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  • cabinetman
    Gone but not Forgotten RIP
    • Jun 2006
    • 15218
    • So. Florida
    • Delta

    I Expected Death

    I posted this thread last year (about my lawn mower that just wouldn't die). Well, it still hasn't. In fact I cut the grass last Friday, and it needs it again. It was very hard to start, but managed to keep running. I've got to give this lawn mower a medal of some sort. To think of what it has been through is incredible. I can't even remember if I ever changed the plug. I did do oil changes though.

    So, LOML got on my case, and I broke down and ordered a Toro self propelled, electric start (Personal Pace model). It should be delivered (free shipping to the house), this week. So, I have to have some kind of ceremony when I remove two John Deere's from my shed, and put them out for bulk pick up. I intend to remove anything I think I will ever use off of them, like the wheels. Both motors work, but wife says we just don't have the room.

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  • chopnhack
    Veteran Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 3779
    • Florida
    • Ryobi BT3100

    #2
    Why not CList it? Scrap yard for salvage? Small motor shop? Seems like some better options than letting the city collect it.
    I think in straight lines, but dream in curves

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    • JimD
      Veteran Member
      • Feb 2003
      • 4187
      • Lexington, SC.

      #3
      If you move them to the curb in my neighborhood somebody may pick them up before the trash man. There are people that know the pickup day and make a run through the neighborhood very early in the morning to get what they want.

      I have a Toro and I like it. Mine is a pull start and it works fine. If it takes more than a couple pulls it is time to take out the air cleaner and tap it against something. I don't even change the oil - but maybe I will soon. I put sythentic in it. It just works.

      Jim

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      • cabinetman
        Gone but not Forgotten RIP
        • Jun 2006
        • 15218
        • So. Florida
        • Delta

        #4
        Originally posted by chopnhack
        Why not CList it? Scrap yard for salvage? Small motor shop? Seems like some better options than letting the city collect it.
        That's a great idea. There's a bunch of lawn mower shops around here.

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        • LCHIEN
          Internet Fact Checker
          • Dec 2002
          • 20920
          • Katy, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 vintage 1999

          #5
          try http://www.freecycle.org/
          Loring in Katy, TX USA
          If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
          BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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          • durango dude
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2011
            • 934
            • a thousand or so feet above insanity
            • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

            #6
            [img] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ubian_goat.JPG [/img]

            Features:
            - self-propelled
            - low fuel consumption
            - quiet (well - most of the time)

            Grass trim height can get erratic in hot weather. Mows a little better in the shade.

            Not all home owner associations allow this particular make/model.

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            • steve-norrell
              Veteran Member
              • Apr 2006
              • 1001
              • The Great Land - Alaska
              • BT3100-1

              #7
              Cut the grass . . . we still have at least a foot of snow on the ground!

              Steve

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              • BigguyZ
                Veteran Member
                • Jul 2006
                • 1818
                • Minneapolis, MN
                • Craftsman, older type w/ cast iron top

                #8
                Goodwill? Donate them to feel warm and fuzzy, and get a tax deduction to boot. Or maybe there's a local tech school that could use it for a small engine repair class? And again, probably get a tax deduction.

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                • cabinetman
                  Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                  • Jun 2006
                  • 15218
                  • So. Florida
                  • Delta

                  #9
                  Originally posted by steve-norrell
                  Cut the grass . . . we still have at least a foot of snow on the ground!

                  Steve
                  At least you don't have to cut the grass.

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                  • capncarl
                    Veteran Member
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 3564
                    • Leesburg Georgia USA
                    • SawStop CTS

                    #10
                    As I have previously posted.

                    What is this snow stuff you speak of?

                    It only shows up down on this end of Georgia on Christmas cards.

                    I think that is a good thing.

                    capncarl.

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