What did you buy this week?

[skramer360]

We bought this a couple weeks ago. It's a '24 Accord in canyon river blue. My wife drives it mostly, but we both really like it.

 

[sd455dan]

Oh...free 2 day shipping.

Not bad for a copy, still a lightweight vertically split crankcase like the 365. I grabbed my muffler modded open port 350 and the new saw and cleaned up some dead blow down beetle kill today and after I ran it a bit no load and heat soak cycled it a few times then did the limbing with the 350 and major cuts with the clone. I have a one tooth higher primary on the 350, unlimited coil full chisel chain and short 16" bar. It just screams compared to the 62 cc saw. much prefer it for the light work. Tried the new saw on some bigger pieces and after some carb tunning (it was PIG rich on top) It has very good power, starts easy. Glad I snagged one , Thanks for pointing it out Fuddy.

ps. another purchase that went well JD X500 would not start, testing suggested a bad Ignition switch, it arrived today installed and the X 500 started right up.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

New washing machine made in Louisville. I replaced the Maytag we had because tub seal bad, leaking water all over the floor. Seal kit NLA but appliance repair friend said not worth repairing even so. $636 delivered, installed, new braided steel hoses & tax.
I gutted Maytag, maybe use motor & hardware for something.

 

[tulenutn2o]

That is the best transmission of any modern washing machine even after bean counters had their way. So sad that Maytag was sold down the river. Decimated the area when they left. Nothing, absolutely nothing, built today compares to a 30+ year old dependable care Maytag. Whirlpool purposely killed off repair parts so harder and harder to find parts. I still have 40-50 year old machines running in some rentals. I use parts from donor machines to keep em going. Sadly, I am running out of parts…

 

[MossRoad]

I gutted Maytag, maybe use motor & hardware for something.

You could make a very time consuming chicken plucker!

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

You could make a very time consuming chicken plucker!

I'm not that redneck. Close...but not quite.

 

[sd455dan]

That is the best transmission of any modern washing machine even after bean counters had their way. So sad that Maytag was sold down the river. Decimated the area when they left. Nothing, absolutely nothing, built today compares to a 30+ year old dependable care Maytag. Whirlpool purposely killed off repair parts so harder and harder to find parts. I still have 40-50 year old machines running in some rentals. I use parts from donor machines to keep em going. Sadly, I am running out of parts…

We still have an "Avocado" matched 1970's set of the Maytag's in the old house, the "A 308" has had one set of OEM belts in that time. Back then Maytag's lived up to their Commercials of the tech hoping to get a service call and waiting in boredom.

ps. No chicken plucking just used as a washer /dryer set,


But DO have "redneck" plans to pull the deck off of the Honda 4518 riding mower
rebuild the carb,etc. and mount the newly purchased Vevor Pressure washer pump adjustable up to 4400 PSI 4 gallons a minute and then attempt to add a sandblaster to the spray for stripping wheels without a lot of dust.

 

[WM75Guy]

A 2025 Tahoe High Country for my wife. She drove my Yukon Denali for the first time on a road trip and said how much safer she felt in it with the higher and increased visibility than her Cadillac XT6. Reminded her of how much she liked driving a pickup for that reason but didn't like parking one. This one has the 6.2L but is not in the recall. Stayed with white exterior and the brown interior so the fleet is consistent.

 

[masseyrider]

My condo closed yesterday. I'm going to keep the land property for now.
Condo has floor to ceiling windows overlooking the lake.
We had a thunderstorm around 6PM that was cool to watch over the water.
6-7 ships out on the lake waiting to go through the canal.
On a sunny day can see all the way to Toronto.

 

[Runner]

Receiver hitch mounted electric fertilizer spreader. Got tired of nursing the old tow-behind unit along so decided to try an electric one for a change. I presume the electric motor will be the weak point, but not sure. Hopefully I can get a few years out of it.

This is going on the back of a lawn tractor.

https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/guide-gear-utv-atv-receiver-mount-spreader-seeder-80-lb?a=2344936

Quick update on this one. As shown in the description, this unit is made to be used on an "ATV" which usually have low-mounted receiver hitches. Therefore, it comes with a "riser" that mounts to the drawbar with a couple of U-bolts.

Because the receiver on my lawn tractor is higher than most ATV's, I decided to omit the riser and attach the bottom plate of the spreader to the drawbar with the U-bolts. To do this, I had to drill four new 1/2" holes in the bottom plate. Here is what the unit looks like in this configuration. Got it wired up and running but have not used it yet.