The official OPE daycare thread

[LAWN BOY]

Yesterday some guys came with an f150 and a u haul trailer from 3 hours north of me to do a marketplace trade that we've been talking about for a couple weeks, they were actually in a different time zone so showed up an hour early. They came for my 1996 f250 7.3 which was not too happy to start after sitting 3 weeks in Wisconsin but when she finally started she ran good and we took over an hour to winch it on the trailer with little come alongs. I kept the new batteries which I have available to sell or trade. I also kept the part of the hoodstack that bolts onto the hood which is pretty awesome, I always love to have any form of exhaust piping, tips, and stacks on hand for my projects. And then hood stacks are actually valuable from what I see online. The trade was very fair considering what I wanted for the truck to get my money back. The items I received were as follows:
-6 month old coleman b200 mini bike, looks new other than a couple scratches and one tiny chip in front fender, fully functional other than the rear plastic seat mounts being busted, costed $900 new
-snap on Bluetooth job site radio that works great
-onn Bluetooth party box on wheels that works great
-craftsman toolbox with power strip full of tools
-aftermarket pioneer automotive radio with extra wiring, valued at like $300 I think
Everything is being resold, except I'm keeping the big party box which I put in the back seat of my truck, thing has decent bass and volume, better than the stock radio in my gmt800 and now I can listen to whatever songs I want. Not really in a rush to sell the mini bike, it'll be fun until it sells granted it just likes to spin the tires on the snow lol. I think I have a straight pipe that will fit it. I should honestly probably keep the big toolbox, guess I just won't let it go cheap. Hoping to sell the 2 radios asap.
Today was another adventurous day. Neither of my dad's snowblowers would drive this morning after we got a foot of snow, a nice big modern ariens and an old clapped MTD. And my decent cub cadet still didn't have the nos carb installed cuz I procrastinated. Had ma and sis help load up the cub in the bed of my truck so I could work on it in the shop and work after work, made it out too our back road which was unplowed and got stuck in the snow bank that was right before the highway, truck was stuck almost 5 hours, spent a total of an hour maybe shoveling and gassing and whatnot. Finally my bosses son brought the work truck after he plowed out the equestrian center and pulled me out, tested the new tow strap I got from Christmas. Snow was up to the top of my tires on the one side since the ice slid me into the main bank inches from a road sign, my hankook dynapro tires are hard and don't do well in snow. In the meantime I did some shoveling and rode my skidoo mx and coleman b200 a bit, the mx got stuck at the bottom of a huge hill on our unplowed road when I tried turning around, spent 10 mins getting it unstuck and just had to go full throttle all the way back up the hill. Anyways I finally got to work and all I did there for a few hours was plow with the Duramax, wondering when the ole 10 speed Allison is gonna give up. Got the new carb on my cub snowblower afterwards which is nos OEM, I need to find out what the adjustment screw settings are tho because I couldn't get it quite right, it runs smooth but a bit low under load and when not under load it over revs and makes little backfires. It also don't like restarting and is hard starting.

 

[LAWN BOY]

The other day the ole Chevy had to rescue my uncle's 2016 ram. CV axle broke and he wanted it taken in.
Today was another marketplace road trip. Bought this JD l100 which is operational but kinda junky for $300. Should be able to clean it up a bit and resell for profit after using it a bit. A nice gentleman gave me this Mac 940 auger setup which has been sitting for years but has excellent compression.
Also I went to harbor freight for the first time today it was overwhelming at first and I didn't even think I needed anything, but then spent $150.

 

[hacskaroly]

Also I went to harbor freight for the first time today and I didn't even think I needed anything, but then spent $150

There is a lot of stuff there you don't need, but is sure nice to have especially at their prices.

 

[Likesaws]

The other day the ole Chevy had to rescue my uncle's 2016 ram. CV axle broke and he wanted it taken in.
Today was another marketplace road trip. Bought this JD l100 which is operational but kinda junky for $300. Should be able to clean it up a bit and resell for profit after using it a bit. A nice gentleman gave me this Mac 940 auger setup which has been sitting for years but has excellent compression.
Also I went to harbor freight for the first time today it was overwhelming at first and I didn't even think I needed anything, but then spent $150.

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Now that you have found Harbor Freight you need to sign up for emails and coupons. Everything in the store is on sale sometime.
Just not always the same time.

