Recent content by ottawarob

I'm putting up an Olympia steel building. Have a quote from the company (well a sub company called Silvercote) for faced fiberglass bats. The quote is fine, but got me thinking, I'd love to do this with rock wool (roxul) instead, but still get the great white finished vapour barrier look of...

I bought a agri ease post hole auger from TSC Canada this week (excited!), got it home and hooked up. The instructions are incredibly vague for setup. They say to check the oil level, but they don't indicate on the instructions *how* to check the oil. There's a bolt on the side of the gear...

I've been looking through the archives and I'm sure this has been discussed to death, but I have kind of a specific Q related to cold starting. I'm in Canada, gets pretty bitterly cold here. It was around 10F (-12C), had ran the block heater for 20 minutes and attempted to start up my 1540...

Plowing the driveway the other day, I noticed at the end of it, part of one of my front axles was oily. Took a look in the peep hole today, and I couldn't see oil in there, though viewing is really tight. Going to put some hydro oil in and see how much it takes to get it halfway up on the...

We're looking to have a workshop built on our property, been looking at steel buildings. A lot of these sites leave something to be desired, any recommendations for companies to avoid or reviews of steel building kits you've been impressed with?

I'm sure there are a million of these threads, but hoping you guys can help me narrow the field a bit. I've been pulling utility trailers with my old subaru forester for a long time so I have some experience with trailers. My subaru is toast so I'd like to finally buy a truck! I have a Massey...

I'm a new owner of a 1540. Really enjoy it so far, lots of power, I've been using it for some landscaping, property maintenance and redid my driveway. I'm in Ontario, Canada, need to get it in gear for the winter. 500 foot driveway, I used a 500CC ATV the last two years for it, with a plow...

My local TCS has some Agri Ease 3 point "bin forks" on sale. Are these basically pallet forks? The price is good, I'd love to get a set of 3 point pallet forks, I have this idea of putting a lot of heavy stuff on pallets so I can move it around easier. Braber Equipment - 2 LB Bin Fork

Looking to buy a general purpose tractor for my property, 15 acres of super flat, farm/scrub. Mostly want to do some landscaping, set up and maintain a really nice dog sports yard, maintain the gravel driveway and plow in the winter. At the moment I plow really well with a 500cc actic cat ATV...

I've had so many problems with this engine, attached to a BCS 853 snow blowing in the Canadian winter. Bought the system 2 years ago for a lot of cash, and it's just one problem after another in the winter. I really don't like writing negative stuff on the internet, but I wanted to post this...

I'm thinking about making my own little two wheel implement, using a gas engine. The engine I'm looking at is mechanically governed with no throttle, so I can't use a slip clutch. I'd like to add some electrical or mechanical clutch so I can start the engine, but my implement won't get drive...

I love my 853 with a snow blower now that I've tuned up the carb on it, and put chains on the wheels, really throws the snow. I find I'm constantly having to put some upward pressure on the handle bars, I'd like to add some weight to the snow blower. I know BCS sells weight for them, but I'm...

The past while, the throttle thumb shifter on my bcs hasn't been holding it's place well. Yesterday it got really bad - you'd throttle up, then it'd fall right back to near idle - super annoying. Remembering friction shifters from bicycles, I tightened up bolt holding the throttle control...

Thought it would be fun to post up what a BCS with the 32" mower can do. Might be hard to tell, but that grass is about 6' tall.

I'm sure this has been covered before, but I can't seem to find anything in the search history. I changed the oil on my lawn tractor the other day, noticed that the drain plug for the oil is loose. I can finger tighten it, but there isn't enough clearance to get in there with a wrench or...