Greetings all. I am new to this forum. I live on a small acreage with about three quarters of an acre that needs mowing. I am looking for a new mower and...
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steadeeeddie
Feb 9, 2008 5:13 am
... this ... =============================== Lem--- Welcome Aboard!! I have the older Costco mower that you are looking at..mine had *plastic* drive gears in...
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Kidd
kid360roadrash
Feb 9, 2008 11:16 am
Time to dust off those tractors ( almost) and get em ready for the mowing season. Even here in the south i had some downtime due to cold snaps- im happy to say...
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Rand Simpson
lemquasi
Feb 10, 2008 9:07 pm
Steady Eddie: Thanks for the info. Plastic drive gears in the front wheel drive?!!! I'll probably be looking at other options. I have read several posts on the...
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steadeeeddie
Feb 11, 2008 3:53 am
Lem wrote: "..Thanks for the info. Plastic drive gears in the front wheel drive?!!! I'll probably be looking at other options.." ...
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David Coudriet
dccrosley
Feb 11, 2008 9:49 pm
I was at my local ORANGE home center yesterday looking at this season's coming mowers. Noticed that YardMachines by MTD push mowers had *guess* which engines? ...
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Kidd
kid360roadrash
Feb 12, 2008 1:27 am
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot- seems like everything is made in china today- and now were paying for it with the cheepness- lead paint on toys for...
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Benjamin Edge
bene71281
Feb 13, 2008 4:14 am
Kidd, I'm with you. This too makes me think about buying more and more "oldie" mowers from the '60s, '70s and '80s. Perhaps in the near-future a lot of us ...
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steadeeeddie
Feb 14, 2008 4:17 pm
... =================================== Ben, I suppose OPE from China was bound to happen. That said, you can see why I advised new Member "Lem" to consider...
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steadeeeddie
Feb 19, 2008 4:31 pm
Yeaaa!! 3 days of dry weather and no rain until tonight..time to fire up the Troy-bilt Super Bronco and get to knocking down Winter's growth... got fresh fuel...
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Kidd
kid360roadrash
Feb 19, 2008 4:37 pm
All i got in my front yard is weeds- looking kinda ratty- ill probably hit em with the mower maybe today ( been feeling bleah last few days)- i already mowed...
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David Coudriet
dccrosley
Feb 19, 2008 8:52 pm
How often do you all change yours? Dave....
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Kidd
kid360roadrash
Feb 20, 2008 7:18 am
Probably not as often as should be done. Lessee...ive changed the tranny oil in my 84 dynamark once (cause it sharted shifting hard)- filled the trans in my...
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steadeeeddie
Feb 25, 2008 4:53 pm
hmmm... I've only been "into" one LT tranaxle. It was a 6-speed manual in an AYP-built Sears Craftsman. It did not have "oil" in it. It had bentonite grease (I...
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Kidd
kid360roadrash
Feb 25, 2008 7:06 pm
Now y mention it- its odd that having 2 craftsman products ( craftsman tractor and a weedeater tractor) they use two different transmissions, yet both are 5...
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David Coudriet
dccrosley
Feb 25, 2008 9:49 pm
Was at my local COSTCO today, and saw a nice MTD stainless decked, front wheel drive mower for $335.00. Yes, had a nice OHC HONDA engine on it. Not the chinese...
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steadeeeddie
Feb 26, 2008 3:48 pm
David--- The SS decked MTD *will* rust-at least here in The Great Pacific Northwet-they have been available for awhile. I have the same exact mower, minus the...
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Benjamin Edge
bene71281
Feb 29, 2008 7:43 pm
On the subject of those Chinese-built OHV engines... What models are they installed on (so we know what to beware of in the future), and are they a sort-of...
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lo9ste@...
lo9ste
Feb 29, 2008 10:02 pm
i have had people come in to the shop wanting these chinese engines cost wise they look good $449 for a " 18 hp" vs a $1250 for a 17 hp briggs intek but...
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Kidd
kid360roadrash
Mar 1, 2008 12:36 am
So pretty much these chinese engines are throwaways- just like all the stuff they make? Kidd ...
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Brian Gnagey
snowworks2000
Mar 1, 2008 4:34 am
I was over to my OE small engine parts place a few weekes ago. This place all they do is small engine parts and have been in busness for a long time. Tecumseh...
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Kidd
kid360roadrash
Mar 1, 2008 4:51 am
Personally i prefer older briggs motors- still made in good ol USA. Ive noticed the plastic creeping into the motors ( i have a 2003 murray with mostly...
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Benjamin Edge
bene71281
Mar 9, 2008 12:32 am
Tecumseh indeed had to sell of their engine division to a Beverly Hills-based concern. ~Ben ... for a ... and ... is ... an ... the ... is ... in ... their ......
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David Coudriet
dccrosley
Mar 10, 2008 3:39 pm
Here's some info: www.tecumsehpower.com/news/Platinum_Acquisition.pdf Basically same as what Chrysler is going through right now... Dave Coudriet....
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steadeeeddie
Mar 14, 2008 4:10 pm
Wow!! I used Black Magic Car Polish on the Troy-bilt Red finish on the Super Bronco LT...it looks wet...still don't know if it (the paint) is a powdercoat or...
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Kidd
kid360roadrash
Mar 20, 2008 9:27 pm
Recently i made a couple videos of my tractor club and posted them on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5IF2ivX5wc ...
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Kidd
kid360roadrash
Mar 20, 2008 9:31 pm
Id probably say its a powder coat- specially with the way normal paint has so many steps and cleanup. Thats cool- ill haveta try it on some of my 'less rusty'...
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Benjamin Edge
bene71281
Mar 21, 2008 5:42 pm
Hi, Continuing the story on those Chinese OHV engines on certain MTD mowers, I would hope that these engines don't sell well (e.g., in the large numbers of...
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David Coudriet
dccrosley
Mar 21, 2008 7:15 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTD_Products#A...
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Rich Silva
exterminator509
Mar 21, 2008 7:27 pm
They don't make my power toothbrush. How did they miss it? IF YOU AIN'T SPECTRE... Rich Silva David Coudriet wrote: http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/...
