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Chain - Grinders - Filing - Wood Milling - Tools - Welding - Machinist - Mowers - Tillers => Mowers Tillers Tractors etc => Topic started by: dannyupsolate on March 26, 2015, 11:39:42 pm

Title: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: dannyupsolate on March 26, 2015, 11:39:42 pm

Be glad to help any of you with lawn mower or tiller questions since I am still a chainsaw newby.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: 3000 FPS on March 26, 2015, 11:47:37 pm

Ok thanks.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: dannyupsolate on March 27, 2015, 12:01:15 am

 Saw your post in another thread. Looked like you got it all worked  out.  Sold a tiller today and got a bolens rider finished. About ready to throw a rusty tecumseh carb as far as I can throw it.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: Cut4fun . on March 27, 2015, 07:22:41 am

You guys think we need a mower, tiller etc board?   Or does other gas OPE board ok for this.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: dannyupsolate on March 27, 2015, 09:56:52 am

Sounds like it would cut down confusion.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: 3000 FPS on March 27, 2015, 10:55:44 am

Well it sounds like people here work on a lot of garden equipment other then saws.   We can always try a mower tiller board and if it does not pan out then get rid of it.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: Cut4fun . on March 27, 2015, 03:31:18 pm

Moved some past mower and tiller threads here now.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: Cut4fun . on March 27, 2015, 03:35:27 pm

Mowers is one place I need alot of help in still. I only do my own to save $. 

Think I have 4 riders and 3 push. 1 5hp walk behind tiller, 1 pull behind atv or mower tiller, then the small mini tillers.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: 3000 FPS on March 27, 2015, 08:41:19 pm

I am with you Kevin I have been learning as I go.
I did use my riding mower today and it works great except I had the drive belt for the rear wheels come off twice.
It could be that the belt is stretched out to far.   I think I am going to go ahead and replace it.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: dannyupsolate on March 27, 2015, 09:04:29 pm

Has to be a  loose belt a lazy idler pulley or rarely a rusted out rear pulley. If drive belt is on inch use your favorite automotive belt often deck belts are on half inch.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: 3000 FPS on March 27, 2015, 09:55:58 pm

Quote from: dannyupsolate on March 27, 2015, 09:04:29 pm

Has to be a  loose belt a lazy idler pulley or rarely a rusted out rear pulley. If drive belt is on inch use your favorite automotive belt often deck belts are on half inch.

I will check out the idler pulley when I take the old belt off.   Thanks for the tip.

Title: Re: Lawn mower and tiller help
Post by: dannyupsolate on March 27, 2015, 10:18:20 pm

Lazy idler can take form of rust, or a weak spring, bad bearing in pulley itself or that marvel of engineering the plastic idler pulley worn half in two.