I thought ultralights used small (like 340cc) snowmobile motors
Seems like a weedwhacker would be underpowered. They're only a couple HP.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 19:54:17 -0500
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1. My wife can never start our two-cycle weed wacker. I can in 90
seconds.
Insert gorilla grunt here.
2. It somewhat troubles me that many
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Rotax air cooled engines are the powerplant of choice, I believe.
Dan
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I thought
and
Rotax are owned by Bombardier.
Joseph Bombardier is widely acknowledged as the father of the modern front
engine rubber track snowmobile.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 06:17:56 -0700 (PDT)
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When planted, would they set tomatoes quick enough for my 8week old chicks to
eat before they are butchered in about 10 weeks???
Luther
On Tue, 06 May 2008 08:28:13 -0500, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone want some heirloom tomato seedlings? I am offering a half dozen
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We could all not cut the grass in out front yards let them return to
nature. I tried
municipality at fault?
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Genius, bag up your clippings, send 'em in and then BUY them back...
Wow and people wonder why the world is going to hell
I've mulched all of my grass/weeds and leaves - lots and lots of leaves - in
place for several years; 'havent raked leaves for ~15 years; 'haven't
watered the lawn for several years, either.
Wilton
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Lt Don wrote:
I think of it as exercise, not mowing.
I may be weird, but I really enjoy mowing. I also have a pretty small yard. I
can mow and trim in all in about an hour. I enjoy having the nicest yard on
the block. One thing I do not like is pulling weeds in all of the landscaping.
I don't trim because I could never get my gas trimmer to start. But I do
love the look of a freshly mowed lawn. I bag the clippings to mulch the
veg, garden and never feed the lawn either.
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lt Don wrote:
I think of it as
around the house.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 09:38:06 -0400
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I don't trim because I could never get my
Have never watered or fertilized our lawn. Use lawn as a source of
fertilizer for the organic garden. Bag and compost the clippings,
Also compost all the mulched leaves, chipped hedge clippings and tree
prunings (have chipper someone gave to me--great gadget!) kitchen
scraps, and garden
Lt Don wrote: I don't trim because I could never get my gas trimmer to start.
But I do love the look of a freshly mowed lawn. I bag the clippings to mulch
the veg, garden and never feed the lawn either.
I follow the Jerry Baker method for feeding. (if you haven't heard of him - he
is great.
trim
them].
BillR
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I bought a 110v trimmer largely because unless you use a gas trimmer a lot
(or maintain it very
Dan, that will be hard to beat, but I have to respect the process and allow
others to submit their stories for at least another day. Where are you
anyway? Not a lot of recyclable barn boards in NW DC...
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Dan Weeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have never watered or
Where do you get a 20 gallon hose end sprayer??
The Epsom salts prevent irregularity in the worms and sowbugs.
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Lt Don wrote: I don't trim because I could never get my gas trimmer to
start. But I do love the look of a
This isn't diluted with water? Just the ingredients?
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Where do you get a 20 gallon hose end sprayer??
The Epsom salts prevent irregularity in the worms and sowbugs.
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Where do you get a 20 gallon hose end sprayer??
It would have to be on wheels since 20 gallons of water weighs 8 pounds per
gallon = 160 pounds! Ahnold Schwarzeneger??
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
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On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Kevin Kraly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Where do you get a 20 gallon hose end sprayer??
It would have to be on wheels since 20 gallons of water weighs 8 pounds per
gallon = 160 pounds! Ahnold Schwarzeneger??
I'm thinking Jesse Ventura, since he handled the
Andrew wrote: Where do you get a 20 gallon hose end sprayer??
It is just a plastic hose end sprayer that goes through 20 gallons of water in
order to dilute the contents of the hose end container. I got mine at Ace
Hardware.
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Lt. Don wrote: This isn't diluted with water? Just the ingredients?
Yes, the ingredients are diluted with 20 gallons of water. Whatever you fill
up the small container with will be diluted and it will take 20 gallons of
water to empty the container at the hose end.
Donald H. Snook
andrew strasfogel wrote:
I don't trim because I could never get my gas trimmer to start.
Two stroke weed eater type?
I had the same problem tonight with a two stroke tiller.
