Mowers are ready!!!
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If you dont have too many weeds, you dont get all that goop under the deck. When i mow the first time of the season, it CAKES under the deck. It is MUCH easier to hose it out directly after mowing. Even if you wait a couple days, its easier than waiting until its completely dry.
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From: N. Mississippi
I need to get my rider mower ready as the weeds are growing at a ptetty good rate. I could have mowed the yard last week but I have this aversion to wearing a heavy coat while mowing here in north MS.
I will change the oil(to synthetic) and filter plus sharpen blades, change plug, lube this and that....etc....
That's a good project for this coming Saturday.
I will change the oil(to synthetic) and filter plus sharpen blades, change plug, lube this and that....etc....
That's a good project for this coming Saturday.
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From: Houston
Originally Posted by Cuda444
okst, coming from a landscaper... Try sharpening the blade; I bet your lawn will look 10 times better 
Sharp blades are key to a nice cut and healthy grass 
Sharp blades are key to a nice cut and healthy grass 
Fleet Mechanic
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Tuffy....
maintenance, maintenance, maintenance....
Pull your carb, clean it or have it cleaned and adjusted, change your fuel filters, change your oil, and before you store it, put some Sta-Bil in the fuel. I put it in my gas can so the fuel doesnt go stale or varnish up. If you can get it running well and correctly, then all you have to do is just keep the fuel up over the winter, she should fire right up for the first mow.
maintenance, maintenance, maintenance....
Pull your carb, clean it or have it cleaned and adjusted, change your fuel filters, change your oil, and before you store it, put some Sta-Bil in the fuel. I put it in my gas can so the fuel doesnt go stale or varnish up. If you can get it running well and correctly, then all you have to do is just keep the fuel up over the winter, she should fire right up for the first mow.
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From: Pleasant Hill, MO
Originally Posted by ag-ford-4x4
If you dont have too many weeds, you dont get all that goop under the deck. When i mow the first time of the season, it CAKES under the deck. It is MUCH easier to hose it out directly after mowing. Even if you wait a couple days, its easier than waiting until its completely dry.
Ryan
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
I should probably look around for someone wanting to off an old riding mower from their stable. -It would have to be cheap!
I was at Lowes the other day and the price on most of those machines new was more than I paid for my F250!!!
Meanwhile, I'm having a go-around with a Briggs carburettor that may have a bad pump membrane. I never did like that design. Unfortunately its on my tiller, and right now half the garden is turned - the rest is waiting.
I've got a flock of 3.5 horse push mowers and donor machines that I mix and match from to maintain 3 or 4 mini-bush hogs. These are mowers that I can shove into a weed patch without flinching because they were free in the first place, so it doesn't much matter what happens to them.
I think this year I'll have to do a mass rip-&-strip so I can get rid of the useless parts.
I was at Lowes the other day and the price on most of those machines new was more than I paid for my F250!!!
Meanwhile, I'm having a go-around with a Briggs carburettor that may have a bad pump membrane. I never did like that design. Unfortunately its on my tiller, and right now half the garden is turned - the rest is waiting.
I've got a flock of 3.5 horse push mowers and donor machines that I mix and match from to maintain 3 or 4 mini-bush hogs. These are mowers that I can shove into a weed patch without flinching because they were free in the first place, so it doesn't much matter what happens to them.
I think this year I'll have to do a mass rip-&-strip so I can get rid of the useless parts.
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