At Home In The Woods

[Jesse masterson]

I was just pulling your chain coyote! Hehe! I didn't even read what was going on!!!

 

[Coyote machine]

I was just pulling your chain coyote! Hehe! I didn't even read what was going on!!!

No! Say it ain't so- you're not reading what's going on?!

 

[Jesse masterson]

Haha! Trying to start another argument!!good to laugh, makes the world a little brighter place to live in!have a good one.

 

[clemsonfor]

GTGAB. Give the guy a break. Maybe he's come to his senses and decided to go silent into the woods. Or he's sick of posting about the mundane. Either way, let it go. Get lives of your own; live them.

haha!!!!

 

[clemsonfor]

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Join Date 12-16-2006
Last Activity 09-05-2014 11:07 PM
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Obed is an Elite member and although coyote has his right to express his opinion I think the majority of us miss the guy after having 581 pages credited to his thread. It was cool to see how he learned from posters with what he faced around his property. His trials and tribulations were entertaining.

Come back Obed. Your followers miss you.

I think the last time he was here was to tell us he was OK, maybe he came back after that? i dont know?

It was entertaining. But his last few posts he told us he was caring for his ailing/ageing mother in his home so maybe that is part of his reason?

 

[bake321]

I have been gone for awhile, kind of busy, built a house, rebuilt half the barn, welded up cattle handling area, mile of fence, pasture renovation, cattle head count up to 40, chores............ What's one of the first things that I do now that I'm back? Why, look for OBED's thread of course.

Bake

 

[bake321]

I have been gone for awhile, kind of busy, built a house, rebuilt half the barn, welded up cattle handling area, mile of fence, pasture renovation, cattle head count up to 40, chores............ What's one of the first things that I do now that I'm back? Why, look for OBED's thread of course.

Bake

 

[Larro Darro]

I have been gone for awhile, kind of busy, built a house, rebuilt half the barn, welded up cattle handling area, mile of fence, pasture renovation, cattle head count up to 40, chores............ What's one of the first things that I do now that I'm back? Why, look for OBED's thread of course.

Bake

It sounds like you should have started a thread. Folks like me, who live vicariously through others, need to see projects getting done. Although I did finish one project. I learned how to spell vicariously

Larro

 

[Obed]

I put the new belt and pulley arm spring on the mower. It now goes up a hill just fine! I suspect the mower would have been fixed without the new belt and spring. The big problem was that the pulley arm would not swing on the pin before I cleaned greased it.

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Thanks for your suggestions! Now I don't have to go out and buy a $3500 mower - just yet.

The above quote is from 2 years ago. Now my old Kubota lawnmower is broken again. I just can't figure out why a 20 year old lawn mower would keep breaking. The mower will barely move up a slight hill. I suppose the belt could need replacing. The tensioner pulley seems to be doing its job. However, it feels like the gear that moves the rear axle is worn.

I talked to my wife. We are ready for a new mower. So I went shopping yesterday. I started at the Kubota dealer. The 42" mower is $3600. Unfortunately, I hate the mower deck. I then went to 3 big box stores and looked at their riding mowers. It looks like all of the non-professional model mower decks are built the same way. Look at the grass outlet opening.




The old mowers had a clear opening without the ring going all around the bottom of the deck. I suspect the ring is there because thinner materials are being used so that ring must be there to support a flimsy deck. The picture above is a mower at a big box store; the $3600 Kubota has the same deck opening configuration. I use my lawnmower to blow the leaves off my yard into the woods. I suspect this new deck type and the 1 foot long plastic safety cover will defeat my ability to rake my lawn with the lawn mover.

I am considering taking my old Kubota to the dealer and get it repaired. The engine runs great. I may go buy a $200 push mower from a big box store so I'm not in a fix.

I am obviously becoming an old crank - you know the kind - always complaining that things aren't like they used to be.

 

[slappie]

Good to hear from you Obed!!