Gonna have to tear down and clean the Walbro carb (again).
Since the thing probably has a $5 garage sale value as
On the weed eater subject:
I resolved the problem with the tiller that would only run if
fuel was poured right down the carb venturi. When I unplugged
the fuel line to drain the tank, I found the line full of air.
I blew into the tank to pressurize it a bit, and got a nice
stream out the line.
1. My wife can never start our two-cycle weed wacker. I can in 90 seconds.
Insert gorilla grunt here.
2. It somewhat troubles me that many ultralight airplanes are flying around
on similar engines. But, on the other hand, once it is started and warmed
up, it doesn't stall.
(Lower nose, fly just
We know you're weird - you wouldn't be a part of this group if you weren't.
You need to take a trip South to Norman then - I have more lawn that
you can mow. I need the clippings for the compost, but hate to mow.
I may be weird, but I really enjoy mowing. I also have a pretty small yard.
I
I have a Ryobi combo deal - can change the business end between
trimmer and tiller - and it's a four cycle engine - you can adjust the
valves! It starts every season (I run Mobil 1 in it). No batteries to
charge, replace, etc.
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wonko the Sane wrote:
2. It somewhat troubles me that many ultralight airplanes are flying around
on similar engines. But, on the other hand, once it is started and warmed
up, it doesn't stall.
You won't find a $6 Walbro carburetor on a $6k Rotax aircraft engine.
You will find better
You haven't flown with me, have you? :-)
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Wonko the Sane wrote:
2. It somewhat troubles me that many ultralight airplanes are flying
around
on similar engines. But, on the other hand, once it is started and
warmed
up,
And for what? every week, the suburbanoids come forth with their riding
mowers to harvest their grass lawn crop, mowing it down. But they have no use
for what they harvest, it goes into (petrochemical based) bags and is sent
off to the landfill.
Piffle. So this is your excuse for letting
Genius, bag up your clippings, send 'em in and then BUY them back...
Wow and people wonder why the world is going to hell.
I don't give a crap what my neighbors think...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 16:42:39 EDT
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Curt Raymond wrote:
Genius, bag up your clippings, send 'em in and then BUY them back...
Wow and people wonder why the world is going to hell.
You're paying for someone to perform the composting process... Sounds
like good old capitalism to me!
John
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Curt Raymond wrote:
Genius, bag up your clippings, send 'em in and then BUY them back...
Wow and people wonder why the world is going to hell.
You're paying
at fault?
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Genius, bag up
YES!
I guess this puts the local municipality at fault?
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At least our town gives the compost for free back to local citizens.
Others can buy it if they want to.
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Genius, bag up your clippings, send 'em in and then BUY them back...
Wow and people wonder why the world is going to
That's sick. The time/effort would be much better spent working on an
MB, drinking beer, smoking pork (shrimp in your case), etc.
What mowing we're forced to do ends with the clipings in the compost
piles for nex years garden (this years if our new composting trash can
works like my wife believes
OK Don wrote:
That's sick.
No kidding. Wonko's a vegetarian.
Think of all the food he wastes by mulching when he could be munching.
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Here, they no longer collect grass clippings. You either mulch or put in
your own compost pile. Other yard waste is collected, in non plastic bags,
and composted by the city. A few times a year, you can go to the city
composting plants and bag and take pretty much what you want, free,
providing
I think of it as exercise, not mowing.
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK Don wrote:
That's sick.
No kidding. Wonko's a vegetarian.
Think of all the food he wastes by mulching when he could be munching.
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On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK Don wrote:
That's sick.
No kidding. Wonko's a vegetarian.
Think of all the food he wastes by mulching when he could be munching.
And he's a racist too, not giving work to the poor guest workers.
--R
Wonko the Sane wrote:
I have a Husqu mulching mower. I simply grind the clippings back into the
soil. Yea, I have to mow two or three times a week, but the lawn (all three
lots) looks great. Oh, I also pay a service (all
The Mexicans in my area -- and there are many -- are bringing pork chops to
your dinner table (and being paid more than make to do so).
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Rich Thomas
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And he's a racist too, not giving work to the poor guest workers.
--R
Wonko the Sane
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