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Ya know I used to think the same. Yet the last few Craftsman things I’ve bought have lasted, I bought a Craftsman self propelled mower a few years back to replace an Honda. It’s been a solid powerhouse mower. Wet tall grass, easy start and it has a similar pace drive system. Even though it says...

Lawn service isn’t going to help me blow snow/plow and clear ice in winter. They also have gotten tremendously expensive and none want to deal with our hill and wet beach. It’s a weird location. It’s less than an acre. Hence the question. I am willing to spend what it takes on high quality...

Well what about a non reasonable one??

Anybody got any idea of a reasonably priced mower or lawn/yard tractor that can cut grass on a steeper lawn AND push a plow or blower in the winter? My 25 year old rear engine rider has hard to find parts, and my 20 inch Ariens snow blower was bought 20 years ago when we lived in northern...

You are simply wrong. The planet is not continuing to evolve as it always has. It is warming far faster than it ever has, and the warming in the last 150 years is directly correlated with the increase in CO2 and other global warming gases. That correlation, and other studies, have convinced...

Your 13 year old self needs to learn something. To be "woke" is to be aware. There is no such thing as liberal wokeness. That's a phrase invented by right-wing nuts who are in active denial of real world problems. Climate change is real. Please read what I have posted on data I know to have been...

WOW! I have never been insulted for being a ski instructor. And you have no idea what my other interests, past jobs or educational background is. What's your problem anyway? You dismiss over 70 years of real statistics kept by a private company with strong incentives to survive in the real...

The problem still is the batteries. I agree that for most commercial and heavy duty users battery powered outdoor equipment is still dependent on batteries that suck. The appliance itself is great. I have a fantastic Ego blower. Brand new. highly rated. With batteries that overheat in 15...

I'd say that manufacturers care about quality only as long as it sells. There are entire industries where the majority of the manufacturers produce very low quality products... and yet they keep selling. The prime example is the RV industry. I thought boats had problems.... just try to get thru...

This homeowner with 3 acres of lawn, lake and trees. I own plenty of battery powered equipment. Other than cars, I have never gotten more than 3 years out of any power equipment battery pack. ZERO. NADA. I put it to you that for heavy duty users, those who use them at least weekly for heavy...

Seriously, you are comparing apples to.... pineapples?! Sure both electric cars and battery powered lawn equipment is electric, but they got nothing else in common besides 4 wheels). Lawn equipment is produced in massive volumes, has lower barriers to entry, and costs a few hundred or...

I disagree on so many levels.... and I WANT to get rid of dinosaur source carbon and pollution. A few weeks ago I bought one of the supposedly longest longest running and highest rated battery powered leaf blowers made. And was totally disappointed.... Despite its claim that it can run 40...

I like this, but shouldn't there have been some lubrication here... And no lubrication would be the source of why the gears wore out...?

Its front wheel drive. If you have a hilly yard you won't be happy with the mower in this link.

Just dilute it in a bigger tank and run thru your mower or any other larger tank'ed engine. I have a 4 stroke outboard that I had to use as a premix disposal system.

Windoz 11 won't work on my 7 year old Toshiba PC, which came with Win 8hate, which I manually updated to Windozed 10. Remember how much everyone hated 8? So I got 7 years of support out of a $700.00 machine. In 2020 My wife gave me a hardened water resistant Asus Chromebook, to use for working...

Please folks, let's at least get this right. The peanut farmer was Carter, and while he tried to balance the budget he never did. The actual last time that the budget was balanced and the debt declined was...... wait for it..... Clinton, with the help of a split Republican and Democratic...

Aaaaa! The old mystery bolt found in the grass while mowing.... but the riding mower is cutting just fine. WTH is that for? Where did it come from??? Well.... here's a 6 inch coil spring in the grass too. It does seem to be riding kind of rough... OH the seat's moving...! DUH!!!! Lots of...

Where are you getting a real $20 carb that's not a Chinese knockoff these days?????

Not quite as bad... big dealer/shop bankruptcy. I used to live in Springfield VA and took my mower and snowblower to a place off Backlick Road, where I bought the snowblower (in 2003). December of 2013 I picked up my snowblower and dropped off the mower for repair and winter storage (only room...

