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I though about hiring it out and I thought about just renting a loader. If I could get it done in a week (40 meter hours) it would probably run about $1500 for a rental including delivery. That's for a mini backhoe or a small skidsteer. My experience with hiring anything out around here is not...

Greetings Tractor men. I have some areas in my yard where the ground has settled over the years and tree roots are coming up. It's gotten to the point where I can't mow over them with my CC lawn tractor. Some large roots sticking up maybe 3 inches or so. I have a nice property and nice...

For automotive, mining and construction the oil bath filters used to be the gold standard for dusty conditions. This was a half century ago. I'm sure things have changed. I had a 1967 International Scout that had an oil bath air filter.

Here's a thread I started on the subject. There's a picture of the engine cover I made. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/bcs-snowblower-review.373951/

You're governor is freezing up. I had the exact same problem on my 739. It's below freezing but there's a lot of wet snow flying all over everything. The water lays on top of the engine between the tank and the air cleaner/muffler and freezes. That's right where the governor is. It freezes the...

A solenoid is just a high current switch. Sometimes will click if they start to get sticky but generally work or don't. A coil produces a magnetic field which forces them to bridge contacts to complete the circuit that engages the starter. The old ones, you could take them apart and look at...

The reason why I use it is because it's one of the fluids that BCS lists as acceptable. And the only one that was available nearby.

I'm not aware of any spec's available for that. CC is making a lot of money off this stuff and isn't about to help you with aftermarket options that are going to be a fraction of the price. I think I read on this board years ago that Hydrogear made the transaxles and said they spec'ed 5-40 or...

I've been using 15-40 motor oil in my 2544 transaxle for about 5 years now and it's working good. (Just to save money from having to use the expensive CC oil.) I use Traveller Universal Tractor Hydraulic/Transmission fluid in my BCS two wheel tractor. I'm thinking this would be good for the CC...

That's interesting Jens. I'm sure you're right that they aren't producing two different sets of products for different markets. The only things I made that required accurate measurements of the BCS equipment were a blank male quick hitch and the wheel accessories. It's really impossible for me...

Good post Jens. I could have sworn the hubs did not fit over the drums. I remember checking that. But your pictures don't lie and I've been wrong before. I agree though that in that position it would make the wheels too close and probably contact the controls. I fooled around with this before...

I have to tune all of mine occasionally. Husq chainsaw and hedge cutter, and Echo trimmer. I tune them by ear. I don't recall ever having to tune that old Lawn Boy mower though. All I remember ever doing to it was cleaning the air cleaner and reoiling it.

What are people running as their gas/oil mixture ratio in small two stroke engines? When I was a kid back in the 1970's I used to mow a lot of neighborhood lawns. My dad bought me a Lawn Boy commercial mower. It was a 22" push mower with steel, ball bearing wheels and a cast aluminum deck. One...

I completely agree Jens. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Quite insane. !00mm or 4" would work equally well for me but they're not either. The number is 3 11/16 inches plus or minus a few tenths of a millimeter at most. I've made a number of accessories at that dimension and all fit...

This was dumping a whole tank of oil overnight. According to YT, it's a common problem with Husqvarna where the oil tube slips off. There's some good videos for the fix but for me this was a brand new saw. Dealer kept it for a long time and said he couldn't find a problem. But the saw never...