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[85lebaront2]

I now have an update on the FedEx debacle, the package that was shipped on 5/12 finally showed up yesterday and it was an eye opener, first was the label, it had obviously been cut off the original package and been stuck on a new box, the inside should have been a blue and White Coloplast box with a red stripe next to the description, no, the products were just dumped inside. Outside on one side was a pair of stickers, apparently with notes from my phone calls.




Now, of course, it is pretty well academic as the initial need for this stuff is gone and we did get the same stuff in a replacement shipment Sunday afternoon.

[FuzzFace2]

grumpin wrote

I “need” a shed like that Dave!

When we moved I told the wire "no yard equipment will be stored in MY garage" so we bought this shed. I wanted a larger one the wife smaller so this is what we got.
It is a premade unit. You pick everything you want and where it should be placed on the shed the colors, etc.

When done they call you to set up a day to bring and set it up, comes on a flat bed trailer.
They only thing they ask when you buy it is if you have the room to get it where you want it and give you the dimentions.
I had to make the ramp longer to get the tractor in easier, add the stairs for code and painted the floor & ramp. I also had water & power run to it when I upgraded my garage so I have an outlet and lights inside & out.

One of my dogs likes to go under it guess it is cooler than in the shade by the house?
Dave ----

[ArdWrknTrk]

WTAF Bill?

Did it get caught up in some equipment?
I've had chowdered boxes taped back together, and boxes that have obviously been 'inspected' by the post office.

We need the Marines to make deliveries, because when you absolutely, positively need it done that's who you call!

[Ray Cecil]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

You want an adventure, and it will be, but you have a very cavalier attitude towards something you know nothing about.

Hey Jim, is there any topic that you aren't an expert in?

Thanks for your advice bud. I'll take it into consideration.

[ArdWrknTrk]

I've lived a very busy life among the ultra wealthy and the soft white underbelly.
Smuggling was a part of that.

There's a LOT I don't know anything about.
Electronic engine controls, operating heavy equipment, farming, computer programming and networking, your field of computer design! the military, living a "normal" life, unscarred by childhood abuse and trauma...

Nothing I've said here is a lie.
Nothing is a pissing contest either.

You watch a few glorified YouTube videos and and have a dream.
I think that's great!
Like I said, I'm not trying to discourage you, I'm trying to point out it is not all it appears.

****On reflection, I think I need to add this****

I experience the world through the 'special' lens of my autisim.
I'm strident. I'm pedantic. I'm acutely (often painfully!) aware of of the world around me.

I have a different file system between my ears.
I puzzle things together and am not even cognizant of societal norms.
Intense interests like propellant chemistry, color and the electromagnetic spectrum, material properties... don't make me a well rounded person.

While what I've experienced does not define me, I can only live in the present.
I'm a font of seemingly useless fact, and my brain makes connections that tie things together that aren't immediately apparent to more 'neurotypical' humans.
That doesn't make me better or worse than anyone else.

If you, Ray, think I'm trying to upstage the latest twist in your future plans you have my sincere apology.

[Ray Cecil]

Ok

[FuzzFace2]

85lebaront2 wrote

I have several yard and garden tractors. I was told a number of years ago that the difference between a yard tractor and a garden tractor, is, the garden tractor can handle ground engaging implements.

The interesting thing, all of mine are two cylinder engines, except the Sears Custom 10XL for 16 to around 24 hp, the proper garden tractor is a 1983 Craftsman GTV-16, 16 hp Briggs driving through an AYP 3 speed transaxle with a variable speed input system. Custom 10XL has a Tecumseh HH100 (heavy hunk of cast iron).

Supposedly my Ford YT16H is not designed for ground engaging implements, I think because the Eaton 850 hydrostatic transaxle blocks any place to mount a 3 point or sleeve hitch. I have towed cars with it so it has the power to handle it.

All of mine I can get parts and service manuals for, on the parts for the Ford and New Holland it was simply a matter of breaking the code, PNs are xxxDxxxx and if I look for the manufacturer's numbers (Lawn Boy for the Ford and Toro for the New Holland) the D gets replaced by a -. On the ones from Sears, they are all source code 917, which is currently Electrolux Home Products the present owner of American Yard Products.

They had a reputation for extremely rugged equipment, many garden tractor pullers like their 3 speed with a hi-lo transaxle.

I think you are right on the lawn & garden tractor part as they say mine is a garden tractor and does take implements.
I could have picked up a rear tiller but because my tractor does not have a rear PTO, only a deck PTO, and the PTO could be $$ so I passed on it, kick myself now LOL.

My tractor comes in 3 different model numbers: 2 are 22 hp water cooled 2cyl Kawasaki motors.
The 425 has a carb, 445 like mine is F.I. and the  455 is a 3cly water cooled diesel.