Or more concisely put: There is a good reason for range anxiety for cars and trucks. LI batteries can be dangerous cause they catch fire and are hard to put out. We don't have the infrastructure in place to support an all electric fleet. Electric cars are going to put many mechanics out of...

Which is one reason I have kept my mini rider (MTD/Yardman Yardbug) with its 27 inch blade for 25 years. Its a weird one, with the bagging basket under the seat.

I would agree that for the professional landscaper mower service, electric is not there. But for harry homeowner, an electric is a forever mower. For the 20-22 inch mower for the homeowner, we are already there, and have been for 5 years. Yes batteries are going to get better, but if all you...

Folks: I think I see what the real problem here is. What we have here is another person who has decided to stick with solutions and facts from 50 years ago. I am a ski instructor. Been skiing for 55 years. Don't tell me that there is no climate change unless you call it what it really is...

I gotta chime in here. You sound like you need to seriously open your mind and welcome yourself to the 21st Century. It's not 1945-75 anymore. Electric battery powered mowers are for now and they are real. A few of my neighbors have battery powered electrics, and one has had his for almost a...

Really dude. Reported

If it was me I'd get rid of it asap. If they won't refund your money, get it repaired at their expense and sell it. Don't spend any of your own money repairing it if the dealer can't (or won't) fix it. In any case sell it for whatever you can get, and buy a cheap gas or a high rated electric...

Nope, Lambert's intention all along was to make money by selling off the assets a piece at a time, making money because the parts are worth more than the whole. Take a look back at the movie Wall Street, where Gordon Gecko bought an airline that was under performing. He bought it because he knew...

Because they can make lots of money doing it. Look what has happened to Sears since Lambert took them over years ago.

Your comments here about how problematic battery powered electric outdoor power equipment can be are dead right. It will be a sad day when the ICE is gone, but like it or not folks the ICE's days are numbered. For so many reasons, but mainly b/c emissions controls and safety regs have made ICE...

How long do you WANT it to last? I've got a "narrow" 27 inch blade rider made by MTD (a Yardbug) that I use in a couple of large suburban gated yards. It's 23 years old. It's a residential mower, with too many control cables to count, but it's such a pleasure to use, because its fast, all steel...

Like it or not, a running ICE is both powerful and powerfully polluting. Like it or not, mining for batteries wrecks the physical environment and creates tons of other pollution. Both have huge issues. I expect that electric is better for hand tools and mowers used by small urban or suburban...

My marina's mechanic would disagree. Strongly. He's repaired plenty of fuel injected inboard and outboard engines and drained plenty of trailer boat fuel tanks that were filled with phase separated E-10 gas. He does this even on boats with fuel/water separators where the separator has failed...

These are the mowers one finds left at the end of the driveway every monday morning. Or left at the shop after their owner gets their (pre-paid) estimate for repairs. If getting a cheap walk behind costs $300.00+ at the Big Box, who's paying for a big repair on a old mower?

At the risk of being contrary, I have to share my frustrating experiences with smaller shops in my area over the last couple of years. This month the shop closest to my house went out of business. I had been using this shop for years. I bought my Ariens snow blower there in 2003, so I tried...

Last weekend my Yardman Yardbug with the 9 horsepower Briggs engine started this little trick.. It works fine until the tank gets down to about 3/4 full, then it stalls. I am 90% sure its the fuel filter -- it appears mostly empty when it stalls. But I am having a hell of a time trying to remove...

On my MTD Yard-bug, 27 inch blade mower... I removed and sharpened the blade a few weeks ago. It was hard to get the blade off. I had to remove the blade using a looooooong handled wrench (and rubber mallet). Instead of the 5/8 inch nut the manual calls for, someone had installed a blade holder...

I am looking at a "Murray" Mini-Rider that Walmart is selling for $798.00. It's got a 24 inch deck and seems to be a perfect fit for my lot and budget. But: 1. Who the heck made this thing? It seems to have an MTD model number (Model# 13A326JC058), but is has the Murray name and is on their...