Dusty-t, Jim , Mountforest Ontario. I hope that there are more than 4 of us from Canada. Anyway hello all.:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: Dusty
Hi All,
I am a Canadian living in Central Ontario near Barrie Ontario , about 100km north of Toronto, the big Smoke. I run a small engine and powersport services company This is my take me into retirement job, I worked for many years commuting to Toronto for my job , an opportunity came up to go back to school for a year so I did and graduated with honours as a small engine mechanic, My shop is 500 feet from my home and I bring my dogs to work with me , Canada is a great country!!!!!
Dan from Essa Small Engines.:thumbsup:
Hi to all from Oromocto, New Brunswick, on the banks of the beautiful Saint John river, home of the largest military base in the Commonwealth ,,,and me.... Jim
Hello from Manitoba
Hello all.
Another Manitoban here, but probably a little north of the archer.
First trip to this site - I am on dial-up and that keeps me from a lot of sites. This one loads quite fast though. :thumbsup:
Hello thanks for stopping in and saying hi ...I have been here for a few weeks now and i enjoy it very friendly people and good advice to be had .Hope to see you around :thumbsup:
Thanks for the welcome. :thumbsup:
I likely will be around, especially after I mow my lawn for the last time this year.
My deck needs some refreshing and I will be poking around the threads looking for ideas. I plan on stripping it down, cleaning it off, stripping the old paint (and built up gunk), and then priming, painting, and coating it. It should be good to go for next year. :smile:
Chris
Hello from Brechin Ontario, north of Toronto, East of Orillia, near Casino Rama to be specific :smile:
I don't check here often but I do enjoy looking around and getting some good ideas to keep my mowers running.
I do have a question regarding Gear Oil - I have a faily new to me 5 foot PTO 3pt hitch mower with an Oil reservoir that contains Gear Oil but when I check the level the other day the Oil is quite "milky" or discoloured - not clear. I have seen that Hydraulic Fluid will do this if water is getting in but I am not sure if it is the same. There is a machine screw on the top that may be letting in oil when it rain so I put thread tape on this.
Any suggestion are appreciated. I think I will change the Oil though, just to be sure.
I do have a question regarding Gear Oil - I have a faily new to me 5 foot PTO 3pt hitch mower with an Oil reservoir that contains Gear Oil but when I check the level the other day the Oil is quite "milky" or discoloured - not clear. I have seen that Hydraulic Fluid will do this if water is getting in but I am not sure if it is the same. There is a machine screw on the top that may be letting in oil when it rain so I put thread tape on this.
Any suggestion are appreciated. I think I will change the Oil though, just to be sure.
Three point equipment is a little tough to drain, I put my large decks on edge with my front loader...
You might consider using a good synthetic gear lube ... It seems to tolerate the moisture better that gets pulled in due to heat/cool, expansion/contraction... :smile:KennyV
Hello from Brechin Ontario, north of Toronto, East of Orillia, near Casino Rama to be specific :smile:
I don't check here often but I do enjoy looking around and getting some good ideas to keep my mowers running.
I do have a question regarding Gear Oil - I have a faily new to me 5 foot PTO 3pt hitch mower with an Oil reservoir that contains Gear Oil but when I check the level the other day the Oil is quite "milky" or discoloured - not clear. I have seen that Hydraulic Fluid will do this if water is getting in but I am not sure if it is the same. There is a machine screw on the top that may be letting in oil when it rain so I put thread tape on this.
Any suggestion are appreciated. I think I will change the Oil though, just to be sure.
Wow..is there any way one can post a simple question??
"HELLO FROM RURAL OTTAWA SOUTH"
Dusty-t, Jim , Mountforest Ontario. I hope that there are more than 4 of us from Canada. Anyway hello all.:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: Dusty
Canadian eh!:laughing: From Woodlsee, Ontario just outside of Windsor.:thumbsup:
i am originally from Kingston Ontario .. But just moved to bath Ontario last year nice little town right off lake Ontario quiet and a great place for my kids to grow up...so i would say i am in the middle
Beer is better on our side of the border. Have to invite our American cousins over for a taste treat. Dave:thumbsup:
Hi from Saskatchewan
Oh OK,I know where that's at.
