The official OPE daycare thread

[hacskaroly]

She's gonna need lots of TLC

That saw does not look to be in bad shape, if you see some of the saws I am working on, covered in years of b/c oil and dust, crud jammed in all spaces, carbon layered thick on top of the piston...and yes missing parts too. I have been scavenging all the nooks and crannys at work to come up with what I need.

 

[LAWN BOY]

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

My, that hood stack though.

 

[Woodtroll]

My, that hood stack though.

Ruined what could have been a nice truck. Somebody that will do that will destroy a lot of other stuff in the quest to be thought cool. I'm wondering how bad they hacked the dash to fit a 7-inch screen into it? That's a shame, but it's everyone's right to outfit their truck as they wish. Doesn't mean I'd give them a plugged nickel for it afterwards, though.

 

[LAWN BOY]

My, that hood stack though.

If I bought the truck I would probably change it to tailpipe or bed stack after a year or so of ownership.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Ruined what could have been a nice truck. Somebody that will do that will destroy a lot of other stuff in the quest to be thought cool. I'm wondering how bad they hacked the dash to fit a 7-inch screen into it? That's a shame, but it's everyone's right to outfit their truck as they wish. Doesn't mean I'd give them a plugged nickel for it afterwards, though.

I hear you. I agree as well. I'm not a fan of any form of a stack on a pickup. Looks cheap and sounds worse. That's the best way to make it louder in the cab to boot.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

If I bought the truck I would probably change it to tailpipe or bed stack after a year or so of ownership.

Tail pipe yes. Still gonna need a new hood.

 

[LAWN BOY]

This came today from the same guy I got my Homelite xl700 from not too long ago. CP55 that needs carb and ignition coil work and came with some extra coils as well as a homelite clutch cover that busted during shipping unfortunately. Traded my pioneer p10 that ran but needed crank seals for this stuff.

 

[LAWN BOY]

My Polaris 250 ATV now makes a clunky noise from the rear end as I start getting really slow before stopping. Like rlly slow. I can't stop quickly cuz I have no brakes. The belt is pretty worn out as well.

 

[LAWN BOY]

I probably have a deal worked out for a white rebranded poulan 361. I did yard work and storm cleanup today for 2 neighbors, made some cash plus one gave me a hitachi leaf blower that needs a carburetor and air filter cover. Sadly there is no air filter cover on eBay.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Slapped the Shindaiwa 750 together to at least make it look like a chainsaw to a point. Gonna be ordering over $400 worth of OEM parts for it.

 

[LAWN BOY]

I am going to need to upgrade to a 1 ton with these loads. In all seriousness my boss gave me this trailer today and I'm going to refurbish it and keep it for behind my ATV and lawn tractor.

 

[LAWN BOY]

My truck has been squeaking in reverse so I plan on replacing u-joints this weekend. Hopefully get some other projects taken care of too.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Removed the junk starter from the neighbor's tractor today.
Then I was paid $100 to remove this pier from 5 minutes away, it was already taken apart and on land. Scrap should bring $40 at the recycling yard and the wood will make nice heavy duty pallets to use around the property. Easy money.

 

[LAWN BOY]

The other day I found a toro leaf blower at the landfill, piston is cooked tho so it’ll be for parts.
Today I bought 2 lawnboy weed whackers for $40 and they both ran with new fuel lines and filters despite sitting for a few years. I have an older one on the way as well. I think my Lawnboy leaf blower attachment will fit on one of these. The seller was super sketchy during texting and kinda weird, and at the end of a dead end lol.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Another sketchy marketplace deal gone well. Bro was drunk as heck and down a dead end road and I got there at dusk. But he gave me a JD 312 that ran when parked 2 yrs ago and a Tanaka chainsaw for $10. He has a tiller for the JD that I'm gonna trade him my wood chipper for.

 

[LAWN BOY]

The Tanaka chainsaw runs! Not certain I’m keeping it

 

[Woodpecker]

@Woodwackr See above post.

He told me he left this forum permanently.

He decided he was too important to follow the rules here like the rest of us lowly peons.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

He decided he was too important to follow the rules here like the rest of us lowly peons.

Gotcha, that only works for a little while.

 

[LAWN BOY]

Post office had a pile waiting for me today. Highlights are a Japanese market echo dm9 backpack blower that's locked up from Wayne Sutton and a lawn boy weed whacker powerhead that needs a carb rebuild, the shaft should be here tomorrow.