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Don`t want to leave you guys hanging about the mower, had to order a bigger sprocket and should be here tomorrow or Tuesday hoping it works.
Marvin you didn`t say anything wrong or have anything to do with me leaving i`m just having a hard time with this hip thing and my one and only good neighbor sold out and is moving away so been kinda bummed out.
So i`ll post when we get the mower going. :)
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Thanks for the update buddy. Prayers sent for some relief from the pain. Finish your mower when you feel better. Don't overdo it.
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Thanks Jay appreciate it, life can be hard some times but i recon we push on until we can`t. :)
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Pitchy wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2019 7:03 am Thanks Jay appreciate it, life can be hard some times but i recon we push on until we can`t. :)
Yup. It's really just that simple. Do right by God and those around you. Strength don't come from muscles.
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So glad you won't leave us hanging Lenn. God bless you and Norma.
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piller wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:08 amPrayers sent for healing. I am glad to know that it wasn't anyone on here causing you to leave. I enjoy seeing the things you build.
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This lawn mower is one of your most exciting builds...we've all been looking forward to it. You may have been pressured by us putting pressure on you. Relax bro......pretty sure you know where I'm coming from so that means..............

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No problem. Take a deep breath and do your own thing.
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Pitchy, As late as it is in the summer now, have you started thinking about how to convert the reel mower into a snow thrower yet?
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Ain`t far off is it, sprocket is out for delivery so maybe a test run today. :)
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Fedex tracking changed to delivery tomorrow. :roll:
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Oh for Pete's sake! Sometimes ya just cant trust anyone.
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I have had issues with delivery, and am fed up with FedEx and oops UPS.
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Should come today and of coarse storms and rain today, mostly this morn so maybe this after noon.
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Pitchy Wrote:"i`m just having a hard time with this hip thing and my one and only good neighbor sold out and is moving away so been kinda bummed out."...........Try not to worry too much about the neighbor thing Pard. last fall My neighbor passed away at home and I cried like a baby. She was like having My Mom next door for ten years. I was sick worrying about some idiot moving in. and then this spring a Young couple moved in with two little Boys . they are totally Nut's with four wheelers, hunt, shoot, and Do all kind of normal things that country people do. The Lord was listening to My Prayers.
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Congratulations buddy! Great job. That's a fine piece of engineering.
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It's a peach, Lenn, and so are you, amigo! Thank you so much for letting us see it all assembled and running like a top. Be well, friend.
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Way to go bro. Works like a champ! Thanks for showing everyone the video, it's great.

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That my friend is great! I'm very happy you got it all dialed in! I would suggest you put a floor on your sulky, that 1" square tubing ain't much for keeping yer limbs out from under the back wheels!
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Hey thanks friends i`m real happy with how it works and good idea Gunny on the floor boards. :)
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Added a throttle stop and a deck.

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Looking good :D . It’s rained so much here this year I’m gonna need to get one of my sickle bars going.
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Thanks Marvin, what kind of sickle mower do you have, old ?
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Very cool.
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Nice one Lenn, it certainly has got style........ :D
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Pitchy wrote: Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:45 am Thanks Marvin, what kind of sickle mower do you have, old ?
I have some for the David Bradley two wheel tractors and a four foot side folder for my Standard Twin Convertible tractor 1943 model.
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Very cool, i`ve thought about getting one of those, i know where there`s a old one but the motors stuck but may be cheap.
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Was it made in Australia?
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Ok here goes this upside down pic thing again, looks fine on my I-pad and upside down on my laptop. :x :x
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Yup upside down on my phone too but we get the idea. I've not seen one of those 2 wheel tractors but one time, during a snow storm, guy was plowing sidewalks. Seemed to do the job very well.
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Grandpa had a HUGE roto-tiller that had a little hitch on it. Could pull stuff with it if the tillers were turned off. I was probably in grade school, but, I think I remember that correctly.
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I tapped on the photos and they uprighted themselves...... :wink:
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Marvin: Really, really admiring your David Bradley. Lenn, get that seized one and let us watch you rebuild it, pretty please? 8) :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I got to much on my plate now to mess with one Bill, i`m switching the drive on the mower to belt drive with a tensioner, it`s just too fast because the clutch doesn`t engage until about 2,000 rpm.
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Good idea with the belt. Probably beats dragging an anvil to slow it down.
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Ok Bill its your fault :lol: went and got the sickle mower, its a Toro Zipper.
Motor is stuck but its all original. :)

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Pitchy wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2019 12:08 pm Ok Bill its your fault :lol: went and got the sickle mower, its a Toro Zipper.
Motor is stuck but its all original. :)

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Thanks Blaine, its pretty cool, hope i can get the engine to run soaking the innards at the moment. :)
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Lenn, we call them Allen Scythes over here, I have mowed a lot of tall weeds with one, not the fastest machine but effective enough.... :D
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Thanks GK, just pulled the head too and valves stuck also mt cylinder looks like new.
If it frees up i`m sure there won`t be any spark which means taking the fly wheel off which can be trouble.
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Faith Pitchy- ya gotta have faith and we have faith in you!
I've never seen one that style, interesting critter !
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Thanks Gunny, it will take a lot of it she`s stuck bad but i`ve seen worse.
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Oh boy! Sorry for enabling you Lenn, but in your hands that old mower has a chance at resurrection! 8)
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Thanks Bill, Norma and i will give her our best shot. :)
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My Grandpa used these all the time....I've tortured the handles on one a number of times....Harder than it looks.
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Yep we did that this summer, had a thread about it a while back hard work but kinda fun. :)
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Cool Lenn! Never saw one of those. Soak her in Marvel's for a while.
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Thanks Jay, didn`t have any so filled it up with tranny fluid. :)
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