Recent content by Mr. Shamrock

I have tried for the last 6 years to get my lawn looking as good as it can and it seems I am fighting a losing battle. I have a serious weed issue and even after pulling and applying weed treatments I still have them. I look at my neighbors yard and they just don't care. Right now they have...

I put down some mulch (6 yards of it) last week and it had and still has a strong smell of manure. I watered it down today and it seemed to help a little, but is there a way to get rid of this stench! It seems to be the strongest right in our front door corridor so it makes for a nice punch in...

Many of you followed my thread on my 20 HP V-Twin B&S using oil. So I bought a new mower with a 22HP Briggs. You can't imagine how my blood pressure went up when I cut the yard for the first time with the new one and the oil level was down to the "Add" mark. There are 2.6 hours on this...

I just used my new Snapper zero turn for the first time today and while I was very pleased with it all in all I noticed that the left lever is quite a bit harder to go into reverse than the right. Is there a adjustment for this or should I take it back to the dealer?

...and I highly DO NOT recommend it. I sprayed my brand new mower down yesterday and cut the lawn today. Everything stuck to it like glue. I usually just blow my mowers off at the end of the day and with this junk on there hardly anything would blow off. I had to give the mower a bath to get...

I bought a new Snapper today with a 22 HP Professional Briggs motor. The manual says to change the oil after 100 hours for engines with the yellow high-efficiency filter (which it has). This just doesn't sound right to me. Shouldn't there be an initial oil change at 5 or 25 or even 50 hours?

I was asked by my father to inquire about the benefits of shocks on a mower. He had back surgery years ago and my Snapper jars him a little. I have seen some of the Simplicity mowers (I am sure there are probably others) with shocks but I haven't quite wrapped my head around how that would...

Many of you probably have seen my other thread about my B&S Intek 20HP V-Twin using a lot of oil. What are your opinions on complete new engine, short block, or rebuilding this one? OR go trade the whole mower in on a new one and call it a day?!?!!?

What is the torque spec for the main bolt that attaches the PTO clutch to the motor on a 250Z Snapper?

I looked up the prices of my belts from a Snapper dealer and they are quite expensive. Has anyone taken their belts to an auto parts store and just matched them up? Is there a place to order an aftermarket belt?

I try to praise companies that give me decent support and rarely will go out of my way to bad mouth a company unless they really do me wrong. Well here is one of those situations - I bought a Lowrance GPS unit about a year ago and have updated the maps once on it. A couple months ago I grabbed...

I read through the previous recent weed thread and I didn't want to hijack that thread so here is my dilemna... First off I am far from a green thumb and don't know the difference between grasses, weeds, plants, etc. I do know what a good looking lawn is and I have been killing myself trying to...

Like the title states I cannot get the grass to grow around my 2 huge water oaks in the front yard. I have tried everything I know of. I got it looking decent last spring and then as soon as summer hit BAM back to bear dirt. I even spent $3000 installing an irrigation system on the entire...

Hello, I just joined today after searching for an answer to what seems like an impossible question. I have a 2007 Snapper 250Z with a Briggs 20HP Intek V-Twin. I bought the mower new and have handled all the maintenance myself. I am a long time motorcycle tech so I know my way around an...