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Throttle control & carby off an earlier HRU19 with the GCV160 can be had for around $60, but I'm not sure how different the GCV160 and 170 carburettors are
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The newer version would have an automatic choke to compensate for the lack of a manual throttle lever. Could be worth mentioning it to your dealer, they may have commercial operators asking for a throttle lever too.
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I can’t believe the nannying of people. All this safety stuff, it’s evidently getting to a point where people look for unsophisticated workarounds and that’s probably riskier than an old school mower.
Waiting for Sorbent to have a warning on their packages to “ensure hand is fully behind tissue when wiping”… |
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Is common sense now redundant?
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Considering the nightmare day I had with customers on Saturday, I would say yes.
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I just had too...................
![]() ![]() I don't know that I'll be rebranding my Briggs engines, I love them too much for that. But I think the Krohler name deserves to be applied over the top of the Kohlers I have the displeasure of owning or using. ![]()
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Work Safety you name it was the ticket to not using common sense, especially for those who never had it in the first place and abuse the system very very well. In turn making it harder for those capable having to go through hoops to change a light bulb ffs. Yes I know lets open pardora's box hehehe
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Taryl is a legend!
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Honda.... even the chinese variants seem to be easy starters and reliable, but when they are done, its time for a new motor. Its always astounded me how every species on earth bar one strives to make a better example of itself each generation through natural selection and survival of the fittest, but then theres Humans, a species that seems hell bent on promoting the weak, incapable and stupid.
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Personally, I have only ever worn out one Briggs, but then I did work it to near death over 20 years. The three Honda engines I have had have been fantastic, especially the refinement and fuel economy they have over a Briggs.
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IMO no matter the lack of refinement compared to Hondas Briggsy we're the Honda long long before they came into the garden game.
Personally I was a staunch Oz Victa man - only because the ol mans hardly ever broke down as well till they got sold and offshore. I'm impressed they recovered market wise, shrewd return but it says alot about using a good known old name but funnily having Briggsy hearts like my new addition lol......so its a win win for me. Considered Hondas many times (my bro lives by them) and even this recent one but I'm sure I won't regret this purchase one bit.
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So this kind of annoys me.
Many years ago one of my brothers neighbors gifted him a cheapo 25cc whippersnipper. He stashed it and didnt use it. So he gifted it to me a couple years back. Fuel lines were perished and the primer bulb was split. Replaced all that and the spark plug for $29. Thing ran well. So about a year ago, so after i had the 51cc thing he askes me if the one he gifted works? I said yes and told him what was wront with it. So he asks for it back. Ok thats fine. I gave it back with a full tank and a 1L thing with pre mix in it and extra line. Speaking with him today, he hasnt used the 25cc unit yet, he asks if i have premix for it. Dealing with an oaf is painfull. I reminded him that in the cupboard under his stairs is the whipper snipper with a full tank and a litre of fuel. Then the next dumb question was what line does it take? Answer is 2.4mm, but a stupid question as he has a roll of line with it too. Next question really got up me. Answer was no i wont bring my one over to use it anyways if you have a perfectly working one. He lives in a town house, the back yard is tiny. |
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Haha hopeless is hopeless.
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Hmmmmmm. I spoke to my brother today. Apparently my 'starts 1st time every time' claim was on point.
He pulled out the 25cc red ripper and gave it a tug thinking i was full of it. But he did it in his laundry. Well, his house now stinks. Yes the red ripper is a 2 stroke, but i said it starts pretty easy. I didnt band aid that thing. I put parts in it and i personally like it as its reliable even though its a cheap piece of crap. |
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I would say just leave him to figure it out but that could be dangerous to him and the machine itself.
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I actually appreciate the fact the work i put into that thing payed off. It was gifted to my brother from his neighbor as it was a pain in the hole to start. He never used it but years later passed it down to me in need of repair. I did parts and its a good little unit. So yeah, i dont lie when i say 'it'll run'. |
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Saw the battery powered victa there, under the deck, the blade shaft comes out of a plastic housing which is disappointing. The sales guy who I trust was creaming his jeans over the ego range, going on about all the mower guys already using them daily. I think bushranger is the front runner, but I am intrigued about the battery choices. Which electric mower is the Tesla of mowers? ![]()
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I picked up my "new" Stihl 028AV Super today after a month at the Stihl dealer. As you can see, I also brought home a Woodsman Case for it to live in.
![]() ![]() I knew it was going to take a while for it to be ready, it needed a lot of work combined with a backlog of work on their part and delays with parts. Not that I'm complaining, I left it with them with a "whatever it needs" mandate. ![]() The list of replacements was extensive - - 16 inch bar - 16 inch 325 26RMC chain - Spur sproket - Clutch Spring - Fuel pickup hose - Impulse Line - Pickup body (fuel filter?) - Inlet Manifold - Air Filter - Spark Plug - Oil Cap - Fuel Cap Other items included a carburetor rebuild and lubricant on the clutch bearing and recoil assembly. Then of course it was retuned an given a test run. I started it up and did a couple of cuts with it this afternoon, and it's sounding VERY healthy. One pull on the choke, one pull off choke and she idles so smoothly. It's also got brilliant throttle response, building to a rowdy top end scream. This saw has some grunt for sure, I think being run-in compared to my brand-new MS 271 makes a big difference in how it responds to throttle and runs so hard at the top end. I am absolutely over the moon with the result. The mechanical work cost about what I thought it would, and I'm pleased that genuine Stihl parts were used. To spend this sort of money on a 34-year-old chainsaw is probably not the best financial decision, but it was never about the money with this project. It has sentimental value, something that I consider priceless. And the fact that it runs so good, it would have been a shame to have left it to rot, throw it away or have it stolen. In honor of my Neighbour, the machine will from now on be named Bill.
