Back to the work grind here at home..... The darned yard keeps growing....! I declare that I am done mowing it but somehow it doesn't hear me..... So again this morning, it was drag out the lawn mowers......
This seemed to kill most of the morning, but at least it was sunny during that portion of the day...
Then I went for some gasoline to use as the base for pickle solution in the John Deere... Again mixing up half Stabil and half Sea Foam in a gallon of fuel....
This was added to the fuel tank and I was out driving around the neighborhood on the tractor pulling the treated gas into the carburetor. My neighbors thought I was nuts....
After that, I dumped the gas out of the push mower and ran it dry... Its a two cycle Lawn Boy, and there is really no way to pickle two cycle gas... It just goes bad..........
And then I attempted to drain the portable generator... Its a big noisy contractor style Brigs. I had one heck of a time getting the fuel lines off of its carburetor as they were cooked on... And that tank had about three gallons left in it... Ever so slowly it drained into a plastic tank... which I dumped into the truck... There was about 20 gallons of fresh gas already in the tank, so a bit of stale should go right on thru the engine...
And finally I decided our utility trailer we plan to pull back out to Arizona, was purchased in late 2005. It had the same original tires on it... They weren't really bad as far as tread but they have never been in a garage for their entire life....
So just like RV tires they are 7 years old, and have to go.... So the rest of the afternoon was spent waiting over at my local tire shop while they caught up enough to change out mine.... I just had to get in line and wait my turn...
Tonight we had the last debate on the TV. Loyce and I are not sure what we are going to do without confrontational gripping TV in the future... The one thing we did investigate was when we can advance vote, as perhaps we will be gone before election day.
Kind of a boring day, but a lot of work accomplished just the same...
Retired Rod
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I can't say I miss that year end gas treatment routine. Trying to put just enough mixed fuel in a two stroke so as not have any left over after cutting the grass can be a challenge.
ReplyDeleteThen of course, letting it run dry. Always seems to take an awfully long time...
Straight gas wasn't such a big deal, if there's a vehicle in the yard to dump it into.
Mow grass???? Your neighbors probably know you're nuts. lol We're headed down to the Skies tomorrow night. The weather is perfect. See what you're missing?
ReplyDeleteSandie, its not my fault.... Loyce has to stay for Halloween and the grands in costume.... Oh, and I have a doctor's appointment on Nov 1, We will stay just long enough to have to put the pink stuff in the camper water lines...
DeleteSounds to me like you're are more than ready to head south. I've still got a few lawn mowings left from the looks of it but if my lawnmower happens to run dry then I'm quitting too.
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