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Can you believe somebody had this snowblower for free at the end of there driveway. Of course it wasn't running, but that wasn't stopping me. It needed the second stage Compleatly taken off and heated,straightend, and rewelded. The paint was touched up also,works like new...It was a quite a bit of work but I loved it.I get more enjoyment out of free projects like this than buying a new one.People don't fix anything anymore,it's a shame.

Nice find, looks like new yet.

Nice looking blower, are you sure the sign said free?:laughing:

mowerman05 said:

Nice looking blower, are you sure the sign said free?:laughing:

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Looks like you can use it. Good thing you have a welder....... Good job!

Cant blame them for giving it away Obviously it took quite a bit of work to get it usable, more than they wanted or could provide glad you got it working

Yes it did have a free sign on it. He also had a weed wacker, & a treadmill with incline and different programs on it , the treadmill needed a plastic safety key, anybody can bypass that. The weed wacker I haven't looked at yet, I'm up to about 10 of those so far.

Wow, you were blessed. What a great deal!

gregmartin said:

Yes it did have a free sign on it. He also had a weed wacker, & a treadmill with incline and different programs on it , the treadmill needed a plastic safety key, anybody can bypass that. The weed wacker I haven't looked at yet, I'm up to about 10 of those so far.

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Sounds to me the guy was just sick of working and exercising

It was a fun project Bison.

Some people just don't have any skills and when something breaks they throw it away or he did get an estimate and it wasn't worth the repair. If he pulled the engine and tires that would have been an easy $75 bucks.

Thats excatly what feeds my hobby I get about 2-5 machines a week either free or under 20$ most need carb cleaned I sell the non self propel for 80$ and the self propel for 100$ unless its a better brand or a bigger mower such as rider or z than I sell a lot

You guys must have more luck than me.
If i can get something for free it is not worth having.
But then i don't give anything away either or it has got to be something worthless :laughing:

imma dig it outta the trash,5.00 and some time its 50.00 at the pawnshop

I love that people just do not know how easy mowers are to fix.
And the best part is the repair shops want $50 to tell them what's wrong with it.
I could get 5 to 10 free or very cheap mowers a day here. The Facebook groups are full of people just wanting some one to get them out of their yard

Last free thing I received was from a relative and it's because it wouldn't self propel. Ended up it lost the rubber friction ring out of the friction wheel and chewed up the flat drive plate along with skids that were worn through. I needed to put $170 in parts for a 5 horse 24 inch snow blower I could have bought off craigslist for 100-150 !!! And I still haven't fixed the China engine that surges even after I cleaned the carb. If you had to pay someone to do the repairs you might as well pull it apart and try to make some money off the parts as it would be way more than the machine is worth.
I added a light and built some drift breakers for it and it's done a good job this winter.

Sometimes there's nothing more expensive than free !!

exotion said:

Thats excatly what feeds my hobby I get about 2-5 machines a week either free or under 20$ most need carb cleaned I sell the non self propel for 80$ and the self propel for 100$ unless its a better brand or a bigger mower such as rider or z than I sell a lot

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. I'm lucky to find I or 2 freebies a year here in western Wisconsin .

People here don't know how to maintain equipment and when they leave gas in it all fall winter and spring they expect it to start and run in the summer with the same gas. When it doesn't it ends up on Craigslist for cheap or free. My phone let's me know when someone posts a mower for free or under 50

exotion said:

People here don't know how to maintain equipment and when they leave gas in it all fall winter and spring they expect it to start and run in the summer with the same gas. When it doesn't it ends up on Craigslist for cheap or free. My phone let's me know when someone posts a mower for free or under 50

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I don't get much off of Craigslist here. To many guys that scrap for a living if that's what you want to call it.

Facebook groups is where it's at. I got people that tag me every time they see a mower.

Maybe I am getting soft as I get older but the past few months I have gone to pick up a free mower and just fix it right there and let them keep it.

Heck one guy was wanting to give someone $50 to remove a toro time cutter from his yard. I took the mower and gave him $50. Throttle cable was broke.

Carscw said:

I don't get much off of Craigslist here. To many guys that scrap for a living if that's what you want to call it.

Facebook groups is where it's at. I got people that tag me every time they see a mower.

Maybe I am getting soft as I get older but the past few months I have gone to pick up a free mower and just fix it right there and let them keep it.

Heck one guy was wanting to give someone $50 to remove a toro time cutter from his yard. I took the mower and gave him $50. Throttle cable was broke.

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Ya I've done that a few times I don't do it for a living its merely a hobby but I do make a bit of cash doing it I've got 3 for sale right now 100$ a piece prolly get 75 each making about 60 profit on each mower and I don't found time and labor because its a hobby

exotion said:

Ya I've done that a few times I don't do it for a living its merely a hobby but I do make a bit of cash doing it I've got 3 for sale right now 100$ a piece prolly get 75 each making about 60 profit on each mower and I don't found time and labor because its a hobby

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The way I look at it is it's a fun hobby and it does not cost me any money.

Carscw said:

The way I look at it is it's a fun hobby and it does not cost me any money.

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Downside is... It's kinda really one of my only hobbys and I can't excatly find anyone with similar interest I tell my friends what I do I get that glazed over look and the question of how it could possibly be fun.

gregmartin said:

Can you believe somebody had this snowblower for free at the end of there driveway. Of course it wasn't running, but that wasn't stopping me. It needed the second stage Compleatly taken off and heated,straightend, and rewelded. The paint was touched up also,works like new...It was a quite a bit of work but I loved it.I get more enjoyment out of free projects like this than buying a new one.People don't fix anything anymore,it's a shame.

