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I have an Echo Pole Saw PPT-226. Recently something broke in the pull starter, so I took it apart and found the broken part. Despite knowing that there was a clock spring lurking behind it, I couldn't stop myself from pulling out the cord reel, even though it wasn't broken. Sure enough, the...

Instead of trying to cut the crack out, could you drill a small stress-relieving hole at the end of each crack, and then have the cracks welded up?

A few years back I did some reading on coolant chemistries ... not super deep but enough to understand some basics about what makes coolants different, how buffers and materials interact, and why coolant should be changed out at the recommended intervals. I eventually decided to go with the...

No worries on the thread hijack. Eventually this thread is a place for us to remind ourselves of what can happen and to not be complacent.

I try remind myself what we skiers and snowboarders say ... "tools not jewels". Not that I'm trying to abuse my equipment, but it's not a yard queen; I'm using it for real work. For months I failed to tighten the hose clamp that holds the triangular warning sign to the backhoe. I noticed that...

Exactly this. Which is essentially why I posted in the first place ... to remind people, if they want to, to listen to that little voice.

Clearly I am an amateur when it comes to doing damage. You sir set the bar high. o_O

On Saturday I nicked a post on a woodshed with my FEL. I was backing up and turning, and I was aware of the danger of hitting the post. So I straightened out and backed up a little to get away from the post before continuing my turn. Problem is, I didn't back up quite enough, and as I turned, I...

What a great weekend! On Saturday I went down to my neighbor's house and helped him process a pile of tree branches with my chipper ... four hands made the work go a lot faster. He helped me last week haul a large stump off my immediate neighbor's property ... for my stumpery garden, so I was...

This convinces me of something I've been wanting to do for a while ... I have a DR. Chipper with an 18HP engine. It's a towable model, but it would be super easy to unbolt the chipper itself from the trailer and mount it to a 3PT carryall so I can move it around with my tractor. I need to look...

I used my landscape rake to clean up the debris from an alder I felled onto my driveway. As a bonus, the 5' landscape rake fixed most of the damage I did to the driveway with the box blade last year. So glad I bought it. It also does a wonderful job of smoothing out dirt where I have been...

That is some great advice about stored-up energy. I'm not sure I would have thought of that. Now all I need is a snow blower.

My interest in getting the secondary filter is to prevent dirt from entering the engine while maintaining the primary filter. So, if you're replacing the primary filter, and some dirt or dust gets dislodged and lands on inside of where the primary filter is, the secondary will prevent it from...

This summer I started to clean the air filter but I came to the conclusion that if the filter was so clogged that it was affecting flow, I should just probably just replace it. I didn't have the secondary filter, so any dirt that would get inside the filter during that process would go right...

I got mine at the local dealership but haven't installed it yet. The parts guy suggested changing it every other change of the primary, but I think that's overkill. My plan is to leave it in place and basically never touch it. If the primary isn't damaged, the secondary is just a backup to...

Oh cool. Thanks! The Ai2 is back-ordered ... I think I'll call them this week and get on the wait-list. I'm in no hurry now that winter is here. I also have the BXpanded belly armor and their quick disconnect back hoe system and the trenching bucket and ripper. Those were all fine products...

Ah, so turns out not really be quick or easy. That was certainly its main selling point over the bolt-on units. From what I remember, all of the receivers I have seen are claimed to not interfere with the backhoe. I'm not very familiar with tie-downs and chains, but when I look at the picture...

Hey thanks! Your words mean a lot to me. I had a little trepidation about sharing something quite that personal but I figured that maybe one person might benefit from seeing it. I did my therapy work years ago and that changed my daily life. Then I ended up mentoring a bunch of teenagers so I...

My know-it-all ex-friend actually had a ton of real-world experience, and I spent years trying to make the friendship work because he was so knowledgeable. But his entire construct of personal interaction was built around telling other people what to do, coupled with a victim complex. I finally...

I have one on hold at my dealership and will be picking it up this week. Of course, I've already done the dusty work this summer, and now it's raining, but at least it will be installed by the time next summer rolls around. [EDIT]I picked up the secondary air filter today, and a couple of...