Isn't that where Supermans's Dad lives ? :wink:
Do me a favor? Say Hello to Santa for me, will ya?
Howdy neighbor,I'm 40 km s/e of PR.In La Crete.
We're 5 hours north of Grande Prairie, 3 hours north of Peace River and an hour and change SE of High Level and 15 hours North of the US border.
Bout 4 or so inches north of Edmonton on a map:wink:
I think santa is an hoax .Oh OK,I know where that's at.
Isn't that where Supermans's Dad lives ? :wink:
Do me a favor? Say Hello to Santa for me, will ya?
Bison said:I think santa is an hoax .
In Holland they call him "Sinterklaas" and there he rides a horse,He lives in Spain and his helpers are negro's.He travels from spain to Holland by steam boat.
His helpers are mean little a-holes,they carrie switches and give you a spanking if you been bad.
They threaten repeat offenders with getting taken to Spain and turned into candy.
I think santa is an hoax .
In Holland they call him "Sinterklaas" and there he rides a horse,He lives in Spain and his helpers are negro's.He travels from spain to Holland by steam boat.
His helpers are mean little a-holes,they carrie switches and give you a spanking if you been bad.
They threaten repeat offenders with getting taken to Spain and turned into candy.
Oh yea?Buuuuuuuuuuuuut Mrs. Clause is hot.:thumbsup:
Buuuuuuuuuuuuut Mrs. Clause is hot.:thumbsup:
In Holland they call him "Sinterklaas" and there he rides a horse,He lives in Spain and his helpers are negro's.He travels from spain to Holland by steam boat.
His helpers are mean little a-holes,they carrie switches and give you a spanking if you been bad.
They threaten repeat offenders with getting taken to Spain and turned into candy
That's really interesting:thumbsup:..... we haven't worked out all those details here, or at least theres a lot more left to fantasy. We give all the kids presents even if they are not so good. Maybe that's why we have so many bad ones here note to self: might need to rethink the whole gifting thing.
Negroe helpers definetly would'nt work out in this country. That would get shut down real fast.
Oh and since you Dutchies have all that stuff figured out....why does Santa live in Spain and what color is his horse?:confused3:
That is fascinating,Ah,we kids always got something anyway but only after they first scared the beejeezus outa us with threatening having santa's helpers come over to beat the piss outa us or put us in a sack for shipping out to the candy factory in spain:wink:.
When we were young kids and when santa( he's dressed like a bishop there,miter and staff and all) visited school the teacher gave him a book with the names of all kids and who had been good or bad,these were scary moments i tell ye when these black helpers held up the feared gunny sack.Sometimes they would put a hapless kid kicking and screaming and begging for dear life in the sack and cart him off to the principals office.
i tell ye that poor kid would be pretty meek for a long while,Actually the whole class would be quiet for a couple days...Today it would be seen as child abuse:smile:
We kids hated and feared every black guy back then,..hey,..you never knew if they were spying for Santa eh
Saint Nicolaas was a spanish priest,Spain was home.
He rode a white horse
You're welcome.That is fascinating,
That's the kind of thing that makes sifting through the BS here worth it. Learning about another culture 1000's of miles away is very valuable to me. I like to know how other peoples live and what they experience, I suppose that's why I post the pics, and I want to see others pictures. There is so much information there (in a picture).
Don't tell anybody, but I really don't care much about what kind of mower you use, but I'm interested in why it's important to you.
I find it very interesting that this culture chooses to look at Santa this way and here we use the myth in another, almost contrary way.
Thanks for sharing that.
There is a santa candy called "pepernoten" an hard dry spicecake the size of a Quarter,3/8" or so thick.
As the folklore goes,these candy's were made from recaltrant children.( talk about canibalisme eh )
Santa's helpers would throw bags full of these "nuts" all trough the classroom over the floor(clean or not). We kids would scramble like chickens over handfulls of corn on hands and knee's picking them up as many as we could and would munch on them all day long.
