Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

For $50 & another $50 in parts (starter drive & idler pulley) & I now have this...

I really wish I took a pic of this beforehand - it really looked like it was ready for the scrapyard - I kid you not, a real "POS"!!! It has a 44" cut, 5 speed, 16hp Twin Briggs (NOT an OHV)....

Marty

It's got a couple of scratches here and there, but certainly worth more than what you have in it. Good rescue! And what caught my eye is the seat looks new? Probably not used much, just abused by being out in the weather?

Looks like the seat on my tractor.  What did you paint Marty?

Marty do you know the vintage of that Craftsman? Looks like one my grandfather had but the deck looks newer. His had skids on it and the deck was more square shaped to the ground. Hios may have been a GT.

Nice Marty.
Is the Kubota going to your new mower? I guess that STX went quick.
That Craftsman looks like an MTD except for the shifter. What kind of transmission?

 917 prefix. I looked at one. AYP/Roper/Frigidare/EYP/EHP. They do look a lot like an MTD. Somebody's camera was working.

PSSSST!!!
Hey Marty.....look.
The mother load.
Everything left of the empty row is what we have scrapped out in the last 6 weeks.
I am sure that there are a few in the pile that you could turn into serviceable machines.
Just goes too show what a wasteful society we live in.
Keep up the good work.

Hey,
That one with the yellow wheels is mine.

Hey,
You jerks left it out in the rain! No wonder it's no more good!

Saturn driving, Wild Turkey drinking, rip-off artists. I guess you want me to pay storage now too?

This treatment is disgraceful, I'm taking my business elsewhere.

Can you see why this pull rope won't go back in before I go?

Sorry Rob.....
It's company policy that we seperate the MTD, AYP, and Murrays from the other products.

sheesh no wonder mowers last longer up here .we actually mow the lawn not concrete

and you even put passenger snowblowers on them ,must be auxillary power.

say Lint you still want to come up and do some fishing.

the bass are up to 5 lbs now and are kinda sassy,and did i mention the fishing hole is about 50 yards from the shop.

ill put some beer in the fridge for you.

later chris

Chris wrote: "say Lint you still want to come up and do some fishing."
Does a bear like too take a sh!t in the woods?
(You bet I do, Chris! Only 5 more months before I get my week off and head North of 40.)

If you guys think that is all the junk that one little shop can produce......You should see the saws, blowers and trimmers that go directly into the dumpster. (I wont name names.)
And....We cant just blame the manufactures for the pile....most of the stuff could have another 5-10 years of life if people would just do some basic maintainence.