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I was cutting some flooring on a table saw on the front porch and across the street was the prettiest Bolens tractor I had ever seen. I imagine the thing was from the seventies and it was perfect. A guy of retirement age was using it,and it reminded me of the car in the movie Gran Torino. To see...

I got a harbor Freight #69590 driveway alarm and am very pleased with what it can do. You put the transmitter in a location to guard your stuff. One user even put one inside his car. The thing will transmit a signal inside to your house,and it can be set to two noise levels. It will alarm for a...

Well,i am here to tell you it can be done--and not that much difficulty. Here are the steps. First,the stock 8 horsepower engine has a 1" shaft and the replacement has a 7/8th shaft. I first ripped a single cut in a 3/4 '' copper pipe lengthwise about 2'' long and then cut it off. By...

I am messing around a bit with an old RER and I thought that the Rustoleum farm implement paint in International red was a good fit. What impressed me the most about this paint is that even when there was a bit of grease that i failed to clean off the housings, the paint just melted it right...

I just got my new statement,and enclosed was a cheery little flyer on how my insurance deductible for wind and hail is going from 500.00 to 2500.00. This has nothing to do with the size or value of your house. Each property,regardless of size gets the same added deductible for wind and hail. So...

I am a landlord and tenants leave the darndest stuff behind. One thing I got was a RER snapper. I also got a 6 horsepower Troy built mulcher/side discharge. Really what you need is a high horsepower side discharge to mow those yards that have gotten too tall --and the Troybuillt fit the bill...

Two years ago,I was in a tight spot and decided that a Harbor Freight engine was my best option to get a big 520h wheel horse back to work. The grass was growing fast,and because the mower had a P series Onan,which are very costly to repair,I decided to try a Harbor Freight engine. It took some...

Ok,so I lost my cell phone in a big lumber pile somewhere. It was time for my free phone upgrade,but free it was not,because my phone is a military grade beast. Step 1--call Verizon and quoted 119.00..but I was told about a 50.00 discount--then suddenly his equipment quit working and he told...

The hardware store in town has a decent mower repair facility, and they cannibalize some of the old RER snappers to keep the better ones rolling. I scored a pretty decent deck to have an extra one around,and the unit it came from is now pretty much just a frame. I think it would be fairly easy...

Just a few ideas here about how to redeem lifetime warranties. First, a product should be well built and one you like. I will feature three related to yard work. Gilmour company has a yard sprayer that is well thought out and durable. After many years of swing the spray wand back and...

If anyone is interested,I have an old original Kohler 7 HP . The little guy has the cursive "International" logo intermingled with the Cub Cadet. Therefore it is a no-numbers model. If I remember ,Dad bought it in 1965 or so. It just quit running one day,and years later,I discovered that the...

Unfortunately,I was broken in to and the burglars took my old Ryobi leaf blower. It was a fairly decent blower that also had a vac bag and capability. The insurance replaces old with new and the adjuster will let me buy fewer tools of better quality to replace more tools of lesser quality. Since...

I am blessed to have a 520H from about 1992 or so. It is all wheelhorse,but says Toro/Wheelhorse on the logo decal. The Onan engine is nice and quiet,but it is a bit of a gas hog. The tyractor,transmission,and drive units are tough as a box of hammers,but not in the league of the commercial...

I have a snapper RER 3008s that a 'skipped' tenant left behind. The engine will run by squirting gas in the intake,so it appears worth saving. It appears that the previous owner had the carb linkage removed and improperly installed,and I am in need of a good picture to get it hooked up to the...

Hello. New to Snapper and the forums. I "inherited" an old snapper RER when a tenant skipped out and it appears to be in good shape. I got spark and right away changed the oil. A squirt of carb cleaner at the intake manifold and she fired about six strokes. Well, cool, it has compression and...