inch...

Today and tomorrow we have the right to exercise two of our favorite American pastimes, which is drinking and playing with explosives. Whether you indulge in one, or both, please use extra caution and enjoy a safe and happy Independence Day, or Fourth of July, whichever you prefer to term it...

I just sold this Craftsman 5 drawer roller cabinet (shown in the attachment) to the first person who showed up to look, for $225. I was asking $250, but was happy to get the $225. He said it still looked brand new and a comparable one was selling for $250 new, but the older models are a...

Whether on LMF, or TBN, or any of the multitude of websites I am a member of, I always wonder just how many of the views on a certain thread are made by registered members, or by guests. Suppose this one thread has 400 views, but only 30 replies. I always wonder how many of the views were made...

Their sales associates: 1. Were rude and indifferent 2. Too busy to help a customer 3. On break or goofing off somewhere 4. Either knew nothing about the products 5. Or were know-it-alls 6. Kept pressuring me to buy a service contract 7. Kept trying to bait-and switch 8 Were very poorly...

Hey guys, being new here I wanted to share my experience with my (make) (model) (generic information) that I just made my second payment on, and I can truthfully relate my experience with (XYZ selling dealer) is just one huge (expletive deleted) mess, I was so dumb that before I bought my...

Was at the local Goodwill store yesterday, they had a donated Toro 16 inch electric start snowblower, tagged price was $69.99. Did a Google with my Blackberry, results came back that model sold for about $400-$425 new. Saw results for one on Craigslist for $125. Debated about whether to buy...

Tired of having your garden, berry patch, or grape arbor raided by furred or feathered vermin? I proudly introduce you to the long-awaited: "Critter-Gitter Post-Mount Crop Protection System" (Patent Pending) Extremely low cost, stray cats are always free. Very low upkeep cost, cats can...

Never see anything here by Twall, and that grumpy old fart JDGreen seems to be absent too. No wonder the "The Front Porch" seems so dull.