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Do you love your riding mower as much as I love mine?
I finally replaced my crapbox John Deere rider (one of the RX series rear-engine jobs they built for the likes of Lowe's and Home Depot -- JUNK) with an old Cub Cadet 1450. That is one sweet tractor. Nice mower deck too...
Anyway, sometimes I'll just get it out and ride around the yard beacuse it's so damned cool. Anyone else do this? I'd like to restore it with paint, decals, and all that jazz, but I still use it to mow... kinda impractical. I have to stop while I'm out in the garage getting oil, gas for the trimmer, tools, etc... and just admire it for a moment.
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1992 300D 2.5T 1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold) 1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy" 1974 Triumph TR6 1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's) |
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche |
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I could use a riding vacuum cleaner.....
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche |
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No, I've seen grass -- that's that stuff on the golf courses, right?
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche |
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I have my Grandpa's ol yardman, he's gone but the yardman keeps on running. For respectful reasons I have to drive it till the wheels fall off. Its loud backfires and stalls when I'm on anything but level ground, but I must say it cuts pretty good.
My next lawn tractor is going to be a Honda push mower with rear teenager attachment. Off topic but, has anyone seen or used the 4 stroke Honda weed whackers? |
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I have a 4 stroke Ryobi WW--POS, though it's definitely preferable to any 2 stroke machine out there.
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche |
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I've got an old 1965 Gravely L8 ( 8 forward speeds) with a 10-pound brush blade to go along with all my other old crap. Has wind-up (non-recoil) pull strap. Usually starts on the first pull. It's a Beast with a capital B and supposedly only 5.6 HP with the low compression head. These are amazing machines. In the pre-OSHA days they sold a 30" circular saw to go on the front end
Like everything else I have, I can say "they don't make 'em like that anymore"
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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??) |
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A 30" curcular saw... sweet!
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1992 300D 2.5T 1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold) 1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy" 1974 Triumph TR6 1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's) |
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We have 2 Craftsman riding mowers. The one I use in the stix is a hoot and a half. It gets to climb and descend hills that are sometimes more than slightly beyond it’s design abilities, and also gets up on 3 wheels and articulates the frame countless times during a session. It takes about 4 hours to mow the lawn. Early on I broke a few mandrels (at about $250 a pop) due to rocks and sudden changes of contours. Sears fixed the first one free. I've almost rolled it a few times before learning the terrain. As a result I've come to call the mowing sessions ‘mogging sessions. When transporting firewood down the hill I use chains as the wood outweighs me and the mower and tends to push a bit. Without the chains, yeee-haww, it gets pretty exciting.
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I favor the older rider mowers that are built out of iron and steel instead of tin. I have a 1974 Sears garden tractor with a 16HP Onan engine (twin cylinder) with a 48" cutting deck and a snow blade.
I don't use the snow blade because pushing wet snow doesn't work too well. I use my 20+ year old Ariens 8HP snow blower which has a locking differential. Th e older snow blowers are much better built then the junk yardmans. I find that the newer mowers with the gear shift on the fender tend to catch your shorts when getting off the mower.
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Personally I prefer my 1925 Fuller & Johnson Coldwell hit and miss,plus the ever reliable Jacobsen 2 stroke {probably made circa 1920} that lubricates the cylinder with a sight feed oiler. This is what comes from inheriting one's forefather's property and equipment.
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