Tractors, Mowers, Chippers, Trailers, Chainsaws, Generators, Driveway Erosion Control, ETC.

Read through the whole thing and my only thought was, "there better be a picture of that burger".

 

That burger may have been the best part of the day.

 

Anyone purchased engines directly from Alibaba?

Eric Schmidt (Harbor Freight) seems to be dropping these from the lineup.

I have had little luck in sourcing another supplier.

Apparently I can purchase these motors directly from China. If I'm willing to wait ~45 days, I can still get them at a decent price.

Am presently talking to vender. Gonna see how that goes.

 

Anyone need a 60” finish mower in the Midwest? Got this Buhler/Farm King with the Ford and I’m too wooded to make good use of it. Make me a reasonable offer. It’s in good shape and cuts well. I can ship LTL if someone is okay paying my cost (Manager at a Midwest LTL carrier) plus material to crate it.

 

Picked up the new QA from Kubota today, it was ordered in June, 3 months ago...
and it was going to be next week for them to swap handles, pins/hard ware over, maybe 30min job. I said let's load the part(insurance claim) on the trailer and I'll swap the parts over, I have no patience left.

 

Anybody have a pulley for a K181 laying around? My sons John Deere 110 came apart somehow. It has a guard over it so I know nothing got in it.

 

You can fix that, the worse problem is removing the broken screws from the flywheel towers

 

Probably what I’ll end up doing.

 

Bet that was noisy when it let go!

 

My GT235 keeps blowing the main fuse. I haven't had time to really dig into it yet but what should I be looking for?

 

I usually start by looking at the lighting circuit. It seems most manufacturers do kind of a poor job protecting the wires and they get pinched by the hood hinges or chaffed around the engine.

 

Those pulleys are pretty rare from my experience. I have fixed a few by welding on washers, etc.. Paint it all green and you'll never know.
The screen material you can get from mcmaster carr I think

 

Check the wires going to the PTO clutch that runs the deck too, those get damaged sometimes.

 

Started burning in the diamond grate, ran out of wire, I would like to get a 10lb spool of wire for the Lincoln 180, anybody have recommendations on Flux core wire? The Lincoln 10lb spools are pricey.

 

I'm done fucking with these things for 2 weeks. This prick can stay on the lift the entire time I'm gone!

Needs a starter. Gets replaced entirely be feel. Oh, joy. Way to pack it in there Toro. Thanks!

 

I've had good luck with Blue Demon .030

 

Thanks, What welder do you use?

 

Miller 130xp. I have a Lincoln tombstone for thicker stuff but before I bought it I welded everything with the Miller including 1/2" plate. I'd deep bevel and preheat and make multi passes with the scale chipped out to get full penetration.

 

A good friend upgraded to a stick/tig machine and gifted me the Lincoln tombstone that he bought new in 1977.

I'm not very good with it but I aspire to be.