on todays episode of "they dont make them like that anymore"...
my MTD snowthrower
(little background story)
a few years ago a coworker of mine gave me an old snowthrower
it had been sitting out in the weather for years, and had not ran since he owned it
it took me about 30 minutes with a can of carbcleaner and a fresh plug to get that puppy going again
I used it for a season and then it broke a valve retainer
(at that time it was 28 years old)
so I slapped in a new one and ran it for another few seasons
last year if finally gave in, snapped a connection rod and that was all she wrote
so I went on the local C/L and bought a 5 year old crapsman some metric measurement dual stage snow thrower
worst
piece
of junk
ever
...
ever
(little side note, if your out looking for a snowthrower and you see one with a pike to clear out the chute, know this: some engineer figured out it was a whole lot cheaper to include a pike to clean out the chute, then it was to build a snowthrower that has the testicular fortitude to throw snow OUT of the chute)
I was so unimpressed that I gave it away, for free
so back on the list I went and I found another MTD 8-26, just like my old one, but slightly newer, this one came with an electric start
not that I ever needed it
enter today
I finally had to fire the old girl up again
so I topped of the tank with fresh fuel (and if you think that means I added half a gallon of whatever I could find that smelled like to gas to the 2 quarts of something that didn't quite smell like gas anymore that was already in the tank...you would be correct)
turned to choke all the way up
opened the throttle
pressed the primer bulb until I felt pressure
and pulled the cord
at about 2/3rds length of my FIRST pull there is a roar and she is up and running
so I get started, and consider this
it snowed yesterday, 2 maybe 3 inches
today, it thawed
that means were not talking fluffy bunny like stuff here
this is the kind of snow that reminds you of 7/11 slushies
and it cut through there like an M-code dart through a field of imports
they just don't make them like that anymore
(nevermind the duster, as soon as the weather clears I'm driving it over to my buddies polebarn to put her away for the winter)
my MTD snowthrower
(little background story)
a few years ago a coworker of mine gave me an old snowthrower
it had been sitting out in the weather for years, and had not ran since he owned it
it took me about 30 minutes with a can of carbcleaner and a fresh plug to get that puppy going again
I used it for a season and then it broke a valve retainer
(at that time it was 28 years old)
so I slapped in a new one and ran it for another few seasons
last year if finally gave in, snapped a connection rod and that was all she wrote
so I went on the local C/L and bought a 5 year old crapsman some metric measurement dual stage snow thrower
worst
piece
of junk
ever
...
ever
(little side note, if your out looking for a snowthrower and you see one with a pike to clear out the chute, know this: some engineer figured out it was a whole lot cheaper to include a pike to clean out the chute, then it was to build a snowthrower that has the testicular fortitude to throw snow OUT of the chute)
I was so unimpressed that I gave it away, for free
so back on the list I went and I found another MTD 8-26, just like my old one, but slightly newer, this one came with an electric start
not that I ever needed it
enter today
I finally had to fire the old girl up again
so I topped of the tank with fresh fuel (and if you think that means I added half a gallon of whatever I could find that smelled like to gas to the 2 quarts of something that didn't quite smell like gas anymore that was already in the tank...you would be correct)
turned to choke all the way up
opened the throttle
pressed the primer bulb until I felt pressure
and pulled the cord
at about 2/3rds length of my FIRST pull there is a roar and she is up and running
so I get started, and consider this
it snowed yesterday, 2 maybe 3 inches
today, it thawed
that means were not talking fluffy bunny like stuff here
this is the kind of snow that reminds you of 7/11 slushies
and it cut through there like an M-code dart through a field of imports
they just don't make them like that anymore
(nevermind the duster, as soon as the weather clears I'm driving it over to my buddies polebarn to put her away for the winter)