In these days nobody cared about bacteria or dirt,nobody ever got sick from eating them,just wiped the sand off on our pants if there was any.
I've asked dealers what percentage profit they make on new equipment and how much on parts.I am new to the site and was looking to see where my fellow Canadians are at. I know this is an old thread, but thought here was as good a place as any to give a shout out to the Canucks.
Looking forward to checking out and contributing to the site from a Toronto Outdoor Power Equipment Dealer's perspective.
Ask me anything you always wanted to ask your dealer, but didn't.
I've asked dealers what percentage profit they make on new equipment and how much on parts.
Ofcourse they never disclosed that,they only said,..not much.
I wonder if you have the guts to spill the beans:wink:
I ain't holding my breath though:laughing:
I also wonder when i wander in a JD dealership why the walls,shelves and floors are completely covered with toy tractors and such crap, but even simple parts for a tractor or implement needs to be ordered and can take weeks to get and when it does arive it is usually the wrong part:confused2:
Screw the farmer eh
Oh yeah ?One can fool kids only so long with these fairytales,when the catch on they been had they usually rebel by saying "why did you lie about that", and,..i never believe you again!.
IMO,It underminds the credebillity of grown ups,sure not a smart thing to do.. i say.
But nowadays espessially in the bigger city's there are so many santa's kicking around that one can't fool even the very young kids for very long:wink:
The kids in Holland are nowadays just as confused and FF ed up as here.Drug's and crime are running rampant there too..Kids have no respect anymore for their elders as they used to have either.
There is such a tremendous influx of East Europians( mostly criminals) and Muslims(religeous fanatics) there it starts to tear the country apart:confused2:
The world is changing,..and IMO not for the better!.
Oh yeah ?
I question this....and everything !
Lets do some searching for the truth.
Sources ?......my relatives,they live in Holland...
From my perspective, I think its better than ever..
So, this depends on where one is.....nope,your country is on the way to the crapper too,..you need to pull your head out of your behind and see what's happening all over the world........the devil is gaining the upperhand(his helper is in the WH)
Why are people the way they seem to be ?.....selfishness,greed,lack of love,despair,want things for free,jealousy,......you name it.
fanatics.....they are eiter brainwashed or have a mental problem IMO
criminals
why?... ...they rather make $10 illegal than $20 in an honest way.They are to stupid to figger out being honest and work for what they want or need is much more agreeable and full filling.
since I am neither (IMO), I do not know.
Ever speak with one of these ?.....I have,...they think the world owes them everything for free.
Have a good day, and converse.
I am, more or less, an advocate of the cheapest possible repair/fix.Yes,the throw away attitude only seems to get worse,replace,..don't fix.
A zillion models that do all the same thing,...mow grass.
Every model has its own parts that doesn't fit any other model.
I needed brushes for a big starter for one of my tractors. 8 brushes at $25 a piece..$200.
A new starter was $320,you go figure:confused2: guess what i bought.:wink:
This world is crazy.
have a good day yourself
Well, Bison, I too have relatives in the Netherlands (Van der Goes)....They seem to have legal drugs, we have them illegal....same bottom line ??
Have I spoken anything in truth ???
Also, even if I am American, I am not blind by this, I am the opposite of a tea-bagging conservative...
Hello fellow Albertan.Hello fellow Canadians! I'm from Alberta. Little town called Slave Lake. I'm new in business but I've been cutting grass for a few years now. Hopping to learn a lot more from this forum.
I am, more or less, an advocate of the cheapest possible repair/fix.
Things are changing, but is this anything new ?
Is this good or bad ?
As to the brushes.....are there other sources ?
Probably NOT, if one captures and controls that market and then waits for the demand....
I'm am sure its NOT a "new" starter but a restored one , using those $25 brushes (discounted 90%)..
I do not trust business as I do not know all the particulars and details of business, I only make "educated" guesses.
I think that the world is "crazy" as we really do not know all the whys and whens and whos....and those in their Ivory Towers are not about to release this info and data.