LawnMowerFanatic's 2015 Equipment/Work Thread

[lawn mower fanatic]

I am starting this thread to have a place to post pictures of equipment, jobs, etc I have in 2015. I will be posting something this evening on how I am prepping for the 2015 mowing season. Hopefully this thread will primarily be photos.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

So today, since it was warm out (generally speaking), I spent the time working on the snowblower. Since I have a feeling the 10" of snow we got on Thursday will be the last snow of the season (or at least the last snow I will need the snowblower), I cleaned it, and put it in the "back" of the garage. But before I put it away I wanted to fix the skid shoes, because they took a beating during the last storm. It was working through icy snow near a foot deep for 8 hours straight. I flipped the skid shoes, because as you can see in the "Before" picture below, they are very worn down (as well as not even straight on the ground).
On another subject, since I had more customers than usual for that storm, I couldn't spend the time going over the driveway with a shovel after I used the snowblower. So I made it so the metal blade was scraping the ground, instead of raised up a few millimeters. So today I raised the blade off the ground, since I don't want it to have pressure on it for the 8-9 months it will be stored. So now I am ready for next season. Let me know what you think. :thumbsup:

Skid shoes before:



Skid shoes after:



Nice and clean! (This picture was taken BEFORE I flipped the skid shoes.)

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

In storage.

 

[Ric]

I am starting this thread to have a place to post pictures of equipment, jobs, etc I have in 2015. I will be posting something this evening on how I am prepping for the 2015 mowing season. Hopefully this thread will primarily be photos.

Prepping for your 2015 season, well get ready because I have a feeling it's going to be a hot season. If last week was an indicator of heat for this upcoming summer we will be lucky if we have any grass to cut.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Prepping for your 2015 season, well get ready because I have a feeling it's going to be a hot season. If last week was an indicator of heat for this upcoming summer we will be lucky if we have any grass to cut.

Wow, that stinks. :thumbdown: I remember the hot days of summer here where it is so humid and you start sweating the second you step out the door. Can't say I am looking forward to that! I'm starting to get used to temperatures below freezing! :laughing:

 

[Ric]

Wow, that stinks. :thumbdown: I remember the hot days of summer here where it is so humid and you start sweating the second you step out the door. Can't say I am looking forward to that! I'm starting to get used to temperatures below freezing! :laughing:

We had two days with record breaking Temperatures 85 and 88 degrees and that's high for March. I don't want to think about this summer and the grass being fried. I'm already up to forty lawns a week and waiting on the rest to dry out from all the rain.

 

[Ric]

Wow, I just got a knock at the door and one of my clients just gave me a Toro Recycler. Thing looks almost new.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Wow, I just got a knock at the door and one of my clients just gave me a Toro Recycler. Thing looks almost new.

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That's great! It's good for you because now they don't have a lawn mower so they will always need your service. Haha

 

[motoman]

Weather here NW. Rain is on track but snowpack is only 5%. Last couple weeks freaky warm , 10-15 degrees above normal. Besides worrying about grass, dry times are worrisome for tree health. the big Doug firs can wreak havoc if they die from bug infestation, and come down. The water police are active in Calif which is in bad shape. Do the rain dance, all!

 

[Boobala]

I am starting this thread to have a place to post pictures of equipment, jobs, etc I have in 2015. I will be posting something this evening on how I am prepping for the 2015 mowing season. Hopefully this thread will primarily be photos.

GREAT IDEA !!! Users can understand photos much better than some explanations, I use 3 automotive forums for working on my vehicles and many times the pics were so helpful .... so MUCH better than the manuals ( and I bought the ORIGINAL factory / dealer service manuals ( BIG bucks $$$$$ ) for my cars. Anyway I sure hope this thread takes off , maybe even turn into a separate photo/repair forum ...?????? I already set-up 2 albums ( My Project & My Project 2 ) as I'm currently rebuilding a 2004 Murray 46" cut - 21 H.P. Briggs machine , since Murray NEVER made service manuals, my pics are my only points of reference ( I suffer from the old age disease ----C.R.S. ) , ( LOL ) Have a FANTASTIC season and I'll be watchin this thread ...... Boobala :thumbsup: :cool2: