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#51
#51
PhillipFluber said:
Heater probably went out after it reached temp. Outside air temp, insulation & cover played a part in holding the temp. Had it been winter time you would have seen a difference with water temp dropping. That 110v pump motor is not putting out enough friction to keep the water warm, let alone hot. Good that it's fixed
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It not only maintained it but would pull it up over time. It would just take a couple of days. Also, it's a 240V pump. It warns you in the manual that if the water gets too hot, over 105, it will shut the element down. If the temp continues to climb through friction in the system, it will shut everything off. So it must be something that does/can happen.
 
#52
#52
Behr said:
I've got a craftsman battery operated weed eater I use to cut 23 acres of sawgrass over 6 ft tall once a week. Been using the same one for 20 years and only charged it once. Paid $30.00 for it and my neighbor has offered me $50.00 for it several times. Its pink too.
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6 volt? Double overhead flux capacitors?
 
#55
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Coug said:
Every damn weed wacker I've ever used pretty much needed to be serviced every 2 years if not sooner. Pieces of ****, all of them. My dad owned a Craftsman back in the day as well. The last time I saw that thing was when he beat it across the retaining wall at his house, folded it in half, and then shoved it in the trashcan. I'm seriously about to buy a battery powered one.
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Ethanol gas destroys the weed eater engines. When I bought my last new one last year I bought the true fuel premixed gas and thats all I put in it now. Its 100% pure gas no ethanol. Even after setting idle all winter it started right up the first time this year.
 
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#56
#56
ruger1234 said:
Abused the crap out of a simplicity on an acre and half for nearly twenty years. That mower just wouldn’t quit. Well, excluding the time my wife decided to mow over a tomato cage.
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My dad started a website for simplicity and allis Chalmers tractors and mowers. It's called Simpletractors.com.

Dad lost the battle with cancer in February, but the site is and will be still up. Some of the other guys took it over with my families blessing. Dad's name is Kent, he built and maintained the site. Was a genius with computers with 2 masters degrees. Anyway, it's not a real fancy website, but it has links to everything Simplicity, from repair manuals, people swapping parts, dealerships, upcoming tractor shows and swap meets, etc. It's a valuable resource for people with those 2 brands of tractors and mowers. It was a hobby for my dad.
 
#57
#57
Coug said:
Every damn weed wacker I've ever used pretty much needed to be serviced every 2 years if not sooner. Pieces of ****, all of them. My dad owned a Craftsman back in the day as well. The last time I saw that thing was when he beat it across the retaining wall at his house, folded it in half, and then shoved it in the trashcan. I'm seriously about to buy a battery powered one.
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This happens to just about every 2 stroke weed eater if ethanol gas is used in them, also people put fuel stabilizer in them, or use oil that contains it,but don't run the weed eater out of gas before storing it...as in let the engine run until it burns up all the fuel in the tank, fuel line, carb and engine...if that isn't done, the gas in the lines carb and engine will evaporate and leave behind "gunk" that gums up the carb and fuel line. Same thing happens with pushmowers..the vast majority of small engines brought to a repair shop or even mowers and trimmers picked up from the curb or dump are easily fixed by cleaning the carb and float. There's an old man that lives in my neighborhood that always has 3 or 4 pushmowers for sale out in his yard, 40 or 50 bucks each...other people throw them away and he cleans the carbs and sells them.
 
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#58
#58
midtnvol2 said:
Ethanol gas destroys the weed eater engines. When I bought my last new one last year I bought the true fuel premixed gas and thats all I put in it now. Its 100% pure gas no ethanol. Even after setting idle all winter it started right up the first time this year.
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This....been using it for 3+ years and works like a charm. It's expensive but the small amount that I use it justifies the cost to me.
 
#59
#59
So I have a 36" cut cub cadet push mower like this one:

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does anyone know if you can buy the thing you stand on to ride behind?
 
#60
#60
I finish mow about 4.5 acres at the farm. I use a Kabota B6200 with a 60" belly mower. Also use it with a 4ft tiller for gardening, box blade for grading road and 4ft bushhog for light brush clearing. Great little tractor.