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Yep if nothing ever broke we would be bored.

exotion said:

People here don't know how to maintain equipment and when they leave gas in it all fall winter and spring they expect it to start and run in the summer with the same gas. When it doesn't it ends up on Craigslist for cheap or free. My phone let's me know when someone posts a mower for free or under 50

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I wrote a little script for iMacros (a Firefox extension) that searches CraigsList for a bunch of things that I'm looking for (including Lawn-Boys, of course :laughing: ).

It's funny that this thread is active right now because tonight I'm putting out (for the trash) two old mowers that I found for free -- I know I'm not all that interested in them, they're taking up space in my basement, and I don't want to spend the time taking them to a scrap yard. Needless to say, they are four-cycle :laughing: ... I wouldn't dream of throwing away a two-cycle mower.

I just put up 2 videos on YouTube of my rally mud mower. Carscw65.

Spent the day breaking front axles.

Just picked up 10 mowers free off Craigslist 3 are trash 3 are mtd/craftsman basic mulchers. 4 are nicer craftsman self propelled 7 are fixable.... Amazing what people give away ill sell all these by the end of the week. Well I wanna give one to my neighbor his died when he hit a very large rock

were do you guys find parts for these things?
I have a push mower mower sitting here for 3 years already,.it has a B&S motor and it needs a carb kit, i got a few kits send to me from various suppliers and none is the right one.
I have a 15 year mcculloch weed eater that needs a cover with primer bulb and airfilter, thing runs like a dream other wise.
The OEM primer bulb is no longer to be had, the airfilter is $ 35,the plastic cover is $55..why even fart around with that crap!. for $150 one buys a brand new weed eater!
Come spring they are going to the dump cause the scrap yard don't even want the mostly plastic garbage :tongue:

Bison said:

were do you guys find parts for these things? I have a push mower mower sitting here for 3 years already,.it has a B&S motor and it needs a carb kit, i got a few kits send to me from various suppliers and none is the right one. I have a 15 year mcculloch weed eater that needs a cover with primer bulb and airfilter, thing runs like a dream other wise. The OEM primer bulb is no longer to be had, the airfilter is $ 35,the plastic cover is $55..why even fart around with that crap!. for $150 one buys a brand new weed eater! Come spring they are going to the dump cause the scrap yard don't even want the mostly plastic garbage :tongue:

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I just save everything. The time will come when you will need a part. I am sure there is some other air filter and bulb Assembly that will work on it. On the mower I would just change the carb or make my own gaskets.

Carscw said:

I just save everything. The time will come when you will need a part. I am sure there is some other air filter and bulb Assembly that will work on it. On the mower I would just change the carb or make my own gaskets.

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Pretty hard to change a carb when i don't have any that will fit the stupid thing.
The part i need is the reed valve membrane nobody seems to have for this model...Can't make it myself
I don't use these pathetic push mowers with these throw away engines anyway,..it is my brothers mower.
I have lawn tractors ,...the old JD's from the seventy's with the cast iron kohlers that are still servicable:thumbsup:

Bison said:

were do you guys find parts for these things?
I have a push mower mower sitting here for 3 years already,.it has a B&S motor and it needs a carb kit, i got a few kits send to me from various suppliers and none is the right one.
I have a 15 year mcculloch weed eater that needs a cover with primer bulb and airfilter, thing runs like a dream other wise.
The OEM primer bulb is no longer to be had, the airfilter is $ 35,the plastic cover is $55..why even fart around with that crap!. for $150 one buys a brand new weed eater!
Come spring they are going to the dump cause the scrap yard don't even want the mostly plastic garbage :tongue:

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Many of those primer bulbs are generic -- is there any marking on the carb? Try to ID the carb then search for that name/model. That air filter seems way over-priced (should be no more than $10) but the plastic cover could be a hard item to find.

I would Google the mcculloch model number. I could tell you where I like to buy parts but I don't think they ship to Canada.

Lowes has primer bulbs they have a 4 pack for two cycle style all different sizes 5$ and a 3 pack dry style different sizes 10$

Carscw said:

I just save everything. The time will come when you will need a part. I am sure there is some other air filter and bulb Assembly that will work on it. On the mower I would just change the carb or make my own gaskets.

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Usually when I get a machine that's helpless I take everything salvageable off it except the block the head and the deck and handle a go in the scrap metal pile I keep all other pieces for a period of time until my shop gets to cluttered then my scrap metal guy runs over as soon as I call him

You can use a inline primer bulb set up

exotion said:

Lowes has primer bulbs they have a 4 pack for two cycle style all different sizes 5$ and a 3 pack dry style different sizes 10$

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My local Bumper to bumper sells generic bulbs,...$28 a piece..not worth it..
Shipping from the US won't be any cheaper when one adds the freight , border charges and dollar exchange.

closest mcculloch dealer is 500 km south of me and he stocks nothing on this model and is not interested in ordering any.
Like i said it's wiser to just chuck the thing and keep using the scyth,..no noise no break downs no gas

It happens. Just yesterday someone threw away a brand new 55 gallon Rubbermaid garbage can. It had a small scuff on it so I painted it and now it looks new again...lol

gregmartin said:

Can you believe somebody had this snowblower for free at the end of there driveway. Of course it wasn't running, but that wasn't stopping me. It needed the second stage Compleatly taken off and heated,straightend, and rewelded. The paint was touched up also,works like new...It was a quite a bit of work but I loved it.I get more enjoyment out of free projects like this than buying a new one.People don't fix anything anymore,it's a shame.

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Very nice find,, fortunately I don't have much use for one of those here in south texas. lol but it looks dang near brand new

The only nice thing about snow is if you don't have to drive in it!