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On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 08:14:53 UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/10/2018 8:06 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/10/18 5:12 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/9/2018 8:31 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/9/18 7:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/9/2018 7:14 PM, Bill wrote: True North wrote: On Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:51:52 UTC-4, Â* wrote: On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 21:48:33 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Harbor Freight has one they claim as quiet as Honda.Â* $500. https://www.harborfreight.com/engine...tor-62523.html Like most things at Harbor Fright this is a chinese knockoff but it might be all anyone needs if it is just for a rare power failure. I doubt you would want it if you were a camper or something you wanted on your boat. I see Yamaha has a neat looking copy of the Honda EU2000i for $50.00 less.Â* Not sure if anyone deals with them around here so I stuck with the Honda. I have the Yamaha.Â*Â* Works well.Â* Had to clean the carb this year.Â*Â* To much gelled crud. It's interesting that the manual for the Harbor Freight Predator generator recommends storing it with a full tank of treated gas (Stabil or similar), and letting it run for a while to distribute through the carb before shutting it down.Â* They allow recommend removing the sparkplug, putting a tablespoon of oil in the cylinder, replace the plug (but not the spark plug wire) and pulling on the cord several times to distribute the oil in the cylinder. They also recommend running it every 3 months will in storage. They only recommend draining the gas for storage if the gas has not been treated. That's what the guy who runs the service shop that takes care of my lawn tractor does...he picks up the machine, performs that service, changes the oil, checks out everything, including the belts, sharpens the blades, and brings it back. We push it into the storage shed. When it is time to use it again, I reconnect the spark plug wires. I know this may be unbelievable to you Harry but some of us have the technical competence to perform everything your service shop guy does. If you are unsure, all you have to do is read the owner's manual that outlines the maintenance and service recommendations. Why, that's just incredible! Next time the tractor needs maintenance, I'll look at the manual first and *then* call the guy who runs the local service shop so he can come by and pick up the machine. Pretty sad when you can't perform routine maintenance on a lawn mower. Funny. The lady across the street has a John Deere riding mower. She does all her own maintenance, including sharpening the blades, etc. Her husband has somehow gotten totally out of the yardwork arena. I've never seen him lift a finger to do anything in the yard. I'll go over and blow her leaves for her, and he won't even say 'thanks'. Alcohol does play a role. |
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On 1/10/2018 9:30 AM, John H wrote:
On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 08:14:53 UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/10/2018 8:06 AM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/10/18 5:12 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/9/2018 8:31 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/9/18 7:42 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/9/2018 7:14 PM, Bill wrote: True North wrote: On Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:51:52 UTC-4, Â* wrote: On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 21:48:33 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Harbor Freight has one they claim as quiet as Honda.Â* $500. https://www.harborfreight.com/engine...tor-62523.html Like most things at Harbor Fright this is a chinese knockoff but it might be all anyone needs if it is just for a rare power failure. I doubt you would want it if you were a camper or something you wanted on your boat. I see Yamaha has a neat looking copy of the Honda EU2000i for $50.00 less.Â* Not sure if anyone deals with them around here so I stuck with the Honda. I have the Yamaha.Â*Â* Works well.Â* Had to clean the carb this year.Â*Â* To much gelled crud. It's interesting that the manual for the Harbor Freight Predator generator recommends storing it with a full tank of treated gas (Stabil or similar), and letting it run for a while to distribute through the carb before shutting it down.Â* They allow recommend removing the sparkplug, putting a tablespoon of oil in the cylinder, replace the plug (but not the spark plug wire) and pulling on the cord several times to distribute the oil in the cylinder. They also recommend running it every 3 months will in storage. They only recommend draining the gas for storage if the gas has not been treated. That's what the guy who runs the service shop that takes care of my lawn tractor does...he picks up the machine, performs that service, changes the oil, checks out everything, including the belts, sharpens the blades, and brings it back. We push it into the storage shed. When it is time to use it again, I reconnect the spark plug wires. I know this may be unbelievable to you Harry but some of us have the technical competence to perform everything your service shop guy does. If you are unsure, all you have to do is read the owner's manual that outlines the maintenance and service recommendations. Why, that's just incredible! Next time the tractor needs maintenance, I'll look at the manual first and *then* call the guy who runs the local service shop so he can come by and pick up the machine. Pretty sad when you can't perform routine maintenance on a lawn mower. Funny. The lady across the street has a John Deere riding mower. She does all her own maintenance, including sharpening the blades, etc. Her husband has somehow gotten totally out of the yardwork arena. I've never seen him lift a finger to do anything in the yard. I'll go over and blow her leaves for her, and he won't even say 'thanks'. Alcohol does play a role. It usually does. Alcoholics have two brains. One is the sober one, the other the alcoholic one. |
