Electric Chicken
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Like I said, they don't make enough power.Oh yeah? I was 17 years old. It was not uncommon for that engine to redline.
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Duck
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That 225 pulled everything I ever hitched up to it.
Another full size truck, on a rental trailer. That was probably the heaviest. But we pulled a 77 Buick Regal with a 455 Olds to the junkyard with a chain and it was stuck in gear. It wouldn't maintain speed in 3rd so I just screamed it in 2nd gear all the way to the junkyard, ten miles. Shoulda pulled the rear U-joint. But I've always wondered if Charlie was riding the brakes.
When I hauled that truck, an 86 F-150 ext cab long bed, once I got it moving it took very little gas pedal to keep it moving. Braking was scary. No power brakes. Just leg power.
389 Hood
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They didn't make a lot of power, but they made the grunt to pull stumps. That's why the long stroke V-8 diesels died off, like the 903 Cummins. It made HP for the choppers, but no grunt for the big rigs.None of those engines have enough power for the driver to hurt it.
All the Slant 6 ever needed was an oil change and a set of O-rings for the spark plug cavity sleeves. I hated the inverted oil filter!
Duck
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The Chevy 250 straight six is nicknamed "stump puller".
My dad had one in his '79 C-10 & it never died either. Ended up selling it to some guy who wanted to drop a 454 in it.
quillcom
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Duck
In 2003 the bottom front of the deck on the left side was rusted out. When it would scalp the ground trying to mow the ditch or if the wheels fell in a rut or something the sheet metal would get bent back & hit the blade.
I know you've seen those remote control lawnmower the city uses.
You'd die for one of those wouldn't you.
Wonder if they are available for the public. Must be right.
389 Hood
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My county would be too cheap to use something like this. The Administrators are too concerned about how much money goes in their pockets for doing absolutely Jack-Shit.
I have seen the new Roomba style remote lawn mowers. Pretty cool, but no collection bag on them. I like my lawn like a golf course.
I have seen the new Roomba style remote lawn mowers. Pretty cool, but no collection bag on them. I like my lawn like a golf course.
Electric Chicken
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Full of holes?
Hillbilly Canuck
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There's a business not far from my house that has one running around like a Roomba all the time. I might be inclined to kill for one of those
Duck
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They're solar powered, which means no power, which means they have to run all the time whenever there's sunlight, constantly mowing in order to keep up with the growth.
When you're only taking off 1/2" or less with each pass, you don't need a bag or even a chute. The clippings fall down between the blades of grass and you never see them, but they decompose & add nitrogen back to the soil.
Something like that would be useless with a 3 acre lawn like mine though. Not unless they make one with a solar panel the size of a sheet of plywood.
Electric Chicken
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The Husqvarna one I looked at has batteries and docks itself. Claims to be good for up to an acre and a quarter.
OldskoolironNwv
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No it was a 300 6 banger. When I bought the truck from my uncle, he told me he had replaced the original engine with the 300 from a 69 model I believe it was. It was not short on torque for sure….
Duck
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What was it's price tag?
Husqvarna.. It's a 3 syllable word pronounced "husk varna" but I can't pronounce it without it sounding like "husk a varna".
Damn Scandinavians. Why can't they have a normal language?
Duck
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UPS used them in their gingerbread trucks for decades until they switched to diesels.
Electric Chicken
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Pretty salty. $2700 or so. It was the first one I saw that would allow a height above the 3.5 inches where I mow at.
Although they have a crapload of options on their website and I didn't look at everything.
Duck
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I'm going to watch them for a while. I need details, like how does it navigate, can it mow the ditch, does it hit stuff, how does it make sure it gets every square foot, etc.
I'm currently using a $2500 mower & I've got a $3000 (replacement value) backup mower in my shop waiting for an ignition switch.
But I've got 3 acres with lots of obstacles & I plan to add even more trees this year.
Electric Chicken
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I didn't look very long. I just wanted to prove you wrong about them being solar.
Electric Chicken
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My yard is small enough for one of these gadgets but the ZT makes quick work of it so it kind of doesn't matter.
Except the gasoline thing. But that's a few bucks a run. Not a huge deal.
Who knows. Maybe if the ZT craps out and needs replaced in 10 years.
Except the gasoline thing. But that's a few bucks a run. Not a huge deal.
Who knows. Maybe if the ZT craps out and needs replaced in 10 years.
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