Duck Pond Redneckery
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Duck
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I think I'll just use my tow-behind brush cutter.
Working on that trail is actually good exercise. It's 90% cutting through trees with loppers and the chain saw, 10% bush hogging.
I have a little two wheel trailer dolly. Two wheels, a handle and a hitch ball.
Might try using it push the bush hog around backwards to chop some stuff but the damn thing weighs 450 lbs. If it works at all that way it'll be a good cardio workout.
mndriver
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Yeah. Bout that "cardio" workout......If it works at all that way it'll be a good cardio workout.
Had a spot that needed to be cleaned up. Large enough for 12-14 tents. In an area littered with stumps.
I pulled 14 stumps that day and cleared enough ground for 16 tents and common area. You see the area in the background what it looked like to start.
Plus a road into the place.
We do reenactment stuff for medieval times. Our group can have as many as 10-12 tents and 40-50 people at an event. The event might have 1200-1500 people.
Duck
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What kind of stumps are you talking about? Actual trees or just little things?
My bush hog will mulch anything my ATV is capable of dragging it on top of.
2-3" diameter, depending on the species.
But when I'm off-road I have it set high, so it leaves stumps about 8" high. If I want it all the way down I gotta use the pruners or the chain saw.
so how is driving an atv over everything a cardio workout
he has to pick it up and carry it when he gets flat tires?so how is driving an atv over everything a cardio workout
or breaks an axle?
or runs out of gas?
or the cops run after him after he jumps off it?
so many ways to get a cardio workout on an ATV
mndriver
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That's actually me with about a 16" tree stump
Duck
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Holding it up sideways to trim the tree branches that hang into the trail. It gets tiring really quick.so how is driving an atv over everything a cardio workout
Do I decided to use pruners for that. And the chain saw for the bigger stuff.
The cardio is in dragging the stuff off the trail and chucking it into the jungle.
In a couple of places I had to clear out spots just to pile the stuff up because the jungle was too dense to just toss it aside.
All this while babysitting Sarah and having to kill every little tiny spider that ended up on the 4 wheeler.
Duck
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Threads stripped off on the plastic brake light switch.
Damn thing popped out & the brake lights were on for 5 days.... 0.3 volts showing on the battery.
So the piece of garden hose & hose clamp holds the damn thing in.
But with the new master cylinder, the pedal doesn't fully return to the "up" position for about 5 seconds after you let go. So I added a spring for now. I'd have to remove all 3 pedals to put a spring on it anywhere else. Ain't planning on doing that til next winter when I convert it to hydraulic clutch as part of the conversion to a 5 speed.
Duck
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Fixt the passenger side mirror. It was detached at the bottom. Rivets pulled out. Hadta bend fender washers to conform to the shape on the inside.
And somehow I managed to get the fragile old door panel off & back on without breaking it.
There's a company that makes replacement door panels for trucks this old but they only sell them in pairs and they're like $375
And somehow I managed to get the fragile old door panel off & back on without breaking it.
There's a company that makes replacement door panels for trucks this old but they only sell them in pairs and they're like $375
Duck
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I took off in Blueford to go to Farm and Fleet to get some light bulbs for it and got about halfway to Manteno and it died.
Found On Road Dead...
Didn't sputter or anything, it was like I'd turned off the key.
Geezer came out. On the $&#@ing Goldwing.
I left him there, rode Goldwing home and went back with the S-10 and flashlights, tools and chains to drag it home with.
Removed air box, sprayed starting fluid into carb while geezer cranked it. Nothing.
Pulled front spark plug out and had Geezer crank it & I saw a spark.
Just for the hell of it I put it back in & had Geezer crank it again while I sprayed ether again while holding the choke open and it half-started, tried again and it started up and stayed running long enough to put the air box back on, put tools away and drive it home.
Big air bubble in the fuel line?
Carb float stuck closed? The engine rocked in its mounts during that half start thing, maybe that loosened up the float?
Tomorrow I'm gonna replace the little fuel filter on the carb and while I've got the fuel line off at the carb, crank it & see if it squirts gas. That'll test the fuel pump. Otherwise I ain't got no idea.
Found On Road Dead...
Didn't sputter or anything, it was like I'd turned off the key.
Geezer came out. On the $&#@ing Goldwing.
I left him there, rode Goldwing home and went back with the S-10 and flashlights, tools and chains to drag it home with.
Removed air box, sprayed starting fluid into carb while geezer cranked it. Nothing.
Pulled front spark plug out and had Geezer crank it & I saw a spark.
Just for the hell of it I put it back in & had Geezer crank it again while I sprayed ether again while holding the choke open and it half-started, tried again and it started up and stayed running long enough to put the air box back on, put tools away and drive it home.
Big air bubble in the fuel line?
Carb float stuck closed? The engine rocked in its mounts during that half start thing, maybe that loosened up the float?
Tomorrow I'm gonna replace the little fuel filter on the carb and while I've got the fuel line off at the carb, crank it & see if it squirts gas. That'll test the fuel pump. Otherwise I ain't got no idea.
Duck
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Burned some chicken bones to appease yer local gremlins recently??
Knowing you, that's not even a metaphor.
Keendriver
Hates all of you
Daaaammmnn......
Knowing you, that's not even a metaphor.
You don't have to pull a plug to check spark. Before HEI was a thing you could just pull the boot off the plug and listen for the spark, but nowadays I just use a screwdriver stuck into the boot and hold it close to something metal.
Acting like you turned off the key is usually electrical. Running out of fuel (except at high power setting where it happens rapidly,) you'll get the lean misfires for a second or two before it dies (on carbureted engines.) I've seen ignition switches wear out and do what you're talking about.
Duck
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Gonna try'n take it to Farm and Fleet later today.
I don't think it's the ignition switch because when I was trying to restart it, turning the key to the run position turned on the oil light and that stupid buzzer that goes off for no reason at all. But still no start at that point.
The way its wired, if it's not sending juice to the ignition coil, it's not sending juice to the gauges either.
Duck
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I just replaced the fuel filter, fired it up and noticed that the fuel pump is leaking bad.
When I removed the old fuel filter though, I shorted the terminals on the starter solenoid to crank it & it was making a healthy squirt out the fuel line. Dunno if it would cause it to die mysteriously though.
When I removed the old fuel filter though, I shorted the terminals on the starter solenoid to crank it & it was making a healthy squirt out the fuel line. Dunno if it would cause it to die mysteriously though.
Duck
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Huge difference. It idles smoother, and I don't have to scream it in 2nd before I can put it in third. Big ratio gap cuz it's a 3 on the tree. But I can put it in third at 25-30 mph and it has more bottom end torque, so it doesn't struggle, just goes. I used to have to scream it in 2nd and shift at around 35 mph or it would seem like it was lugging.
Also changed the oil and it's lifter noise went away. It was only about a quart low, still in the "safe" range.
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