What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

You got time, it's the perfect season to handle the small projects.
If the cold shows up, lite it up, and then finish up your projects.
I enjoy the fall for construction, my fav time of the year.

 

+1 on favorite time of the year. From end of September through the holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years is my favorite time of the year. Great for working outside! Then the real cold hits and snow gets deep and I am usually ready for spring.

 

Sitting down for a beer or 4. Been up since 4 and just got done with work.

 

Going to join you....just getting done myself. A Leinie is calling my name.

 

A what?

 

'Sconsin beer.

https://leinie.com/AV.aspx?returnUrl=/

 

Nice! I partook in some Yuengling this evening.

 

You know your wallet is going to take a hit when the food stands at the local fall fair take credit cards.

 

Turn off autoincorrect.

 

Than it would be really bad. I am always hitting the wrong button. It's when you know your spelling something wrong like gooder or more betters.

 

I'm late with this.......(I'm still not getting alerts for this thread), but yep, pics make it all gooder. Especially since it's pics of COOKIES.
Cookie Monster's got nothin' on me.
I usually taste test them until they're gone. Never know when you might find a bad one in the mix.
Bold had me wondering until I kept reading......

 

Today I managed to skip out of a work a bit early, hoping to get the final grass cutting done (its wicked long). Well wouldnt you know it, after driving thought unusually bad mid afternoon traffic, dragging out the mower, shapening up the blade for a nice low cut... 5 minutes into the job the self propel mechanism broke.

C%(*$%

Well, not to be deterred I push mowed the whole thing. Tiring but manageable. Afterwards I decided better just tear it down and figure out what the deal is... The self propel had been acting up all summer, not changing speeds much and sometimes the drive wheels lock up when backing up (drive released). I had been expecting to find the transmission bad or a snapped belt (or both) based on the symptoms but I lucked out. After I got all the undershrouds removed from the deck so I could get to the drive mechanism I found that the entire works where clogged up with grass (which was blocking the split pulley speed selector from adjusting) and that the lack of power was because a rock got lodged in the transmission side pulley and popped the belt off.

Cleaned it all out and ordered a new belt for good measure and hopefully I'll be back in business this weekend.

 

Not laughing at your problems with your mower. They can be a pain in the arse. But I was laughing because I thought I was bad about not keeping the top of the deck cleaned off. Your description just made me feel a little better anyway. Glad you found the problem man!



Push mowing the lawn. Phhhhhh. Your just trying to meet your neighbor down the street.

 

Add 20 years, 100 lbs and subtract 5 teeth and that would be my neighbor

 

I was working on replacing the top plate and door gasket on the F3. My son wanted to help. He set the gaskets really well.



Just a little gasket twist here and there, but a fine job.

 

Gas, he said the lady did not know how to start the mower. I think she needed help.

 

LOL So did Jack Straw's neighbor!

 

Oh, dat good beer My IS heats my home. I took my wife out to dinner with my brother and his wife a week or so ago. We took our time before we ordered and I had four of those drafts before dinner, and one ? after dinner. My wife drove home.

 

14 hour day today. Another tomorrow. Beer me.

 

All I have right now man.