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On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 10:16:10 UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/10/2018 9:07 AM, Tim wrote: Mr. Luddite - show quoted text - I chuckle over the fact that you have a service department do routine maintenance on a lawn mower. That's all. BTW ... this is a riding lawn mower: https://tinyurl.com/y7pd3wsr This is a tractor: https://tinyurl.com/y7r6buqs You're welcome. ... Not my pic but here’s my lawn mower / tractor http://www.chatstractors.com/2012-we...right-rear.jpg Two years ago with the JDeere compact tractor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiVbot4gxu4 You went 'International' with that footage when your wife was talking real estate on ABC's 'Chronicle' |
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On 1/10/2018 9:37 AM, True North wrote:
On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 10:16:10 UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/10/2018 9:07 AM, Tim wrote: Mr. Luddite - show quoted text - I chuckle over the fact that you have a service department do routine maintenance on a lawn mower. That's all. BTW ... this is a riding lawn mower: https://tinyurl.com/y7pd3wsr This is a tractor: https://tinyurl.com/y7r6buqs You're welcome. ... Not my pic but here’s my lawn mower / tractor http://www.chatstractors.com/2012-we...right-rear.jpg Two years ago with the JDeere compact tractor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiVbot4gxu4 You went 'International' with that footage when your wife was talking real estate on ABC's 'Chronicle' Yeah. She got a big head for a while after that. Her first TV interview. :-) |
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John H
- hide quoted text - On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 06:07:59 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: Mr. Luddite - show quoted text - I chuckle over the fact that you have a service department do routine maintenance on a lawn mower. That's all. BTW ... this is a riding lawn mower: https://tinyurl.com/y7pd3wsr This is a tractor: https://tinyurl.com/y7r6buqs You're welcome. ... Not my pic but here’s my lawn mower / tractor http://www.chatstractors.com/2012-we...right-rear.jpg Surely you call your local service guy to sharpen the blades on that thing, right? .... Yes John. Mr. Makita is always at my disposa. One thing about the little guy is when he’s ****ed the sparks do fly! |
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John H Wrote in message:
On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 20:17:24 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote: On 1/9/18 7:54 PM, Alex wrote: True North wrote: On Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:01:32 UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/9/2018 5:47 PM, John H wrote: On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 21:48:33 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Harbor Freight has one they claim as quiet as Honda. $500. https://www.harborfreight.com/engine...tor-62523.html I wish they'd had that when I bought my Honda. But I don't think it'll operate in parallel with another like the Honda will. I read the owner's manual for it. It *will* parallel with another like generator. It also has the feature that I think is probably the Honda's best feature ... the economy switch. For light loads you can turn it on and the generator will become very quiet and fuel efficient. Looks like a reverse engineered copy of the Honda. I didn't notice but it must be made in China. Finally pulled the plug and bought the Eu 2000i at lunchtime. The sales guy had made up the order and assigned it to me when it arrived yeaterday. I had been out there on Friday while stillout of power and with another 20 hrs of same facing me. I would have bought the unit with no questions then if one was available. Anyway, when we got there salesman was looking after another couple. We all ended up discussing the pros and cons of the Eu200i vs a bigger model. Then another guy gets in on the discussion. Back and forth it goes with the guy from the couple waffling as much as me. Crowd starting to gather at the desk looking for parts or whatever. One other person trying to help them. Finally I tell the salesman to cash me in on the 2000. Got up to the desk and started waffling again so I tell him to order me in an EG 2800 and I'd decide between the two. Go back and the couple guy is frantically searching the internet on his phone for advice and calling an engineer friend. I make the mistake of asking the wife what she thinks. She just wants to get out so says buy the 200. I tell the salesman to ring me up..then he has to do the pre-delivery inspection , adding of oil and gas and supposidly running the unit. The poor couple. the other guy and the half dozen people milling around the front counter are starting to give me dirty looks. Anyway, salesman does his thing, tells me the unit is at the door ready to go. Go up and I see the generator but no manual etc. One of the guys milling around points to a package on the counter near the cardboard box. I put the unit in it's box, toss in the manual and wires with clips? into the box and get the hell out. I won't do that at lunch time again. "stillout"? "supposidly"? Poor sentence structure and capitalization, too. What's today's excuse? And Alex once again demonstrates he is just a little asshole. Is someone who continuously points out spelling or grammatical errors 'just a little asshole'? FAT HARRY is constantly sticking his foot in his mouth. And the funny part is he doesn't even realize it. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 1/10/2018 9:45 AM, Tim wrote:
