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    Big Whoops! I added chain saw oil instead of 2-stroke to make up my gallon of 50:1 mix!

    Just dilute it in a bigger tank and run thru your mower or any other larger tank'ed engine. I have a 4 stroke outboard that I had to use as a premix disposal system.
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    Microsoft stopping support to Windows 10 today

    Windoz 11 won't work on my 7 year old Toshiba PC, which came with Win 8hate, which I manually updated to Windozed 10. Remember how much everyone hated 8? So I got 7 years of support out of a $700.00 machine. In 2020 My wife gave me a hardened water resistant Asus Chromebook, to use for working...
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    Well get ready for major price increases

    Please folks, let's at least get this right. The peanut farmer was Carter, and while he tried to balance the budget he never did. The actual last time that the budget was balanced and the debt declined was...... wait for it..... Clinton, with the help of a split Republican and Democratic...
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    Found a bolt not sure where it goes

    Aaaaa! The old mystery bolt found in the grass while mowing.... but the riding mower is cutting just fine. WTH is that for? Where did it come from??? Well.... here's a 6 inch coil spring in the grass too. It does seem to be riding kind of rough... OH the seat's moving...! DUH!!!! Lots of...
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    My Friend got ripped off by the Dealer.

    Where are you getting a real $20 carb that's not a Chinese knockoff these days?????
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    My Friend got ripped off by the Dealer.

    Not quite as bad... big dealer/shop bankruptcy. I used to live in Springfield VA and took my mower and snowblower to a place off Backlick Road, where I bought the snowblower (in 2003). December of 2013 I picked up my snowblower and dropped off the mower for repair and winter storage (only room...
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    Buying a forever lawnmower. Lawnmower buying advice.

    Or more concisely put: There is a good reason for range anxiety for cars and trucks. LI batteries can be dangerous cause they catch fire and are hard to put out. We don't have the infrastructure in place to support an all electric fleet. Electric cars are going to put many mechanics out of...
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    Buying a forever lawnmower. Lawnmower buying advice.

    Which is one reason I have kept my mini rider (MTD/Yardman Yardbug) with its 27 inch blade for 25 years. Its a weird one, with the bagging basket under the seat.
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    Buying a forever lawnmower. Lawnmower buying advice.

    I would agree that for the professional landscaper mower service, electric is not there. But for harry homeowner, an electric is a forever mower. For the 20-22 inch mower for the homeowner, we are already there, and have been for 5 years. Yes batteries are going to get better, but if all you...
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    Buying a forever lawnmower. Lawnmower buying advice.

    Folks: I think I see what the real problem here is. What we have here is another person who has decided to stick with solutions and facts from 50 years ago. I am a ski instructor. Been skiing for 55 years. Don't tell me that there is no climate change unless you call it what it really is...
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    Buying a forever lawnmower. Lawnmower buying advice.

    I gotta chime in here. You sound like you need to seriously open your mind and welcome yourself to the 21st Century. It's not 1945-75 anymore. Electric battery powered mowers are for now and they are real. A few of my neighbors have battery powered electrics, and one has had his for almost a...
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    New HRX Frustration

    If it was me I'd get rid of it asap. If they won't refund your money, get it repaired at their expense and sell it. Don't spend any of your own money repairing it if the dealer can't (or won't) fix it. In any case sell it for whatever you can get, and buy a cheap gas or a high rated electric...
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    Briggs & Stratton discontinues all Snapper & Simplicity tractors & zero turns - 9/8/2023

    Nope, Lambert's intention all along was to make money by selling off the assets a piece at a time, making money because the parts are worth more than the whole. Take a look back at the movie Wall Street, where Gordon Gecko bought an airline that was under performing. He bought it because he knew...
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    Briggs & Stratton discontinues all Snapper & Simplicity tractors & zero turns - 9/8/2023

    Because they can make lots of money doing it. Look what has happened to Sears since Lambert took them over years ago.
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