NWI INGO General Thread #27 - Fresh Pink Air On US-30 smells like...

[aclark]

Anyone got a preferred lawnmower place repair or by/trade in. My dad had a place on ridge road but for the life of me I can’t remember where it was.

My daughter is mowing lawns…… and the lawnmower she was borrowing just puked out all its oil. That’s why i hate borrowing stuff

Terpstras is on Glenn Park in Griffith, can't think of anything on Ridge. Burke's on 30 was ok when I went in for some smaller items, Heinold & Feller was good when I had a husqvarna and needed service. Now I go to Gruel on Main in CP if I need anything, although I've swapped to EGO for the lawn, they still get my snowblower service.

If she needs a STIHL string trimmer or Husqvarna leaf blower, I have them I was planning on selling. Could probably use a quick tune up, but the blower has a new carb. I'd let them go cheap.

 

[d.kaufman]

Anyone got a preferred lawnmower place repair or by/trade in. My dad had a place on ridge road but for the life of me I can’t remember where it was.

Probably was Dan and Dave's if it was in Hobart. No longer there however

 

[Doug28450]

Probably was Dan and Dave's if it was in Hobart. No longer there however

Closed several years ago.

 

[melensdad]

Tuesday morning and time to cut the grass.

Got about 3/4 of it done when a belt on the mower deck shredded.

Replaced the belt with the only spare I had, made another pass and that one shredded.

Me thinks that there is a spindle or pulley problem.

 

[Doug28450]

Got about 3/4 of it done when a belt on the mower deck shredded.

Replaced the belt with the only spare I had, made another pass and that one shredded.

Me thinks that there is a spindle or pulley problem.

Installer error on the second one?

 

[melensdad]

Installer error on the second one?

Could be? Not really sure. But the old belt had come off several times so I suspect there is another problem.

New belt was a lot tighter than the old one. I moved the pulley mount (it has several pre-set locations) to take some of the pressure off the belt. It was spinning properly, but still seemed tight. Maybe I should have moved it 2 spots. But when I tried it 2 spots over it seemed too lose. Maybe it was the wrong belt? I had it in my garage, seemed about an inch too short but I chalked that up to stretch since the old belt is 5+ years old.

 

[Doug28450]

Could be? Not really sure. But the old belt had come off several times so I suspect there is another problem.

New belt was a lot tighter than the old one. I moved the pulley mount (it has several pre-set locations) to take some of the pressure off the belt. It was spinning properly, but still seemed tight. Maybe I should have moved it 2 spots. But when I tried it 2 spots over it seemed too lose. Maybe it was the wrong belt? I had it in my garage, seemed about an inch too short but I chalked that up to stretch since the old belt is 5+ years old.

Did you apply some duct tape?

 

[melensdad]

Did you apply some duct tape?

No but I tried a bigger hammer

 

[bigretic]

 

[d.kaufman]

Looks like the wife has volunteered me to do 30# of pulled pork for the FD in 10 days. All the fireman I've fed have loved it so they thought I'd be a good candidate for cooking for a Project Fire Buddies meeting coming upon the 27th. Guess I'll oblige for the good cause.

Anyone see some good deals on pork shoulders/butts?

 

[d.kaufman]

New member from the area

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Thanks to all that anything to do with me being accepted as a new member. I just moved (escaped) to Indiana from that other state just west of here. I may be a fledgling Hoosier right now but, I feel like I'm in the right place. Very grateful to one of your IGO member's for pointing me in your...

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[Ballstater98]

Looks like the wife has volunteered me to do 30# of pulled pork for the FD in 10 days. All the fireman I've fed have loved it so they thought I'd be a good candidate for cooking for a Project Fire Buddies meeting coming upon the 27th. Guess I'll oblige for the good cause.

Anyone see some good deals on pork shoulders/butts?

Wonder if there is some local who would give a discount for a cause.

 

[d.kaufman]

Wonder if there is some local who would give a discount for a cause.

Would be nice but I'm not worried about that. I do miss the days of .79 cpp but it is what it is. Also have to make about a gallon of bbq sauce to go with.

 

[cg21]

Wow my kids mowing is off to a dismal start…….. first borrowed my dads mower to do my moms lawn and a couple others…… rod gone puked out the oil…… found a guy in portage selling used / refurbished mowers (he was in my dads phone as lawn mower guy)

so took the blown up one for a $20 credit….. got the other one….. started mowing got halfway and it locks up…I take it back to him it won’t pull for him he tips it over it works….. …

Go finish my mom’s lawn….. go to do the next one….. locks up again. Took a brick to break the blade free then it could be started providing you can pull it enough times for the fuel to clear from tipping it. Did that about 5x barely made it through the tiny lawn hurt like heck guy won’t pick up..

Finally calls back says he will just give me a different one annoyed it happened but happy the guy is willing to deal with me I know used stuff is typically “as is”

Good lesson for my girls there is more that goes into business than what you see.

I will likely get this next one see how it goes if it gives any issues….. electric start will be on the next one after multiple back surgeries I’m done pulling cords.

 

[cg21]

Looks like the wife has volunteered me to do 30# of pulled pork for the FD in 10 days. All the fireman I've fed have loved it so they thought I'd be a good candidate for cooking for a Project Fire Buddies meeting coming upon the 27th. Guess I'll oblige for the good cause.

Anyone see some good deals on pork shoulders/butts?

I got some running around lol

 

[Bugzilla]

Got about 3/4 of it done when a belt on the mower deck shredded.

Replaced the belt with the only spare I had, made another pass and that one shredded.

Me thinks that there is a spindle or pulley problem.

Better try a third belt just to make sure!

 

[d.kaufman]

I got some running around lol

Not quite ready for the smoker

 

[cg21]

Not quite ready for the smoker

Doesn’t take long !

Family is coming next weekend for gardening help thinking one may need to hit the smoker….

 

[sadclownwp]

Grass seed that I put down is finally starting to sprout. Only in some area's though. Gonna give it a few more days before I go by a different kind of turf patch.

 

[chef larry]

Probably was Dan and Dave's if it was in Hobart. No longer there however

I worked there many years ago.