how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[teacherman]

Splitter arrived! There is a plywood box on my trailer in the driveway, just in time for the big chill. I am home with Emerson tomorrow, so won't get anything done till maybe Thursday. Saw a 25 ton County Line splitter at TSC today for $900, same engine as my Dirty Hands. It looked OK, pretty similar. Free assembly and free hydraulic fluid. Maybe shoulda gotten that one instead, but no use worrying about it now.

Be safe tomorrow. Schools here are closed already

 

[plcnut]

What does the salt water do exactly
Draw blood out?


Sent from Hoskvarna Hills

I don't know what all it does, but have been told that it helps reduce the gamey taste.

 

[plcnut]

That, and if it's been hanging a long time,the salt can stabilize the breakdown process so it doesn't get funky. I've done that. I have a bunch from last year that I'll probably not be able to use if it's freezer-burnt. I found a "venison cookbook at TSC this morning for 8 bucks, some fancy sounding deer meat recipes in there.

We vacuum pack everything now. It really cuts down on freezer burn.

 

[plcnut]

Good mornine everybody!
Have a blessed day!

 

[Hinerman]

Reveille, Reveille, Reveille, motor heads.

 

[Fishnuts2]

It's from 1999, a SilverPro Series, 6.5 hp. Model 10247. It'll sit out all winter, then start first pull in the spring. Has for years. I set the rpm up to spec one time, about ten years ago, and I wash the air filter once a year. It only drinks Stihl Ultra at 45:1. Lot less stink than the 32:1 it calls for.

My habit with my 1969 LawnBoy is to always shut the gas off and run it dry after every use. Never use the ignition switch, just the gas shutoff. Starts on 2nd pull every time even in the Spring.
LawnBoys are so reliable, they should have painted them Orange all over!

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

My habit with my 1969 LawnBoy is to always shut the gas off and run it dry after every use. Never use the ignition switch, just the gas shutoff. Starts on 2nd pull every time even in the Spring.
LawnBoys are so reliable, they should have painted them Orange all over!

Like a Husky

 

[countryhog]

View attachment 106189
Anybody ever heard of, or seen, one of these?
Didn't know they existed.

Sure looks like a poulan

 

[67L36Driver]

Sure looks like a poulan

It is. Poulan 2000/23000 or Micro or whatever.

@ModifiedMark. He can set us straight. [emoji6]

 

[Workshop]

It's from 1999, a SilverPro Series, 6.5 hp. Model 10247. It'll sit out all winter, then start first pull in the spring. Has for years. I set the rpm up to spec one time, about ten years ago, and I wash the air filter once a year. It only drinks Stihl Ultra at 45:1. Lot less stink than the 32:1 it calls for.

I'll bet it doesn't have a fuel shut off valve, just like the Duraforce models. Its a common problem for them to leak past the float seat on those models. Just put a shut off valve inline. All earlier Lawnboys had that valve because the fuel would evaporate from the carb all the time, untill the fuel tank was dry. Then you had a carb full of gummy oil and had to clean the carb. Shut off valve made life so much easier.

 

[67L36Driver]

Morning midlanders!

SJSD closed for today. Only a dusting so far but the city trucks are out spreading salt.

My Silver series has no shut off. Banned to the patio last time I filled it.[emoji709]

 

[teacherman]

I'll bet it doesn't have a fuel shut off valve, just like the Duraforce models. Its a common problem for them to leak past the float seat on those models. Just put a shut off valve inline. All earlier Lawnboys had that valve because the fuel would evaporate from the carb all the time, untill the fuel tank was dry. Then you had a carb full of gummy oil and had to clean the carb. Shut off valve made life so much easier.

It is a Duraforce engine, part of the decal is still there. I bought a cheap plastic shutoffvalve and put it on the fuel line some years back, but at some point it failed, and if I leave the mower full of gas on a level surface, it will be empty the next time I go to mow. It all leaks right out of the bottom shaft bushing, I guess.

Are these things rebuildable? The output shaft has a bushing rather than a ball bearing, which seems a bit suspect to me. I really do like this mower, and I got it because it was the only one I could lift up easily to put in the back of a truck to go help someone out when their yard was a jungle.

 

[teacherman]

We vacuum pack everything now. It really cuts down on freezer burn.

Do you have a good one? I want to get a commercial one someday, because the FoodSaver brand ones all mess up and don't work worth a crap for me. a real vacuum sealer is definitely on my list, after a truck, a small chipper, well, you know what I mean....

 

[Douglas Ostrander]

Schools are closed and in a winter storm warning here!

 

[Dub11]

Do you have a good one? I want to get a commercial one someday, because the FoodSaver brand ones all mess up and don't work worth a crap for me. a real vacuum sealer is definitely on my list, after a truck, a small chipper, well, you know what I mean....

Trucks be expensive lol. And I kind of want to make a chipper lol.

Schools are closed and in a winter storm warning here!

Ain't that some mamby pamby crap right their.

 

[67L36Driver]

It is a Duraforce engine, part of the decal is still there. I bought a cheap plastic shutoffvalve and put it on the fuel line some years back, but at some point it failed, and if I leave the mower full of gas on a level surface, it will be empty the next time I go to mow. It all leaks right out of the bottom shaft bushing, I guess.

Are these things rebuildable? The output shaft has a bushing rather than a ball bearing, which seems a bit suspect to me. I really do like this mower, and I got it because it was the only one I could lift up easily to put in the back of a truck to go help someone out when their yard was a jungle.

Very old Lawnboys had a bronze bushing. Newer have a drawn cup needle bearing.

 

[plcnut]

Do you have a good one? I want to get a commercial one someday, because the FoodSaver brand ones all mess up and don't work worth a crap for me. a real vacuum sealer is definitely on my list, after a truck, a small chipper, well, you know what I mean....

Yes, We have a good commercial one. I got a good buy on it, but there is nothing cheap about it! https://www.webstaurantstore.com/ar...achine-with-10-1-4-seal-bar/120VMASVP215.html

 

[Hedgerow]

We vacuum pack everything now. It really cuts down on freezer burn.

Have you figured out how to do that cheaply?

I like the concept, but the consumables cost keeps me from pulling the trigger.

 

[Hedgerow]

Schools are closed and in a winter storm warning here!

Hurry up and close the door Doug!!!
Keep that *s-word up there!!!

 

[Dub11]

Have you figured out how to do that cheaply?

I like the concept, but the consumables cost keeps me from pulling the trigger.

Lucky me I guess. 3 boys makes sure nothing will be freezer burnt.