pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
It's 15 degrees F out there now and snow's on the way Tuesday.
Warmed up the lawn tractor, mower, weed whacker and pressure washer. Drained all the oil and gas. Pressure washed all the grass & crud off everything. Refilled with fresh oil, sharpened blades. Real edge of the seat fascinating old-man stuff.
On that note - my hat's off to the marketing genius that decided you never have to change your lawnmower oil. Small push mowers these days don't even have a drain plug - you're just supposed to keep them topped off. Manufacturing costs are reduced by eliminated the plug and machining for it. Even at pennies per unit it's worth it. And now they die sooner because you never change the oil or service them, meaning you'll be back for another one before too long.
Maybe they figured out the engines always outlive the deck and oil changes don't really matter in the long run. Probably. But you can't speak that bald faced heresy in my house. Those swine..... I just flipped it over and drained it anyway.
Warmed up the lawn tractor, mower, weed whacker and pressure washer. Drained all the oil and gas. Pressure washed all the grass & crud off everything. Refilled with fresh oil, sharpened blades. Real edge of the seat fascinating old-man stuff.
On that note - my hat's off to the marketing genius that decided you never have to change your lawnmower oil. Small push mowers these days don't even have a drain plug - you're just supposed to keep them topped off. Manufacturing costs are reduced by eliminated the plug and machining for it. Even at pennies per unit it's worth it. And now they die sooner because you never change the oil or service them, meaning you'll be back for another one before too long.
Maybe they figured out the engines always outlive the deck and oil changes don't really matter in the long run. Probably. But you can't speak that bald faced heresy in my house. Those swine..... I just flipped it over and drained it anyway.