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    Lawn mower (tractor) maintenance - Anybody else do this?

    That's also true for commercial trucks. My older brother asked if I'd like to ride with him on a 300 mile delivery for the company he worked for. We pulled out at 4am and by daylight I was near beat to death. I asked hth he could stand that day in day out. He laughed, bounced up and down...
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    Seldom used tools nowadays

    Erom the title I thought it was about tribulations of being old.😢
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    Steel buildings

    By happenstance a couple years ago I found out some local companies are made up of same people switching hats to fit trade at hand. When I found that out it explained unusual problems and shoddy work people encountered with projects they hired done. The "mother company" is a large roofing...
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    Rod bearing failure

    WAG but I'm leaning toward pre-ignition for which cause isn't obvious from conventional observation. :unsure: That's a mouthful but what I'm trying to say is that pistons are being slammed backward just before TDC. If that were true and reason isn't obvious, could crank have been ground...
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    Steel buildings

    It has been my experience that if a metal building erector finds himself without a contract, he will temporarily work part time somewhere welding rather than wing it pouring concrete.
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    641 No Start

    Rumor is around a dozen 641 series left factory with a habit of stop running then begin running again for no apparent reason. Several years ago some guy on utube claimed to narrowed down to interactions between some sort of wobble shaft and wiggle pin then he dropped out of sight, never to be...
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    winch

    Seldom do we discuss electrical that a deeper dive than expected is taken. What you can do with jumper cables and what you should is often different. For longer life, winch should have access to full battery power.
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    Lawn mower (tractor) maintenance - Anybody else do this?

    My deck is not very old so it isn't likly to rust out before I die so I don't do more than replace belts,idlers,spindles and sharping blades as needed. When I have to do something to deck I'll give it a good cleaning. I throw small dead limbs near compost where I run over them with mower...
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    Bears - Wolves - Alligators

    So does that mean you always stay in boat on noodling trips so that you can hand beer to the boys in water?
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    winch

    Depends on which feature is most important to you. Highest amp output goes to cart batteries at most expensive. Take a beating and keep on ticking (bouncing around) PLUS designed to be depleted,recharged with minimum harm goes to marine at mid-cost. Power per dollar goes to auto/truck. I'm...
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    Bears - Wolves - Alligators

    In every case I've heard of where wild animals were ongoing attacking people, there was a common denominator to all events. I'll give you a chance to dwell on what the denominator always is. Over the years there were rare reports of bear and mountain lion around here that most folks...
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    Oxy/Acetylene options

    Not that I'm aware of and I can't think of a good reason they would. Map would be difficult if not impossible to find in quantity useful for what is being discussed here. Were that not enough to deter consideration, several reliable sources claim bottles today labeled as Mapp is nothing more...
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    Neighbor's Dog Pack - Help Please (long, sorry)

    I'm sorrowed to hear of your wife's passing, please accept my condolences. It will be 2 years this coming July 24th when dogs attacked your calf and you came here asking for help. It's destressing this wasn't resolved long ago but you still have 4 weeks to do what you should have when you saw...
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    MF-65 3 point height hard to adjust

    MF 65 lift will raise tandem disc and 6 foot cutter and doesn't oscillate up/down once set. Problem is when trying to set height, lift often doesn't respond or overshoots position. O-rings on stand-pipe looked pretty sad a few years ago when I lifted cover to adjust fingers rather than...
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