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Its Getting Closer.....

Discussion in 'Pellet Stoves, Pellet Fireplaces, Pellet Furnaces' started by SKEETER McCLUSKEY, Aug 27, 2015.

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  1. SKEETER McCLUSKEY

    SKEETER McCLUSKEY

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    20151010_180956.jpg she talks to angels and the stars start to spin....she thinks of troubles shes gotten in...
     
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    Already???
     
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    My days work! Put the sn*w blower on the new to us tractor. Freak getting the driveway plowed. Gonna do it myself.

    20200908_151519.jpg 20200908_151530.jpg
     
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    Ackkk
    :hair:

    No fires yet..

    Bad enough around here..
    :wacky:

    Yesterday, she starts the furnace in the morning.. I turn on the AC at night.
    :picard:
     
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    calm down....thats an old pic...but i dont think Chaz is kiddin about the furnace thing.
    we dont have any other source of heat except wood and pellets so the warden cant mess with the furnace HA!!
     
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    Nope.. Not joking on that one.
    :picard:

    Wish that I were though.

    Chazsbetterhalf and I have a 16 yr age gap.. she gets cold, I'm generally hot.
    :doh:
     
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    Nope, The road way and the driveway. Did it last season with a smaller riding lawn tractor(14hp). This should be just big enough. I got chains, weights and weight box to go on it yet. Ran outta gas today. :BrianK:

    24 hp Kohler with hydrastat drive. :tractor:
     
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    you should get a tri-axle load of sawdust dump it in yer yard and wet it down til its like mud....then try it out to make sure everything works!
     
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    Uh uhhh. Worse case we got the 4x4 to unstuck it if need be.............

    Never got my self propelled simplicity walk behind stuck and have done the roadway many times. I'm a gonna try ridin this go round.
     
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    Glad you got a garden tractor instead of a lawn tractor. That blower takes some power to get going & push through the sn*w.
     
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    Single or twin cyl. ?
     
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    Twin. Runs sweat, But needs tinkering. Starting with a tune up/oil change. Then all new belts. :makeitrain"

    The blower is 46" and it nearly stalls it. I got to lube and check all the bearings. Must be something getting tight?
     
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    Might have to pull the auger out of the housing, check end bearings, and maybe check the gearcase.
     
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    The war's over junk it and get a horse.
     
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    I've got chains for this season. Next seasons list has AG tires at all 4 corners and rears will get modded v link chains. Not sure filling the tires with washer fluid would help in the muck, But it should help traction otherwise. Likely do all 4 corners as well.
     
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    Not sure about the war being over, Seems its a battle every day lately. All I know for sure is I'm gonna limit my walking behind a sn*wbeast and enjoy the sittin until we move from this spot.

    Next spot might not get sn*w, Or so much we will just not worry and act like a bear! Can't decide between the south or NH, VT or southern Maine........... Not sure I can take the heat of the southern summers! But if I have no need to go out in foul weather that works too. :D
     
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    Squirted some lube on the main carrier bearing and it spins much easier. So a full bearing change is going to happen. I gotta pull the whole darn thing apart anyway to change that main................

    :headbang:

    Gonna ditch the manual lift and go with a linear actuator. Right shoulder no likey the manual chit!!

    :makeitrain"

    Next season is a hydraulic conversion for the blower. Freak these belt drives!! Kind of feel like Snowy Rivers now! :D

    :cheers:
     
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    Believe me, the fact there is not much in the way of any sn*w here, and "winter" is really only from about the beginning of Dec. - End of Feb. more than makes up for the hot summers. My back has said "thank you" to me all of the past 1 1/2 "winters".
    All I brought down when I moved was 1 sn*w shovel, and a couple containers of ice melt.......none of which I have used yet. :coffee:
     
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