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I also had this problem and built a prototype engine cover out of cardboard and tinfoil. It solved my problem. Most dedicated walk-behind snow blowers have full engine cowling so it makes sense that non-dedicated snowblower also needs one.

In my experience a pushbar would be counter productive. The opening on the Berta flail mower is about 6 inches tall. The way the plastic gates are oriented is like a small ramp which causes the mower to climb up bushes and saplings. When mowing things like saplings the biggest problem is...

Oh yes, two wheel tractors are best for steep slopes because not only do they have a lower center of gravity, but you aren't riding on them so if they do roll or flip (stay uphill on the steepest sections) there's little danger. Walking behind a tractor is more work than riding it, but at low...

Only because flail mowers need more power per inch of width and therefore are more likely to bog down. As long as there is no bogging down the hammers will cut the vines before they get near the drum. But I don't really have vines to cut around here. The only things I've gotten wrapped around...

Absolutely the flail would do that. The two things you'll need to watch out for with the flail is that since it's also chopping up as it goes it takes more power. If you start bogging down or the hammers are too dull it's possible to wrap vine-like things around the drum. It's not too terrible...

I've had success in the past unloading brush by putting a pallet with two sturdy ropes, several feet longer than the trailer bed, tied to it. Before loading stand the pallet up at the front of the trailer and lay the ropes on the floor out the back. To unload hook the rope ends to something, I...

Alright, here is a picture of the implement-side quick-connect: I measure the peak to peak distance as 18.8mm and the trough to trough distance as 15.6mm. The outer diameter is 29.9mm. For good measure, here is a picture of the tractor-side quick-connect. As expected, this male spline seemed...

Sorry, I got busy this weekend and ran out of time to dig it out. I'm also out of town for a couple of weeks. I've added it to my TODO list for when I return and will definitely do it then.

The implement side of the quick connect has a female spline on the implement side. I ended up buying a couple implement quick connects with a similar idea, but haven't done anything with them. I'll take a picture of the spline this weekend. I guess you'd need to find a matching spline to go...

My Grillo also often has traction limitations when the snow reaches over a foot deep. Here are the things I've found help: 1. Make sure the Ag tires are pointing the right way, as noted above the chevrons on the top of the tire should be pointing in the direction of travel. I reverse my tires...

You aren't seeing much about wifi outlets and the like because outside heating (like furnaces, hot water, dishwashers, space heaters, clothes dryers, stoves, ovens) and cooling (like AC and ice makers) there just isn't much that both uses enough electricity to be worth the effort (NOT TVs...

I don't have any direct experience, but do know a few things people do broadly from less intrusive to more intrusive: 1. Don't charge your EV during peak times 2. If you have an electric water heater, put it on a 240v timer so it doesn't run during peak times. As long as you don't have any...

The reason the government agencies are addressing it that way is because that's what Canada Post says to do: Addressing guidelines - Canadian addresses I'm sure there is somebody you can call (mail?) to complain and get your local postmaster adjusted.

Diesel prices are higher than last year in major part due to Europe replacing Russian diesel and in some part due to a particularly cold stretch of weather requiring more heating oil. This has moved a lot of oil east of where it would normally be going causing high prices pretty much everywhere...

OK. Then I don't know how it could work in one mode but not the other. Nothing about the PTO should change when the handlebars are reversed. Maybe what "the PTO will not engage" means isn't at all clear to me. Does it mean the PTO lever gets stuck? It should be possible to engage the PTO lever...

I second the suggestion of running them separately to debug it. I'd test the following things: 1. Just the flail mower, does the PTO turn when you manually rotate the drum? If so, the mower isn't likely the problem. 2. On the tractor in engine-forward mode (aka soil working or cart) does the...

I used to own an '87 Sierra with a 305 on propane. A few years after I bought it I converted it to dual fuel (propane and gasoline). It had a propane tank in the bed behind the cab. I never did figure out how large the propane tank was, but do recall putting 120 litres into it on several...

Since you are using it for garden services you are likely to put many more hours on it than I do as a private owner. In that case the fuel savings probably make sense. As long as you have a reliable place to get the diesel serviced I'd suggest going that way. HST would be awesome to have. There...

If it eases your mind you could always flush and refill. But I wouldn't personally bother. That skim of "ice" was probably not ice at all, but rather scum growing on the antifreeze. I've also never noticed the antifreeze itself evaporating, but it does feel like the water it's in does...

That's true if you are talking about one thing, but nobody uses straight raw crude oil. Instead people use part of a barrel of oil in the form of gasoline or diesel or asphalt or plastic feedstock. Because oil isn't one thing the supply is all mixed up with the demand of the other parts. If you...

Doughknob, I think EVs are past the point that they need a helping hand for a few reasons. The most obvious is that Teslas aren't heavily subsidized anymore, aren't cheap, and yet still have lines out the door waiting for vehicles. Less obvious is that EVs have proven to be cheaper in the long...

