Recent content by Have_Blue

Spoken for truth! Todd knows his business! I use Wal-Mart Super Tech because it stacks up well with the expensive brands, and costs less than some conventional and blends. If it's better and costs a few pennies more, why not use it?

I started using the cheapest, thickest (10W-30) synthetic at about 120 hours. It never smoked or used oil, and the oil stayed clean. Now at 235 hours, and there are no changes so it seems to be fine. I doubt that it adds more than 1 season to a homeowner's machine, but it's so cheap, why not?

Exactly right. The problem with ethanol is that it absorbs water and gets stinky and rotten when it sits in a tank too long. You can let a small engine sit all winter with pure gasoline in he tank, fill it up in spring and it will usually run fine. Do the same with ethanol gas and you will be...

Staying with what you know isn't necessarily brand loyalty. If you trust 2, 3, or 4 brands, you default to the one you are familiar with running and servicing.

The question can be answered yes or no without getting into brands. And my answer is no.

Nope! Right now, the only engines I trust are Kawasaki and Honda, but if something just as good comes along, I would buy it. As for the frame and deck, it's easy to examine them and determine the quality right in the store.

I have the same mower, I flipped over in a big ditch and crushed the seat. I didn't like it anyway, so looked for a better one. I looked online until I found one that looked just like it, and that's how I found the OEM seat maker. I then went on their website and found mine, and bought the next...

Hi, Changed oil a few days ago, and when filling it back up, it would only take oil very slowly. If I didn't pour it in very slowly, it would run out of the filler neck. I swapped funnels to a smaller one with a 3/8" diameter neck and that was no fun. It took a long time to fill it, still had...

Have a Raptor SD 60 with 9 hours on it. My seat brackets got broken and the vinyl torn, so it's not salvageable. Are there better Seat King, Milsco, or other brands that will bolt directly up to my mower? Can I get them through Lowes at a reasonable price, or will I have to shop Amazon or eBay...

Have a Raptor SD 60" with Kaw engine. I thought about buying a mower jack for deck cleaning and blade sharpening, but it's a little bulky and hard for me to store. Instead, I bought a very tiny, inexpensive 1.5 ton chain hoist, which would effortlessly lift the entire mower if I got carried...

Hello everyone. I'm new here, but some of you may remember me from TBN for 12-14 years. Bought the Troy-Bilt Mustang about 5 years ago, and it's always been smoky and runs with unimpressive power. When new, I assumed it would break in and stop smoking. Over the years, it seemed to burn oil...