When I was a kid dad picked up a Craftsman tractor, that was set on fire and think why he got it, that had a geared transaxle with the high/low gearing.
We did not need it for the small yard we had but was fun to drive around the yard.
Dave ----

[ArdWrknTrk]

Keeping the kids entertained and getting them into mechanics was well worth the price (even if he bought it new!)

[85lebaront2]

That's how I got started, working on Lawn Mowers. First real job was at a bicycle/lawn and garden shop in Norfolk, Reid's Cycle Company. The owner, E. King Reid was something, there had been a mower company in Norfolk called Gemco for General Mower Company. when then went bankrupt in the late 50s, Mr Reid bought all their remaining stock. Every so often I got to go to the House behind the shop and help him pull Gemco parts.

They became the dealer for the Allis-Chalmers B10 garden tractors and used one with a fork lift attachment and a 46 or 48" deck. They would run it into the company's Corvair Rampside to go fetch a broken estate mower (reel mowers with several units towed by the granddaddy of a Zero-Turn) and leave the Allis-Chalmers for the grounds keeper to use.

I first tried to buy one of the Ford's from a friend's business, he was an old customer of mine form Preston. owning a 1967 Shelby GT-500, at the time I think it was $3000 for the tractor and another $15-$1800 for a 42 or 48" deck. The one I have was a fugitive from some old hag named Isabel and the deck was toast, found a deck on eBay and rebuilt it. Engine was a Kohler MV16, I found the difference to the MV18 was the heads (higher compression). I also have a snowblower for it. Here is the Ford, note the DOA JD in the background. This was cutting the girls Field Hockey area at a local high school.



Everytime I have to try to work on a John Deere, I find they are super protective of their dealers, no service information and all PNs are JD numbers with no cross over. John Deere's smaller stuff seems to be made by either MTD or Electrolux, but there are no cross references and in my case the nearest JD dealer is in Pocomoke City MD, an hour North. I can't get any parts for them from our local shop, Shore Saw and Mower, As a result I tell people I won't work on them.

[ArdWrknTrk]

So, Ol' Blue picked up the baton and ran with it?

My brothers JD garden tractor is nothing but a headache.
I'm glad he left it to his Ex.  She deserves it!  

[grumpin]

JD may not be the same, but the reason I bought one is because I watched one plow snow, move aircraft and equipment, open and close big hangar doors and anything else needed and never missed a beat.

Well, one time it was down shortly. They had sodium chloride (I think) in the rear tires for traction. One of the rims corroded through.

[FuzzFace2]

Love that Ford tractor bet you cant kill it compared to the new lawn tractors of today.

Most of the smaller JD's come from the big box stores and hear that are crap, they break you toss them and get new.

Have you tried on line for the JD parts?
I had to replace the in tank fuel pump and found one on line a whole lot cheaper than the local JD dealer wanted.
Also got the solenoid for the deck PTO on line.

I do have to say the dealer did tell me how to go about checking the fuel psi because where JD put the port you could not tell if it was the pump or regulator that was bad.
Dave ----

[85lebaront2]

Not only did he do it, but the school's JD was running and in an effort to get the field cut quickly. they started on opposite sides, by the time it was finished Old Blue had caught the Deere.

Gentleman walking out towards it was the father of the girl on the team He asked if they could borrow it because the playing field condition is critical in Field Hockey. It was parked in the school's equipment shed behind the Deere and the key was hidden where only 2 or 3 people knew.

[85lebaront2]

Ok, items I have learned on yard/garden tractors. The three basic levels are Murray-Ohio, MTD and AYP/Electrolux. Quick ID, Murray stuff just generally looks cheap, MTD, rear wheels are held to the axles with 5/16" fine thread bolts and flat washers onto a 3/4" flattened axle. This fine piece will rust to where the wheels will not come off. The AYP/Electrolux use a 1" axle with washers and snap rings and a plastic dust cap that has grease inside it.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Sorry for the hijack Cory.  

Buuuuut!  

[Rembrant]

Excellent!

[Gary Lewis]

Love it, Jim!  That you?  I'll bet you took a lot of shots to get that one.

Man, is that thing 15' long?

[ArdWrknTrk]

That was me 20 years ago.

6 1/2" diameter and 13' 9" tall.

That flight was on a K1050.
About the smallest motor impulse I felt safe launching.
But it kept it under our waiver and safe from air traffic into/out of Stewart and Albany.

[ArdWrknTrk]

At the other end of the spectrum, this is 2004.


I'm grinning like a Cheshire cat, because this rocket weighs 11.6 grams without the motor.
The motor creates 24.73 POUNDS of thrust for about .7 seconds.

This rocket breaks mach 72 feet into its flight.

Yes! Propellant chemistry IS a fun hobby!  

Yep, that lunatic was the Range Safety Officer.  

[Gary Lewis]

Man, that is quite a range of sizes.  And, quite a grin!

So, when breaking mach with a rocket what kind of noise does it make?

Cory - Want me to move this discussion to the FORD Lounge?