The adventures of a new ope service writer

That's one way to blow the carbon out.

Those deck drive pulley bearings can fail pretty quick.
Course, so does bending a spindle.

 

We had an old homelite super xl come in today for a fuel leak when ran sideways. The look on my high school helper and his college buddy's face was priceless when they saw it. They were amazed it wasn't plastic lmao. I told them it's probably older than both of them combined.

 

Wait, there were chainsaws more than 16 years ago?!
O M G!
Next you'll tell me there weren't always iPhones.

 

A Homelite super xl was my first chainsaw that I bought back in the early 80's. It developed a fuel leak ant when I took it in to get fixed I was told there were no parts for it. I bought a Stihl 029 super. I think I got snookered

 

This one came in for a simple no start that ended up being a bad connection in a fuseholder. While delivering this fine fine piece of machinery to the customer, I couldnt resist to snap a pic of his fabricating awesomeness that is known as a hillbilly chute blocker.

 

Complete with breakaway mounting!

 

That about describes my 1982 John Deere 40V.

 

Exmark has a new stand on mower this year called the Staris. It's not available in propane fueled so we decided to convert a few for a customer that is propane only.

Had to remove a fuel tank to mount the propane tank. I suggested filling the other tank with antifreeze as a counterweight.





Not pictured are the amber and clear led strobes that will blind you in the daylight.

 

no need for 2 propane tanks?

 

This customer, no. They have a gazillion spares.

 

Is there still enough savings between gasoline vs LP to make the swap really worth it?

 

One problem with previous versions ordered from factory as propane is the fact they cant cheaply be converted to gas for resale. Propane mowers bring loust money used.

Ordering the gas and converting them over means they can convert back to gas if ever needed for cost or resale reasons.

 

Its not all about cost. Some companies these guys cut for are green companies who will pay extra to project the "look at us being green" image.

Theres also some tax breaks, but they arent as good as they used to be from what I hear.

 

Our phone number was 8r3. How many here know how to call it?

 

I'm realizing how much I've forgot, but here goes. You're close. This looks like a party line, so you'd pick up the receiver (ear piece) and check if anyone else is talking. This looks like the only line in town, so to call 3, give the crank a flip (quick turn), wait a second, another flip and pause, then a third flip for your 3 rings. To dial 12, give it 1 full turn, then two half turns for 1 long two shorts.

I was on a multi line exchange, so I was on line 8 ring 3. There's a button on the side of the phone under the receiver To dial someone on another line, call the operator (central) by pressing the button and spinning the crank while holding the receiver off the hook. Tell the operator the number you want and she'll hook you up. If you have to call everyone (general call) on your line for an emergency , crank like hell for half a minute and everyone will answer. In some cases you'd call the operator and she'd put the general call out over several lines.

Of course on a party line you never knew if Mrs. Grumble or Mr. Big Ears was listening. However, one time a neighbour, Old Joe, a contemporary of my Grandfather, heard a grandfather clock ticking. He yelled "BILL" in mid sentence and Old Bill said "What" without thinking.

 

Inside another phone. The 3 big black magnets were part of the generator. It took a fair amount of power to get a useful signal down miles of steel wire. The two big copper coils rang the bells. Power from the outline line was relayed by 3 or 4 fairly large dry cells, about twice the size of coke cans.

 

Yup when I was real young we did not have a phone cause dad would not pay xxx dollars a month for a portion of 16 party line..

We lived in a small trailer park, dad worked for GE and mom was a nurse. Both jobs required a phone line, for emergencies..

Neighbors were some
When govt ordered them to install one.