Good remote tools goes further than just being able to use instant messaging though. The best companies have one click video chats. If text just isn't cutting it, click the button and have a face-to-face conversation.

Legislating solutions (ie EVs) instead of outcomes has a long history of abject failure and severe unintended consequences. Giving EVs a boost to reach market sustainability is one thing, but we are well past that point. Forcing EVs will result in unintended negative consequences, but when...

Sorry, it appeared fine to me. Try about halfway down here and about three quarters of the way down here. The precise numbers have a few percentage points of wiggle room depending on the refinery and source oil.

Here's the critical diagram to understand: The things at the top of the diagram are really important and worth just about any amount of money. They also have few or no alternatives. At the bottom you have the waste product -- gasoline -- which subsidizes all the rest of it. As we move to EVs...

Except that isn't at all true. If the mandates were "zero tailpipe pollutants by 20XX" or "net-zero tailpipe CO2 by 20XX", then they'd be in agreement with what you say. But that isn't the case today. EV mandates say EV or nothing. Even if something else would fit the use case better, like a...

I sharpen mine on a bench grinder. I lean the flail mower on it's side and the knives came out pretty easily. A five or ten seconds on each knife to grind away the dents and it worked much better afterwards. I was careful to take as little material off as possible to help keep the balance...

In my case, the steep side-hill has a pretty wide flat spot on the top. So for the most part I mow counter-clockwise: steep side-hill where I hang to the right, then not so steep straight up the hill, then pretty flat at the top of the hill, then quite steep straight down the hill, then start...

Nice! I have around 90 hours on my flail mower and wouldn't be without it. I find that my hammers need some touchup work every fifty hours or so and that it helps immensely with cut speed. Dull hammers suck more power which means a narrower cut. I find I can mow side-hill pretty well on, I...

From the article: It seems that charging at residential rates is important for EVs to be cost effective. But everybody already knew that. This is going to be a major problem with the EV transition for the many living without a private garage. But that's not new either. It'll be important to...

Now is not a good time to buy a trailer. A few years ago I bought a 3.5' X 5' utility trailer for around $200 Canadian. Prices have certainly gone up! I expect supply is low. When I was looking that was pretty much the smallest trailer I found that wasn't wildly expensive and built solely for...

I use cheap FRS/GMRS radios on my property which is a mile long, heavily wooded, and one big hill. I keep it on an FRS 1/2 watt channel because it makes the batteries last a lot longer. Reception is only a problem at around 3/4 of a mile. Any closer than that and reception is clear and good...

Do batteries in lawn tractors die so frequently? I've had a tiny lawn-tractor battery from new in my 2013 Rokon and it's still going strong. The one in my 2016 Grillo also has no problems. Both often sit months without use and early in its life the Rokon would sit 11 months between uses. Maybe...

If you are committed to using a wood boiler anyways, how heavily are you intending on using it? If it's only a few days a year, then adding electrical resistive heat to the boiler system would probably be the cheapest overall. All the useful away-from-home options are going to require...

In reasonable driving conditions like a bit of rain, but no snow or ice or loose gravel roads or what have you, half the weight of the tow vehicle. You'd need to drive carefully and gently at the maximum, but I'd no problems doing so -- you always need to be gentle when at the max. Of course...

Residential solar grid-tie subsidies and the utility customer death spiral are major concerns in some circles. You are absolutely right that as solar gets cheaper, and to the extent that batteries are affordable, those with means will go off-grid and ditch their utility connections. This means...

Since the cord is one thing you know you've changed, if you still have the old cord you could try again with that. However, unless there was a surprisingly high load on the generator (I don't know what it could be though) that sounds like a more than adequate generator. Have you eliminated...

I think I've just about convinced myself that the reason pickups have become so luxurious, large, and expensive is because the full size sedan was strangled to death by fuel economy standards. If you squint you can see the sedan in a four door, 5.5' box with a tonneau cover pickup: big legroom...

(For others with busy lives, that video gets to the meat at six minutes in) Yes Gale, as far as I can tell that's all technically accurate. The battery size hasn't been released, but 100+KWH is a given. 150KW chargers means charging during road trips is going to be slow. This is why I say a lot...

I don't find that video convincing at all. Firstly, that video makes both the claims that the EV F-150 will crowd out ICE F-150 sales and Ford will need to put a lot of effort into marketing the EV F-150. Those are contradictory and it can't be both ways at the same time. Either Ford needs to...

Hitch ball size depends on trailer GVW and how easy the trailer manufacturer wanted to make your life. Apparently there's quite a range of weights supported by 2" balls, but I've only commonly seen 2" hitches rated for up to 6k and only rarely have seen 8k. There's no way to tell for sure...