What did you buy this week?

[Yander]

Me, I would have just shot him but I do admire your methods. Accidental death

Lol, I was going to say, "drug overdose" .... Sure, we'll go with that..

 

[ultrarunner]

Window Bars at Home Depot…

The overdose guy was a thug in simple terms…

The neighborhood has improved over the years…

Back then I had my aluminum windows taken one night to sell for scrap…

My dump trailer had the tires stolen.

On the newly painted side of the house the graffiti said “Wight Boy Get Out”

Interesting times in the 80’s

When I moved I showed the house to a very nice family from Vietnam that really liked it but when leaving the neighborhood thugs glared at them from across the street… later the father called and said they were afraid and decided not to rent.

After the family left one of the thugs came up to me saying I better not try and move Asians into their hood… we will run them out.

The most racist people I have ever met are not white.

The neighborhood now is almost all Spanish speaking and quiet… lots of landscapers and construction laborers.

I could write a book about my experiences becoming a homeowner at 22…

Lots of good older retired neighbors that offered encouragement… they said we worked so hard and now the gang bangers are running it into the ground…

3 things happen to a gang banger… they die early or go to prison or find Jesus and turn their life around…

Die early by being shot or survive and have the scars.

 

[scootr]

I bought a 5w solar panel for my ring camera so I can move it closer to the main gate... I plan to mount it on a pole with the little solar panel.

 

[Fixastuff]

The little yellow 6000lb plow showed up on a big rig and we ain’t got no ramps. It works and cuts in a nice pipe with minimal damage.

The extra coming out of the ground is to bore under the road and a drain pipe to the ped, so a cut and coupler isn’t needed.

 

[kenmbz]

New gear assembly for my garage door opener.

 

[sd455dan]

Replaced the JD 240 2 stroke spin trim (1985 vintage ECHO) with a New ECHO SRM 266. Nice that it comes with a 5 year warranty, it is a bit heavier, but also has some extra cubic centimeters for some more power.

Picked up a Spare set of standard style blades for the JD X 500 riding mower.

 

[scootr]

Replaced the JD 240 2 stroke spin trim (1985 vintage ECHO) with a New ECHO SRM 266. Nice that it comes with a 5 year warranty, it is a bit heavier, but also has some extra cubic centimeters for some more power.

Picked up a Spare set of standard style blades for the JD X 500 riding mower.

I bought the Echo srm 226 last winter/spring on TBN recommendation. Best dam weedeater I've ever had. Easiest starting too.

 

[ultrarunner]

I’ve never had a problem with Echo equipment.

 

[scootr]

I’ve never had a problem with Echo equipment.

My Echo chainsaw has the same easy start reliability

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

My Echo saw have been flawless too. Some of my best purchases

 

[ultrarunner]

Years ago most discussions discounted Echo in favor of Stihl and Husky.

Some of the local dealers dropped Echo when the box stores started offering.

In 1980 us kids got together and bought dad a Echo SRM handle bar brush cutter for father's day...

I still have it and the only service part has been the rope start coil spring .

The only routine maintenance is wire brushing the spark arrestor mesh screen...

Keeping the mesh screen clean makes all the difference on 8 hour days cutting back brush.

 

[kenmbz]

I have a 620P and 490 chainsaws, a handheld blower and an extended hedge trimmer from Echo.
All start easy and run well. The 420 has quite a few hundred hours on it.
The Stihl FS110 is the hard starter and is super picky about fuel. Once it starts it will run well all day. Next day, back to the hard start.

 

[Camofurever1]

To make a Stihl start and run, there is a certain mating dance you have to do precisely to get them to start. For my chain saws, it is fully choke them and pull until you hear them pop once. Then you immediately half choke them and pull once. Either they start on the first half choke pull or you have to go back to the full choke until it pops once. In 30+ years of owning Stihls, they have always started if you did the mating dance, unless they were out of fuel.

 

[Hughman]

I bought the Echo srm 226 last winter/spring on TBN recommendation. Best dam weedeater I've ever had. Easiest starting too.

