Recent content by WinterDeere

Front mounted, sure. But I did the rear snowblower thing for years, and will probably never go back to that.

Ok. That's normal. Like jjeff said, "break-in service". Gets rid of the assembly lube and the first several hours of everything seating in.

Yes, of course. But JTKub said his TYM specified 50 hours for engine oil. It’d be crazy if that was every 50 hours.

Every 50 hours, or just first 50 hours? I can’t recall another machine with an oil filter that required every 50 hour engine oil changes. That’s normally just walk-behinds with single-cylinder engines.

I think you’re right on the first part of that, ZTR -> ZT. But I always thought Zero Steer was that weird configuration of ZTR with a steering wheel. I just hopped of my ZTR, two hours of mowing this evening, and roughly 100 hours per year. I don’t know why anyone would want a steering wheel...

lol... two pages of "cold start" advice. :ROFLMAO: Sorry, that's my fault. As @gengine guessed, I saw "Wyoming" just peaking in at the very top of my screen, and hadn't realized that was his profile name just off my screen, not the OP's.

That's a surprise. I've been doing business on ebay as both a buyer and seller, since about 1996, and have never been screwed on a deal. Sure, I've received an item here or there that didn't meet expectations, but every time I've contacted the seller and we've worked something out, usually a...

That's definitely a problem, here. With DPF, you don't exactly want to leave the thing indling uselessly in the driveway. But I'm frequently starting the tractor to just move one object, such as unloading two pallets off a truck yesterday, or even just to move it out of the way to access my...

I probably could get away with less frequent, but it brings me peace of mind, makes me look over everything else at least once per year, and really isn't costing me much. I was always told it was best to change oil at least 2x per year to flush out any corrosive combustion deposits that collect...

Well, that's one of the problems. I change it yearly, but that's only ~100 hours here, so nothing ever has a chance to get very dirty.

I guess one advantage of the speed feed head is that, with it being so much faster and easier to load, there's less incentive to always buy the largest line your trimmer head can handle. They also likely hold more length of a smaller line, which becomes a PITA to load on a traditional head, but...

Heck... I can barely tell new fluid level on a dipstick, half the time. I'm always flipping the thing over to the smooth (non-hashed) side, and holding it in a reflective light, just to find the wet mark.

It seems the days of individuals selling interesting used items on eBay, the original intention and marketing push of the site, ended maybe 20 years ago. Anymore, it's almost 100% second-rate vendors of new product, Asian knock-offs and the like. You still find some mom-and-pop stores selling...

I'm hoping the 780 ft spool of .095 square line I bought for my Stihl will flow thru the new Speed Feed 400 head I just bought. The line isn't that expensive, less than the cost of the Speed Feed head, but I hate throwing away anything that's perfectly good and useable.

How much do you actually get on a programmable thermostat? I installed 10 (no joke, big house!) when we moved in, replaced the old Mercury-tube Honeywell dial types, but never bothered to inquire about rebates for them. Programmable thermostats aren't all that expensive, until you start buying...