Recent content by MyGrassHasCrabs

Remember "Common Sense" and decency, honest dealing, a base level understanding and expectations about everyday interactions with people you're doing business with? It wasn't that long ago, really, only a few years. Now the USA is like this: Half the population is insane and believes they are...

If you decide on getting one, I recommend the Echo PB-9010T (aka "The Beast"), 220 MPH 1110 CFM...makes quick work of a slew of fall leaves and Sweetgum balls. It's heavy and expensive, though, but for me, it's well worth it.

Jim, If you're ok mulching in place, give these blades a look. I've had them since the beginning of the 2021 season and mowed and mulched a couple of acres a week during the season - the thing that is new to me is that these have kept a great edge without sharpening. I have used lots of other...

I have a yard full of trees and a wife that insists on a lawn, although the two are becoming more incompatible as the trees have grown over the past 25 years. Too many leaves to mulch in-place in our yard and still have grass. There have been many discussions and a few attempts to devise a...

I use a combination of these three products (in the pic below) in my fuel and have never had a problem starting engines in the spring after leaving fuel in my equipment (2 & 4 stroke) over the winter months. I use premium gas as I don't have access to leaded fuel around here. For 2-stroke...

I can't see sh!t anymore without reading glasses (I'm 67), and those damned positive/negative indicators are small, and as you said, black plastic, and usually covered with dirt. How simple would it have been way back when to make a standard such that only positive cables fit on positive...

Depending on the time of the year and how fast the grass is growing, sometimes waiting a week or two (or longer) to get something fixed at a local shop isn't feasible. Plus, many folks don't have a way to get their machines to the shop, and the shop doesn't have a pickup and delivery service. So...

I know this isn't going to go over worth a crap, but I use a bench grinder. I do about the same amount on each side, and my blades have that bend in them to increase the lift. It takes maybe a minute for each side or less and I've never balanced them once I'm done. Been doing it that way for 25...

Sorry to hear of your illness and hope the nausea and fatigue subside quickly. I had a comparable situation once with a JD. It turned out to be the vent on the gas cap being clogged just enough to interrupt the fuel flow. It would stop after several minutes, then air would slowly repressurize...

Speaking of can't kill, here's my Mazda B2000, bought new in 1984. It's still going strong and has hauled everything from what I had left after my divorce in 1993 to more loads of rocks than I can remember. Same 4-banger engine, about 300k miles, all I've ever done is tune-ups and oil changes. I...

SeniorCitizen has a great point - I have a couple of acres & have used a 42" (JD) for 20+ years. It fits fine in the bed of a pickup, but anything larger would be a problem. Also, if you have any flower beds or natural areas you mow around, it's easier to maneuver around those with a smaller...

I wasn't going to mention it because it's only partially relevant, but my 25-year old 2-stroke Lawnboy SilverSeries has never had anything done to it except a new blade. Started for the first time this season a couple of weeks ago. Started on the second pull. Go figure. Damn 2-stroke oil is...

Harbor Freight is giving away the tools if you buy a battery LOL

I may as well add my 2c - after I started using Stabil in all lawn equipment gas, my problems with difficult/not starting vanished. I don't know the technical reasons why, just my experience over the past several years.

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