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I was hoping somebody could shed some light on why so many operators of handheld and backpack power equipment constantly "wing" the throttle. I see (hear) this all the time with trimmers and blowers. I understand that it's necessary to vary the throttle, but I see no point in winging the...

I was just wondering if anyone rotates their mower blades from one side of the deck to the other when sharpening them on multi-blade mowers? I've noticed that the right side and center blade always have more wear than the left one when I pull them off for sharpening, presumably because they...

I apparently ran my engine while the choke wasn't opening properly and fouled my plugs. I replaced those and corrected the choke issue. My question is whether there is anything I could/should do to blow all the carbon out that may have accumulated in the engine?

Echo finally has their newest and most powerful backpack blower ready for the market. Their top blower currently available is the PB 770 which falls short of the competition. Specs for the 8010 are impressive. 1000+ cfm at 200+ mph. Unfortunately it looks like won't be available until...

I see a lot of discussion here about how to deal with windrows and clumps. The photos are from a low priority bi-weekly mowing account of mine. Due to lots of rain recently I got behind on mowing and let this one slip to 18 days. The lawn area shown is low lying and was really long. The...

I was at my Husqvarna dealer today for parts and they have their spring shipment in. The had the new W548 48 inch hyro. There's also a 52 incher. I'm a big fan of hydro walk-behind mowers and it looks like a really nice machine. Sturdy, big fuel tank, floating deck (not one lever adjust...

I see a lot of members here purchasing zero turn mowers for the first time and a lot of discussion about maintaining and repairing them. What I don't see a lot of is discussion of how to operate them safely and what their limitations are. You can get yourself into trouble pretty quickly on a...

Just thought I'd share my method of loading leaves when I need to load them in bulk. Most of my accounts I can just blow them to the woods and a couple of others I just grind them up and bag them with my mower to haul them away. I used to have a 16HP Billy Goat leaf loader but it was often...

I have searched the internet and can't find any information or impressions about these tires other than from the manufacturer. Just a single review on their website. These tires came equipped on my Bob-Cat mower. I have traction issues with the machine and I'm not sure if it's the machine...

I know to release the hydros before towing a mower, but a friend of mine didn't. His mower died on his lawn and he couldn't get it running again so he towed it to his garage with his truck without releasing the hydros. He said it pulled fine without skidding. It's a pretty big yard so it...

I see that Bob-Cat has new "RS" designations for the Predator-Pro, ProCat, FastCat Pro models and and a new XRZ Pro RS model. I haven't spoken to my dealer yet about them but I notice they all have adjustable suspension seats and that the FastCat Pro now has the Kawi FX850V engine on both the...

It's not known at this time what they were exposed to but I suspect some type of interaction between chemicals. http://www.kswo.com/story/36690653/2-texas-lawn-care-workers-die-following-chemical-exposure

I had the Boss-Vac 2 bag rear bagger installed on my mower last week. I have a 2017 52 inch FastCat Pro. Compared to the Ultravac system that I have on my Lazer Z HP (and ran for 14 years) it works MUCH better. Virtually no blow-out and leaves "running away" the way they do on my Exmark. I'm...