 

[LAWN BOY]

It was about a week ago I started feeling better for a nasty cold, and I already have another, that's pretty annoying.
However, I graduated high school yesterday technically. Finally done. Graduation ceremony and all isn't until may, I just had enough credits to be done with school early.

 

[SawAddictedFarmer]

It was about a week ago I started feeling better for a nasty cold, and I already have another, that's pretty annoying.
However, I graduated high school yesterday technically. Finally done. Graduation ceremony and all isn't until may, I just had enough credits to be done with school early.

Congratulations! Just remember learning more is never a bad idea. Have you ever considered learning welding? It seems very few young people are interested in it.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Congratulations! Just remember learning more is never a bad idea. Have you ever considered learning welding? It seems very few young people are interested in it.

I've thought about it yes. I've done some on a small scale and think I just want to learn a little more for personal use. I hear that these days almost all learning techniques school wise and careers in that field involve a bunch of technology and it's not what it used to be.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Just an update on a situation. We are officially to the 7 month mark of me waiting for over $800 worth of saws from a well known kid across online chainsaw communities that I've known on a personal level. 3 saws total in this deal 2 of which were bought via eBay. This is aggravating.

 

[SawAddictedFarmer]

Just an update on a situation. We are officially to the 7 month mark of me waiting for over $800 worth of saws from a well known kid across online chainsaw communities that I've known on a personal level. 3 saws total in this deal 2 of which were bought via eBay. This is aggravating.

Is he on here?

 

[LAWN BOY]

Is he on here?

Yes. Not often at all tho, mainly on Facebook and YouTube.

 

[stihl livin]

Just an update on a situation. We are officially to the 7 month mark of me waiting for over $800 worth of saws from a well known kid across online chainsaw communities that I've known on a personal level. 3 saws total in this deal 2 of which were bought via eBay. This is aggravating.

Hopefully you paid in a way to pro your purchase. You have been around long enough to see the problems that come about when you don’t cover your azz.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Hopefully you paid in a way to pro your purchase. You have been around long enough to see the problems that come about when you don’t cover your azz.

I paid using my debit card on eBay. The other saw was a trade deal, I had $420 invested into shipping and the items I sent. eBay total was $370 change.

 

[SawAddictedFarmer]

I paid using my debit card on eBay. The other saw was a trade deal, I had $420 invested into shipping and the items I sent. eBay total was $370 change.

Are you willing to tell us who it was? Have you had any contact with him or seen if he's selling more saws?

 

[LAWN BOY]

Are you willing to tell us who it was? Have you had any contact with him or seen if he's selling more saws?

I'm nervous about disclosing the name fully publicly. But he was on fb and yt and eBay a ton still after that deal.

 

[SawAddictedFarmer]

I'm nervous about disclosing the name fully publicly. But he was on fb and yt and eBay a ton still after that deal.

If he's ripping people off like that I don't see any reason to not make his name public if he's not coming through.

 

[stihl livin]

I'm nervous about disclosing the name fully publicly. But he was on fb and yt and eBay a ton still after that deal.

Completely understandable Logan. However if this is his way of doing business the forum needs to know so they can stay away from purchasing from this seller. You do what you feel is best for you just remember we are a family that helps each other.

 

[hacskaroly]

I'm nervous about disclosing the name fully publicly.

Maybe you can work with @59billy and @jacob j. to figure out the best way make an announcement here on the forum if you decide to go that way. They are very helpful!

 

[LAWN BOY]

If he's ripping people off like that I don't see any reason to not make his name public if he's not coming through.

He's been kinda delayed with other people's deals but nothing as severe as mine, I think he is taking advantage of me because we know each other personally and he probably knows I'm scared of making him mad by doing something about it, he does get mad.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Maybe you can work with @59billy and @jacob j. to figure out the best way make an announcement here on the forum if you decide to go that way. They are very helpful!

Good to know!

Completely understandable Logan. However if this is his way of doing business the forum needs to know so they can stay away from purchasing from this seller. You do what you feel is best for you just remember we are a family that helps each other.

I'll see how I feel after he replies to a couple people on Facebook that are helping be out, I'm not even sure that he's been on here at all in the last few months.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Update: he's still in a legal situation and said that he'll ship my saws as soon as his mom lets him go to the property all his stuff is at to get everything including my saws. He reached out nicely after 2 guys from Facebook messaged him on the matter.