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Cox ride-on mower throws belts.
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len garden wrote: On Mon, 07 May 2007 14:26:28 +1000, Max wrote: snipped snipped That old snapper really did need quite a bit of work. As I said, the prices of even used mowers up here is through the roof. There are quite a few people up here that make a good side earning from buying riders from down south, doing them up and flogging them up here. That bloke has had that snapper for years. He just keeps it so he can use it in his classified adds as advertised for $500, then when you get there and realize what a bomb it is, he tries to sell you one worth from $1200 to $1900. It nearly worked on the misses too. g yeh sounds like rip off country hey, might be worth your while to do a trip to brissy and see what's around down here? he certainly seems like he has the attributes of a sales shark. from what i hear doubt i would pay that much for it. Good on ya.Its a sales trick. I used to install electrical appliances and they used to stock one brand,which people would come in for, and they would steer customers onto another brand which they could make more profit on, but they would never actually sell, but as the other brands were always on consignment, wouldnt cost the much to stock, and eventually the company owning those machines would allow a discounted sale price on them so the company would have a "SALE" at never ever to be repeated prices. snipped Tyres, a rear one is flat (both look a little on the bald side) and would need either a new tube, or maybe both back ones filled with sealant. The front ones are hard rubber and look a little small for my liking. tyres would be the least worry theya re standard size and available from any equipment store, even if theya re not exactly the same profile so long as they are the right size for the rim, if the rubber itself isn't completely shot fit a couple of new tubes. as i recall they used to ahve pump up front tyres so it sounds like waht he has done is not original, but there again if it works! all it has to do si steer the machine and kep the front off the ground. The clutch and brake cables are both made from that soft clothes line wire, and are near to breaking. I thought maybe they could be replaced with uni-cables like we used to use on motor bikes. $? that doesn't sound right at all cables should be standard looking cables you know plack plastic coated felexible coiled wire outer with fine wire rope configured cable sliding throuhg the middle, this sort of cable can be bought and made up if genuine is not available. yes motor bike cable would do the trick. The blades have had the Richard as has the seat. He suggested replacing the the fixed blade rotor assembly with a swinging blade type. $75? they did originally have a single cutter bar blade, now there are lots of other rider models with this system they may well be interchangable? snipped I wasn't sure about the front steering linkages, as in, how much play is acceptable. From memory it has a sort of go-cart set-up, with what looks like push-bike handle bars. the steering was basic i think a 't' handle configuration, linkages can oftern be made up of other material or fitted from another model so long as the front wheels steer. but anyway still sounds a bomb, which doesn't give you many options at this stage, are the prices anymore resonable down in cairns? snipped Chris (the misses) has owned a blue Rover Rancher with three forward and one reverse gear. She says it was very good. That is what we shall keep our eyes out for I think. She said she couldn't get it into reverse gear though it was possible. they are getting long in the tooth now, you would be ahrd pushed findig one of them that wasn't fit for more than scarp metal, and the later red model rancher just wasn't the same quality chassis. Actually, now that I come to think about it, that bloke with the snapper had Rover Rancher he was doing up. He had replaced the motor with a B$S and was waiting on parts for the gearbox. He wanted $1200 for it. What do you think Len, was it worth it? again you are there 'max' 1299 is a lot but the rancher is more local and parts should be easier to get maybe not cheap but easier, but at least if you buy it then look for opportunities to buy another scrapper for parts etc.,. On the topic of trees, Chris thanks you for your above ground suggestion for fruit trees. One of the things that keeled over was a young avocado tree. that is why i suggested planting in a raised position, avo's like it well drained. snipped timber getter of more than 30 years experience, with his own portable mill. If anyone would know what we should do it's him. he sounds like the bloke he could then mill the timber and you could use that, just watch that the shire council doesn't ahve a preservatiuon order on those sort of trees. Really glad I found this newsgroup, I am enjoying chatting with everyone here very much. Remain in light. -Max -- Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ There seams to be quite a few retired mechanics around here doing up riders and flogging them off. Cairns is slightly better price wise, but not much. A trip to brissy as you suggest could well be in order. I think they call those cables with an inner and an outer, "Bowden cables". I tend to call them uni-cables because of my of time as a bike mechanic at a mate's a trail bike hire in Meni, just next to the atomic reactor. The genuine cables cost a lot more than the non-genuine uni-cables we fitted. With a squirt of graphite powder down the guts, they would last dam near as long too. I could well be wrong about those front tyres being solid. I have seen more riders (and a few shopping trolleys :-) ) lately than you could poke a stick at. It all gets to be a bit of a blur after a while. g The reason I thought the old snapper may be the go, was because I could probably keep it going long enough to tame this block enough to make it worth while getting something nice. But the fact that it had a flat meant that I couldn't even take it for a drive to test out the gears and drive trains. Anyway, patience in a virtue! :-) We will find something good by the end of the next wet, I'm sure. I will take all that you, Jonno and Bronwyn have said into account when I make my final decision. The council doesn't seam to mind too much about trees on private blocks. You should have seen the amount of trees people cut down after Larry! Whole rows of huge pines and natives. Anything that people thought even had a slight chance of falling on their house in the next one, went. I am sure people cut down five times the amount of trees that Larry blue over. The other thing that every single one of died from the wet was the conifers, we have pretty well given up on them. They just aren't very hardy. First they struggled during the dry, in spite of all the water we gave them, then when the wet came it killed them stone dead. Some plants are hard to please! g Touch wood, aus.gardens seams amazingly free of trolls, flame wars and spam. Nice to see. Remain in light. -Max Just dont upset them or disagree with them. (huge grin) Their knowledge is a precious possession and is not easy to get anyone to change their mind at times. I'm sort of all for that, but can be stood to be corrected... Nothing is certain in a search for knowledge, but if we let personalities get in the way its a longer trip... |
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