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Re: What non automotive projects and repairs are you doing?

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matthew1 wrote: 18 Jul 2024, 11:11 VLN, my family had a 212 or 214. My dad worked for John Deere, so we always had a new tractor, and each one was a little bit more than we needed.


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This is my front yard of my family's home near Waterloo, Belgium, either 1978 or 1979.

L-R: our Dutch neighbor girl who spoke six languages, my sister on her lap, my childhood buddy Douglas, and me.

Douglas went to an Ivy League school and appears on CNBC every so often, or used to. I don't have cable. He is Chiang Kai-Shek's great-grandson, not kidding. His dad worked for Citi, and they lived in a very cool, large modern/contemporary house down the street.
That looks like mine, but shinier. They are a beast at 700 pounds. You could get mower, snow blower, and tiller attachments. I only have mower deck. Latest JD mowers can have 24 HP Yanmar diesel with electric lift and hydrostatic drive. My all mechanical tractor is easy to maintain.
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matthew1 wrote: 18 Jul 2024, 11:11Douglas went to an Ivy League school and appears on CNBC every so often, or used to. I don't have cable. He is Chiang Kai-Shek's great-grandson, not kidding. His dad worked for Citi, and they lived in a very cool, large modern/contemporary house down the street.
That's crazy.
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My dad bought a 318 circa 1984. If I recall, it was the first consumer hydrostatic machine on the market. It was a tech wonder to me. I made a lot of dough mowing neighborhood lawns with that Deere. I think it had a 42 inch deck. In the winter we'd throw a snow blade, chains, and wheel weights on her. All accessories were hydraulic. The snow blade was up/down and angle.

We had a matching wagon and my dad would drive that rig a half mile into a forest, cut down a tree with his JD chainsaw, chop it, load it into the trailer, and haul it back. Then my dad's friend would deliver a homemade gas/hydraulic log splitter that was mounted onto a golf cart chassis, and I'd be conscripted into a half day of log splitting labor. Then stack the pieces near the house for use in our two wood burning stoves.

I don't think I ever got into a situation that required even half the 318's max power. It had HP for days...
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matthew1 wrote: 18 Jul 2024, 12:49 My dad bought a 318 circa 1984. If I recall, it was the first consumer hydrostatic machine on the market. It was a tech wonder to me. I made a lot of dough mowing neighborhood lawns with that Deere. I think it had a 42 inch deck. In the winter we'd throw a snow blade, chains, and wheel weights on her. All accessories were hydraulic. The snow blade was up/down and angle.

We had a matching wagon and my dad would drive that rig a half mile into a forest, cut down a tree with his JD chainsaw, chop it, load it into the trailer, and haul it back. Then my dad's friend would deliver a homemade gas/hydraulic log splitter that was mounted onto a golf cart chassis, and I'd be conscripted into a half day of log splitting labor. Then stack the pieces near the house for use in our two wood burning stoves.

I don't think I ever got into a situation that required even half the 318's max power. It had HP for days...
I have 14 rated HP in the 214. I have many times mowed grass and weeds thick and tall enough to use the lowest gear and the slowest speed through the variable speed control. This was not finish mowing, just knock it down short. It also can wack stumps but I try to avoid that if I can. The deck is strong enough to resist damage from hitting trees. Not stuff I expect possible with cheaper mowers.
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I knocked more than one septic tank/water well top into non-usability with the mower blades. Brass tops I think, just a quick replacement, no real damage.
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Who says you can't cut up a freakin mattress with a $8 Harbor Freight grinder? I didn't read the directions that came with the grinder or the mattress, but I rolled the dice believing that neither said "don't chop up mattress with grinder."

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It worked far better than I thought it would. Few projects I take on are done inside 10 minutes, but this was done inside 10 minutes, maybe 5. The mattress had no internal metal, just foam. If I'd known that I would have used something less... overkill :lol: . It was my son's upper mattress on his bunk bed, the same bunk bed that I cut off the upper structure (all metal) with the same grinder four years prior. That way he had a decent Full size basic bed. He had outgrown the awkward overhang of a bunk bed, and at that point wasn't having friends over to sleep over.

DIY over buying something new is always my first thought.

"Matt, why not just do this project like a normal person and have the city's large object trash service come and get it?" Because there's all kinds of red tape on that program now. For a TV for instance, they won't even come and get it. They email you a code you use when you take it to the recycling center far away. The code is so you don't have to pay to recycle the TV.

I didn't even look up what it takes for this service for mattresses. They can go to heck. I DIY'ed it and put the pieces in my two trash bins. Project complete.
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In the semi, sort of, famous car road trip game my wife and I created, dead mattresses on side of the street were worth 2 points to the first person to spot them. It happens often in our town.
Beer trucks are 20 points. But anyone can call TILT on a beer truck spotting to reset all scores to zero.
We used to count road kill, but that was too common and gross.
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matthew1 wrote: 23 Sep 2024, 16:04 I didn't read the directions that came with the grinder or the mattress, but I rolled the dice believing that neither said "don't chop up mattress with grinder."
But did you take the tag off the mattress....?
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I just bought a Onewheel GT, learning to “shred the Gnar” without breaking any bones in the process! This thing is so much fun but I don’t feel confident on it yet.
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Blacklab467 wrote: 20 Oct 2024, 20:16 I just bought a Onewheel GT, learning to “shred the Gnar” without breaking any bones in the process! This thing is so much fun but I don’t feel confident on it yet.
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I had to look this up. I am too old/chichen to try this now. Thanks for the eyeopener.
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Mercedes: 2001 E320, 1973 280, 1974 280C, 1989 300E, 1988 300TE, 1979 300TD, parts cars.
2009 Smart Passion
Ford: 1977 F350, 1964 F150 (2), 1938 Tudor Sedan
Farmall tractors: 1956 400 Diesel, 1946 A
And others.

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