East coast version: I know I've mentioned my on-going struggle with regard to home maintenance - getting my tools repaired so I can get to some long neglected & overdue yard work.
Anyway, I got the chipper/shredder back last week & I've had a couple of chances to use it. It's the least hassle way for me to get rid of all the fallen limbs & other yard waste around here. I don't have to cut it to specified length, don't have to bundle it a certain way, don't have to hassle with whether I've got the right kind of special yard waste bags approved by the city of Raleigh. I just chip it, shred it, compost it. Tonight I dragged the chipper/shredder up the hill beside my house to work on some stuff I'd piled up in my driveway. It nearly kicked my ass. I'm getting old. But it's still less work than dragging all the stuff around back because the chips are easier to shovel up from the driveway so I can use a wheelbarrow to move them over to my compost bin. If I do it in the back yard, half of the chips get left in the grass. It started right up and as soon as I engaged the drive lever the belt broke. Shouldn't be that big of a deal, I've got a spare drive belt. I KNOW I have a spare drive belt, because it was in my way & I had to move it to get to something else JUST LAST WEEK! This week though ... Too late to go get another one tonight, so I moved the chipper/shredder back down the hill and around back so I could put it in the basement until tomorrow. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
