Recent content by Ortis

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    Looking for advice re: purchasing a reliable lawn tractor

    My 2 cents would be to hire someone to mow. For the price of a decent machine, you can have a fair amount of mowing done.
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    Stihl FS-85 won't start

    Hi - I have a Stihl FS-85, 2-stroke-cycle, string trimmer, an echo chainsaw, and other tools with small engines. The current problem is with the FS-85. It quit, and upon looking into it, I found that the piston was badly scored. So, I bought a piston & cylinder kit, replaced the damaged units...
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    Mowers only- or tings like string trimmers as well?

    Hi - I am 65, live on a farm but don't do the farming personally. We do have a good bit to mow and keep trim. For mowers, I have a 50 year-old Jacobson that we have not used in a while, a 21 Horse Kubota, a John Deere 316 lawn tractor, and a 1954 Ford NAA tractor. More relevant, I also have a...
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