Recent content by HillStreet

We normally have a lot of squirrels over the winter making a mess around our bird feeders. This year there are none, zero, haven’t seen a one. This house is surrounded by apple orchard, and we have one barn but is pretty cleaned up. Just wondering what everybody else is seeing this year.

I have a combination wood and coal stove. I have 3 tons of coal stockpiled in the basement (in bags) already. I was thinking about storing 2 or 3 cords of firewood in the basement too. Would bugs be a problem if I do that, I am thinking it could be there 3 or 4 years. I suppose the reason is...

I live in a small town and often shop at a small country store for things such as coffee, newspaper, sandwiches, occasional pizza. I guess I visited the store 3 or 4 times a week for years. Then one day, there is a new employee, a young lady about 25 or so. I went to the register with my coffee...

Slim, here are a couple pics. The scrape blade is contacting the level concrete floor. The skid plates are too low and I will raise them. The side arms are in the upper position of the blower.

I drive a 2015 Toyota Tacoma with 6 cylinder engine. Maintenance manual says to use mineral oil but I have used synthetic oil. The service manager says to use mineral oil every 5000 miles. I asked her what is wrong if I used synthetic oil she said I am wasting money to use synthetic oil every...

Hello Everybody, Fifty years ago an Air Force buddy gave me a bottle of Seagrams V.O. When I shipped out. It has never been opened, still has the seal. I may see him in a few weeks and I would like to bring this bottle so we could open it and have a drink. Anyway, I’m traveling through Canada...

This machine has a Kohler ZT740 engine, 25 hp and I store it in a shed over the winter. I used to start it (or try to start it) during the winter. This year I wish to pickle it per the operators manual. The book says to remove spark plugs and mist oil in the cylinders. With what? Can I use...

Hello Everybody, In April I reseeded some areas of the lawn and did nothing else. The areas have now grown, and the yard in general looks kind of rough. I mow and trim but what I mean is there is clover, crabgrass, gone-by dandelions, and other weeds. So, can I apply a weed and feed now? I know...

I am looking for a 3PH airblast sprayer for my orchard. Most have a 100 gallon tank which is preferred size. Can somebody recommend a sales site for new and used sprayers? Thanks.

From the OP: I jumped the solenoid this morning and got the same groan. I took the thing apart to see what was up and I found the starter was broken, the starter shaft was broken in half. I don’t know what caused it but I have the dealer looking into it. Oh, and the engine turns freely.

When I go to start this machine I have the battery fully charged and all it does is groan. I thought it was the battery so I put in a new one this morning and have the same issue. I have proven all safety interlocks work to include control handles, parking brake, electric mower clutch, seat...

We are scheduled for another sloppy snow storm tomorrow night into the day Wednesday. It will snow for 12 hours or so, then the storm will end with sleet turning to rain. I wait for it to stop completely, then go out to remove the snow. Is this what you guys do? Wait?

I recently noticed that someone sent me a private message (email), and I discovered a lot of emails that I did not notice. Some are 3 years old. All I can say is that I am sorry for the oversight, I don稚 ignore anybody as I like the fellowship on this site.

I have been using a certain, national company for doing my oil changes for 20+ years. I serviced my company cars as well as my own without any problems to speak about. I went again to one such place today and it went like this: I drove up to the door where an employee came out to greet me. He...

Two weeks ago I bought a DeWalt Compact Sawzall from Amazon and with battery and charger it was about $220. Yesterday I get a pop up ad which advertised a DeWalt 10-piece cordless tool set with two 18-volt batteries, case, chargers覧-for $77. I bought it on a leap of faith. It may be legit, it...