John H - hide quoted text - On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 06:07:59 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote: Mr. Luddite - show quoted text - I chuckle over the fact that you have a service department do routine maintenance on a lawn mower. That's all. BTW ... this is a riding lawn mower: https://tinyurl.com/y7pd3wsr This is a tractor: https://tinyurl.com/y7r6buqs You're welcome. ... Not my pic but here’s my lawn mower / tractor http://www.chatstractors.com/2012-we...right-rear.jpg Surely you call your local service guy to sharpen the blades on that thing, right? ... Yes John. Mr. Makita is always at my disposa. One thing about the little guy is when he’s ****ed the sparks do fly! I had one of those rear mowers for the JDeere for a while. Got it to mow down overgrown grass and weeds to create a new horse turnout. It was a pain though because I couldn't get it in tight spaces (like the corners of the fencing). I took the rear wheel off it to make it more maneuverable but all that did was make it scalp the grass when on uneven ground. Finally bought one of these that did a super job: http://cdn1.locable.com/uploads/resource/file/94406/gallery_Scag-beauty2_628x390.jpg |
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On 1/10/2018 9:47 AM, True North wrote:
On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 06:16:54 UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/9/2018 10:19 PM, wrote: On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 19:33:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/9/2018 7:09 PM, True North wrote: On Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:51:52 UTC-4, wrote: On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 21:48:33 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Harbor Freight has one they claim as quiet as Honda. $500. https://www.harborfreight.com/engine...tor-62523.html Like most things at Harbor Fright this is a chinese knockoff but it might be all anyone needs if it is just for a rare power failure. I doubt you would want it if you were a camper or something you wanted on your boat. I see Yamaha has a neat looking copy of the Honda EU2000i for $50.00 less. Not sure if anyone deals with them around here so I stuck with the Honda. Don, several companies have introduced inverter type generators due to the popularity of the Honda inverter series. They probably are all very good compared to a conventional, noisy, generator that has to run at full RPM all the time. If it makes you feel like you made the right decision, I've had mine for over 13 years and it has gone through hell, especially when the stone cutters for our pool installation used it for a full summer, 6-7 hours a day to power the stone saws. Still has the original spark plug in it. I took it out last year and it still looks like new. Even the gap was to spec. I've changed the oil twice in 13 years. I've stored it for long periods with gas and Stabil in it. Other than last week (before the recent storm), it always starts with 3 or 4 pulls. I mentioned here that when it wouldn't start last week I warmed up the carburetor area with a hairdryer for a few minutes, pulled the cord and it fired right up. It was about 5 degrees out, so it wasn't unexpected. I think you made a good investment. The only thing I would question is not changing the oil more often and this is old "don't fix it if it ain't broke" me. Yup, I wouldn't recommend following my oil change schedule, but it hasn't caused any problems yet. Doesn't burn any oil, and has never shut down due to a low oil level. Maybe I'll give it a treat this spring and give it it's third oil change. :-) I'll change the oil level as required by the service manual. I think it said it only takes about 400 ml. Same with the air filters...I'll inspect and clean them on a regular basis..depending on how much use the generator gets. I believe they also recommend starting and running it for 10 or so minutes every three months. The dealer gave me some gas but I don't know if he added Stabil. maybe I'll call him before the busy lunch time. Make use of it. I bought a cheap little wagon that I put the Honda in to transport it around the yard and I used it regularly to power electric hedge trimmers, weed wackers and other electric yard tools. Beats running extension cords everywhere. |
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Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text - I had one of those rear mowers for the JDeere for a while. Got it to mow down overgrown grass and weeds to create a new horse turnout. It was a pain though because I couldn't get it in tight spaces (like the corners of the fencing). I took the rear wheel off it to make it more maneuverable but all that did was make it scalp the grass when on uneven ground. Finally bought one of these that did a super job: http://cdn1.locable.com/uploads/resource/file/94406/gallery_Scag-beauty2_628x390.jpg That Skag is a brute! Mine is a finishing mower and not a bush hog. And I do the main of the yard with it and the tight stuff gets the push mower.. |
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