Recent content by TobyU

Yes, most of the reviews for items like this are 99% irrelevant. Most of the reviews are from people who receive their new mower and vote with it once or twice and had no problems, which is what you should expect from a new mower so they leave a glowing review. Others are from the few people...

I don't really think it's that personal and I don't care how much money someone has they shouldn't waste it and these new mowers are a rip off. I'm kind of in the middle because I can't stand vintage or old equipment and I won't own anything with points. Even the last time I had a classic...

Whatever anyone does, they should refuse to buy any more with fuel injection and that expensive control module that I've already had two customers call me with problems on these newer Cub cadets. You simply can't have those types of problems on one with a carburetor. 😆 Just because you can...

Well, the new one is ridiculously overpriced as is the used one. These things have gone up over $1,000 in the past 4 years and I refuse to pay it. II would go by a little bit older machine for under $600 because you'll certainly get your money's worth from it. I just had a friend of mine who had...

I use a small pair of Vise Grips the actual brand name ones and squeeze them very tightly in the proper direction around the outside of the screw and then I can crack them loose. You won't need to put them back anywhere near as tight so you'll be fine.

Is this kind of like - I've never been wrong. One time I thought I was but I was mistaken. 😆

I don't see most of the walk behind self-propelled up to 22-in mowers that are battery powered getting better at all. In fact they're getting worse because the batteries are getting more expensive so that makes the overall situation not better. If they had done what other electronic devices and...

Toro has long been my favorite brand of mower also. This is not to say that they made the best mowers or even overall the best mowers but they did make plenty of good ones that serve people quite well. They certainly could have improved their mowers over the past about 3 decades if they would...

Even with the walk behind smaller battery powered mowers, they are a major sacrifice for most people causing them to severely modify their long-term mowing behavior. There is simply no way the current batteries on the market will last as long as a gasoline engine will last. I'll keep in...

Even with the walk behind smaller battery powered mowers, they are a major sacrifice for most people causing them to severely modify their long-term mowing behavior. There is simply no way the current batteries on the market will last as long as a gasoline engine will last. I'll keep in...

Well you've got a cable that when you push your top lever down and then go to pull it up will be under tension so if that still feels normal then it's likely your belt or the pulley in The idler assembly underneath. Just take the plastic cover off from underneath but try to soak the bolts well...

Spending all that money for a Briggs & Stratton OEM head that puts you right back to where you started from with a head that is -barely adequate to do the job is not what I call the correct way. Lol It may be an okay way and it could even be correct by briggs standards or others but it...

I completely agree with you. I have no problem with people refusing to work on pulsar mowers or the other off brands. There is also a trend going around by some of these companies that don't have real dealers and don't network to get stuff done or they will tell the customer to get it fixed...

There are several different types of items out there where filters are not readily available or stuff that's so old where filters are no longer available and you just have to make your own. Every time I run across a good piece of foam rubber that looks acceptable to me that's over 3/4 of an inch...

Your assumption is correct that it really doesn't take that long to seat everything in or the rings and such but the bigger risk is leaving the metal shavings and contaminants and all the grit in there for too long. I'm happy some engine manufacturers still tell people to do this the proper way...