[Today: 6+ miles]<\/p>\n
I did some lawn equipment maintenance today.<\/p>\n
First, I got the front end of the big mower up on some auto ramps and got under enough to get the mower blades off.\u00a0 There are three of them.<\/p>\n
I used my bench-grinder-on-the-floor to try to get some kind of a cutting edge back on the blades.\u00a0 They were beaten down pretty badly, probably even a larger radius on the “edge” than the string in our string trimmer.\u00a0 But I got them all ground down and used a stone to get rid of the burrs and such.\u00a0 I put them back on and took a couple of test passes and it looks good.<\/p>\n
After a trip to Lowes for some trimmer string, I wrestled with the tired old string trimmer.\u00a0 The thing was a cheapie when we bought it, 6 + years ago.\u00a0 I think this last winter it just accumulated too much crud in the fuel system.\u00a0 I never could get it working right.\u00a0 I eventually cracked the little rubber primer bulb.<\/p>\n
So I’ve ordered some new parts for the trimmer for about $30 online.\u00a0 If that will get me going again for a couple more years it will be worthwhile.\u00a0 After that I may need a new trimmer.<\/p>\n
Our push mower got some maintenance a couple weeks ago.\u00a0 I changed the oil!\u00a0 And it got a new primer bulb a couple of years ago.\u00a0 I have already had it up and running.<\/p>\n
Our winter no-mowing season is pretty short, about three months.\u00a0 But even in that amount of time things seem to get a bit gimpy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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