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My backup is a 75 JD 210. Rock solid old lawn tractor with a 48" deck.

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I have totally destroyed several non commercial lawnmowers in the past. I got a great deal on the Kabota. It was lightly uses with box blade, new 4ft tiller, 60" belly mower and 4ft bushhog. I paid $4,200 and the guy delivered it to my farm.

Good luck finding what you need.

CH_V
 
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PhillipFluber said:
Consider myself with the average homeowner lot. I'm working on how long it takes to finish, not how long I'm out there. My combustion chamber & piston banging beats a cell pac hands down. I can cut when it's wet & when it's tall. I determine when to cut, not the mower. You don't get that option with a battery mower.
Can see women using the battery stuff.
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I would bet a paycheck that you've got truck nuts and more than one "Calvin pissing on something" stickers.
 
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#66
#66
The Husqvarna semi-commercial 61inch I bought just murdered the 4 acres I mow. I’m thrilled. Also it is the first zero turn I have ever had. I was using 2 lawn tractors to mow it. I’m blown away.
 
#67
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bray2milton said:
The Husqvarna semi-commercial 61inch I bought just murdered the 4 acres I mow. I’m thrilled. Also it is the first zero turn I have ever had. I was using 2 lawn tractors to mow it. I’m blown away.
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How much time did you save using the new mower?
 
#68
#68
midtnvol2 said:
How much time did you save using the new mower?
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I’m not good with it yet but a section that normally takes me a little over a hour (Wilson County rock) took me about 35 minutes. People had told me for a long time a zero-turn is what I needed. They were right. Add the speed with a large cut like that and I’m on the porch sipping a alcoholic beverage in no time.
 
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#69
bray2milton said:
I’m not good with it yet but a section that normally takes me a little over a hour (Wilson County rock) took me about 35 minutes. People had told me for a long time a zero-turn is what I needed. They were right. Add the speed with a large cut like that and I’m on the porch sipping a alcoholic beverage in no time.
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oh hell naw.....you mean you live in the same county as me? What part of Lebanon do you live in?
I'm off 109 about 2 miles north of 70
 
#73
#73
marcusluvsvols said:
My dad started a website for simplicity and allis Chalmers tractors and mowers. It's called Simpletractors.com.

Dad lost the battle with cancer in February, but the site is and will be still up. Some of the other guys took it over with my families blessing. Dad's name is Kent, he built and maintained the site. Was a genius with computers with 2 masters degrees. Anyway, it's not a real fancy website, but it has links to everything Simplicity, from repair manuals, people swapping parts, dealerships, upcoming tractor shows and swap meets, etc. It's a valuable resource for people with those 2 brands of tractors and mowers. It was a hobby for my dad.
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Interesting worthless fact, Allis Chalmers built some nuclear reactors in the 50's.
 
#75
#75
midtnvol2 said:
Ethanol gas destroys the weed eater engines. When I bought my last new one last year I bought the true fuel premixed gas and thats all I put in it now. Its 100% pure gas no ethanol. Even after setting idle all winter it started right up the first time this year.
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marcusluvsvols said:
This happens to just about every 2 stroke weed eater if ethanol gas is used in them, also people put fuel stabilizer in them, or use oil that contains it,but don't run the weed eater out of gas before storing it...as in let the engine run until it burns up all the fuel in the tank, fuel line, carb and engine...if that isn't done, the gas in the lines carb and engine will evaporate and leave behind "gunk" that gums up the carb and fuel line. Same thing happens with pushmowers..the vast majority of small engines brought to a repair shop or even mowers and trimmers picked up from the curb or dump are easily fixed by cleaning the carb and float. There's an old man that lives in my neighborhood that always has 3 or 4 pushmowers for sale out in his yard, 40 or 50 bucks each...other people throw them away and he cleans the carbs and sells them.
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I didn't know about the ethanol gas thing but I always suspected that the oil/gas mixture was truly the problem with weed wackers and this just confirms it. I've not had nearly the issue with mowers like the the weed wackers and I'm sure it's because they have their own separate oil compartment. Yep, I always stored the weed wacker with gas in it. I'd never use it long enough to burn all the gas in the tank.
 
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