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I know I harp on this, but know it comes from learning the hard way that American mowers are junk! Ok, so that was harsh. Let's say they are junk on Australian lawns. Take a look at the deck design and discharge chute/chutes. The closed-circuit deck and bar blade are designed to hold the grass within the deck for longer, meaning that it mulches better. The side effect to that is poor side or rear discharging. In the past, I remember you saying that you were not a fan of mulching. ![]() ![]() Yes, there are a few different deck designs from EGO, but the concept is similar. Also, I'm not saying these mowers don't do a good job, because in the right conditions they are in fact very good. But those conditions are very specific; cutting weekly, cutting high and cutting completely dry grass. It will otherwise struggle. When I bought my John Deere about 10 years ago, it looked like the perfect solution for a contractor. Personal pace self-propel, a BIG engine and the ability to catch, side discharge or mulch. But it would end up being the worst piece of equipment I have ever owned. ![]() Outside of those goldilocks conditions (dry grass cut tall and often), the thing would just get clogged up due to the tiny rear and side discharge chutes. As soon as grass collected in either outlet, it would then just stay suspended in the deck until it stalled the engine. That gets old real quite when time is money. Customers mostly want to see that their lawn has been cut, so cutting tall is just not what they want. I ended up trading this machine in less than 10 months on the Rover, burning cash in the process. With the Bushranger, it too has a partial rear chute. ![]() There are times when this blocks too, but the 4-blade disk compared to a bar blade reduces this to an acceptable level. It's also why I have persisted in keeping my full width chute Rover running this long. When the engine finally calls it quits, I will simply put a new Briggs 850 on it.
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Reasonably wet grass is fine and gets thrown to the back of the catcher, never tried mulching as The Dragon Lady wants it picked up not walked into the house ![]() Mine is actually in for warranty work (it's 2 1/2 years old) at the moment at our local agent, a small electronic place here, as the spring that holds the main handle in place went missing and the battery was having trouble with occasionally not holding a charge. Their Warranty system is quick and painless..... I had to fill out the online form and email it back along with a copy of the receipt...Claim was accepted the next day with where to take it....Local agent called me the next day to confirm. My local agent/electrical shop has nothing but praise for their warranty service saying that they usually just say to chuck the bad part and put on a new one.
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Ego does seem a little different in that they're only sold by Total Tools here, and other than selling you spare parts and accessories they don't want anymore to do with you once you walk out the door.
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Well funnily enough, i was over at my brothers houst this morning giving him a hand with something, and i was teasing him about starting the whipper snipper inside.
His excuse was almost valid. As it had not been started in a year he primed it and pulled it twice with the choke off to lubricate it and no choke it shouldnt have started. Yeah, for a crappy homelite it should not have started. It was not given the name the red ripper. It earn't that name. Yeah, given to me as a non running POS, its the best running crap 2 stroke anything id ever had. List of replacent parts in my usership is, fuel lines, primer bulb, spark plug, pull cord assy, bump knob, fuel and line. Yeah it makes no power but a lot of noise, its a bent shaft, i prefer straight shafts. But the thing was stupid easy to start. |
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I had a look at the final landscape plans for my baller place today, the 1000sqm lawn is still going to be almost 600sqm to be cut weekly, I will suggest that he buys a bush ranger to keep on-site once the huski ride on gets sold. Incidentally I was on the huski today and thump, lost drive forward and reverse. Removed the catcher and grass chute, found that my oil rag that lives up in the cup holder had fallen thru the height adjuster opening, gotten caught up in the drive belt throwing it off. Luckily it was a 5 min repair.
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This reminds me when I accidentally caught the edge of some bird netting when mowing around a customer's fruit trees. It ended up stalling the engine, but not until it had wound its way around the crankshaft and lifting the mower into the air in the process. Was one of those oh sh.tttttttttttt moments. Took me ages to cut the mower free. ![]() That same Masport Utility ended up being dropped off the back of my Ute backwards once too. Tough mower that.
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You ever see something that left you speechless?
At a clients house today, lovely family but not long off a plane to this wide brown land, their 18mo old toddler was using a pump spray bottle on the pavers. I smile “ohh sweetie, are you watering the the garden?” Dad goes “she’s spraying the weeds”. Weird but ok. 10 mins later dad has gone back inside, junior is still playing with the spray bottle. I call the dad back outside and ask what is in the spray bottle. Goes into the shed and pulls out a bottle of ZERO concentrate!!!!! WHAT.THE.ACTUAL.F#*K!!!!!!!! No mate! That’s POISON! It’s a CHEMICAL that your child should NOT BE TOUCHING! Dads all “oh ok, thanks for letting me know….” FAAAARKKKKK!
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And here we are worrying about having once been in the same room as a piece of Caesarstone…
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