I just bought one of these last week. Haven't had a chance to spark it up yet. Figured I'd better get one before the 2 stroke police outlaw them and n California.

 

[ArlyA]

Buying to much stuff trying to clean out, fix then sell the In-laws home. All the things that the realtor said to remove to the trash station.. Amazing the volume of trips to the hardware store.

 

[kenmbz]

To make a Stihl start and run, there is a certain mating dance you have to do precisely to get them to start. For my chain saws, it is fully choke them and pull until you hear them pop once. Then you immediately half choke them and pull once. Either they start on the first half choke pull or you have to go back to the full choke until it pops once. In 30+ years of owning Stihls, they have always started if you did the mating dance, unless they were out of fuel.

I've had the Stihl for 6 years. Always a pain to start.
Even new air filter/plug changes nothing.
It is finicky on gas/oil mixture, even after tune up.
it hates 40:1 , loves only 50:1 canned gas. even when I mix high test at 50:1 it does not like to start.
I do the choke on until I hear it pop, then off to start. But I have tried every combination that Stihl has posted.
5 2 strokes, and only the Stihl is a pain. Only when sitting overnight.
If I run it in the morning, let it sit for an hour, still is fine.
I can even run it after starting on my own 50:1 mix and it's run with that for hours.

 

[5030]

I've had the Stihl for 6 years. Always a pain to start.
Even new air filter/plug changes nothing.
It is finicky on gas/oil mixture, even after tune up.
it hates 40:1 , loves only 50:1 canned gas. even when I mix high test at 50:1 it does not like to start.
I do the choke on until I hear it pop, then off to start. But I have tried every combination that Stihl has posted.
5 2 strokes, and only the Stihl is a pain. Only when sitting overnight.
If I run it in the morning, let it sit for an hour, still is fine.
I can even run it after starting on my own 50:1 mix and it's run with that for hours.

Interesting. My 40+ year old Stihl 028 that I bought new and still use much prefers Echo Red Armor 50-1 canned fuel and starts right up, cold or warm first or second pull. It also idles better and has better throttle response. Nice thing about canned fuel is it don't carbon up the exhaust tract or the spark arrestor screen either.

All I use anymore and I can let it sit on the saws for months with no issue, unlike the corn squeezed gas that gunks up carbs. Not cheap compared to pump gas but the shelf life is at least 2 years, 3-5 on an unopened can.... and it don't smoke much either and don't stink when burned. I own mostly Echo's but my ancient Stihl is real happy with it.

 

[5030]

I just bought one of these last week. Haven't had a chance to spark it up yet. Figured I'd better get one before the 2 stroke police outlaw them and n California.

I have the Echo straight shaft brush cutter, weed wacker (with the handlebars and the solid steel drive shaft) and it's an excellent running machine and of course like my saws, it gets Echo Red Armor 50-1 canned fuel.

Sold my ancient Stihl FS66 but I kept the tri-cut poly blade head and it fits the Echo just fine. I don't care for string trimmers anyway.

If I put on a carbide tipped circular saw blade, I can cut down pretty good sized trees with it as well.

 

[ultrarunner]

I just bought one of these last week. Haven't had a chance to spark it up yet. Figured I'd better get one before the 2 stroke police outlaw them and n California.

Mentioned before outlawed to use here but CalTrans and Post Office use all the time… I was told city laws do not apply to state and federal… ok.

Today there were 6 men with string trimmers going to town on school district property as June kicks off mandatory fire inspections.

I guess city laws don’t apply to city school property either…

I missed taking a picture because I can see the day having such a picture may be important.

 

[kozal01]

Ive had many Stihl handhelds over the years and all of them have been easy to start, except for one (KM94r) which I sold. My saws start 3rd pull almost always, my BR800 blower (4 stroke) starts second pull always, my KM130 (4 stroke) starts first pull, my freebee BG55 handheld blower is two pulls. My little Echo top handle saw is a few pulls and my Maruyama trimmer is 2 pulls. One thing I have learned on my Stihl's is to not use the primer, only my BR800 likes to be primed.