Recent content by tude

Yes, it is. My brother thought the deck was cast aluminum.

My dad had almost 2 acres of lawn to be mowed. I got the job using a push mower. I started at 9AM and usually finished around 4PM. Attached is the operators manual for one the mowers I used. A new was bought when the existing quit from being worn out.

My first stringer trimmer for my home was a light duty Toro corded electric unit. I got 15 years of use before it died. I bought another Toro but it lasted a few years. Next I tried a Weed Eater product which also lasted a couple of years. I figured it was time to try a cheap Harbor Freight...

A picture I took years ago of a model L equipped with a hydraulic snowplow.

My dad built his mail box post out of threaded pipe. He dug a hole away from the road and placed a larger diameter pipe in the ground. The diameter was just large enough for the threaded galvanized pipe to slide in. He made a L shaped section that hung over the ditch. It swing over if the...

I looked a new Murray lawn tractor over at Home Depot today. It had a Briggs 12.5 engine. My 1997 K-mart MTD has a 12.5 horse Briggs also and was built in Canada. This Murray was built in China and looked like a MTD clone.

Well after 35 years the bolts (JD calls them cap screws) that attach the blades to the spindles have rounded heads. You would think I could get a couple more years use out of them. My local JD charged $2 for the two replacement cap screws. I was able to use an extractor to loosen the bolts...

My grandparents had a dairy farm from 1930s to mid 1960s. they started out with horses and ended up with tractors. They kept the old dump rake for the situation you described. They were able to collect missed hay in the odd corners and clean the field.

Growing up I lived 7 miles from the York Modern Manfacturing plant in NYS. The attached is the first rake I ever saw. The township owned it and pulled behind a pickup.

Manual sent

You mean like this one

Yes I have the manual.

I use a 1997 Kmart MTD mower as the second owner and thought the same as others about the low price quality. This mower has impressed me with its reliability and endurance. The only parts that have been replaced are the steering wheel and tires. I got to close to the mail box and destroyed the...

IH Whirlwind Terrace plow

I found some of the ideas like using the kite flying episode to generate electricity far fetched since I have worked on this class of destroyers.