So i was lucky enough to find one of the few remaining dealers that still had a few Honda gas mowers left and at MSRP price and brand new. I decided to say screw it and bought an HRC model, build quality on this thing is just unseen with most product you buy today, its nice to see a piece of equipment not intentional designed to fail like most things today.

QuickJack

The 8000 appears capable of lifting my ‘23 3500, Gas, 6 Spd., 4X4, SRW, Crew with a curb weight of 7125#.

Do any of you use the QJ for your truck and/or smaller vehicles? If so, which model?

If you use on your truck, where do you place Jack points?  I know the owners manual for my truck calls for (at least for spare tire changing) between shock mount and leaf spring pack u bolt for rear and built in round point near frame for front.  Obviously from the the rear axle to front jack point makes it too long of a spread for the QJ which has a max spread of 66”.

Thoughts?

Seems STIHL went out of their way to use a diaphragm material that really doesn't like Ethanol. It doesn't gum up. It....well....melts for lack of a better term. Of course having created a problem they also created a cure! Who knew, right? Make a mystery fuel that is diaphragm compatible. Then sell if for a Kings Ransom. Local? Over $8 a quart, $36 a gallon. Of course it's always good to use a ratio that will assure you buying another long before you should ever need to. During the repair the richen the mix to help engine life but it takes the guts out of it. 

I had one repaired and replaced the other and told my dealer it would be the last STIHL products I ever buy if this is the plan. 

Locally I can buy alcohol free 90 octane 'recreational' fuel for $3.19 a gallon. A quart of AMSOIL 2 stroke oil and a bottle of GUMOUT Regane. 

1 Gallon of gas. 1 Ounce of Regane (PEA) and 3 ounces of AMSOIL for a 43.3:1 mix that cost with my AMSOIL discount $5.28 a GALLON. Runs like it did new at a fraction of the cost and is shelf stable for at least six months. I still drain and run dry for season end but...it goes year after year. 

after seeing your post elsewhere about being able to lower the TPMS 'low pressure setting'. Under the Chevrolet 'tab', the TPMS is listed

but there doesnt appear to be an explanation how to access it to change the setting or any other TPMS functions.

Also can anyone explain this:

I know some RPO codes came up on the screens as you go thru.

TIA

So I just bought a house this past fall and now spring is coming up here pretty quick.  I have a little less than a half acre of land.  It's pretty much an open space both front and back.  My lot is more or less a square shape, although a little bit wider than deep.  The previous owner used a garden tractor/lawn tractor (i'll keep using the term lawn tractor from here out as it seems garden tractors are higher end lawn tractors capable of heavy duty work, which I do not need) to cut the yard.  I am thinking I definitely want to do the same... doesn't really seem like something I want to push mow... would take a while just by looking at it.

I am looking to spend $2,000 or less.  Anyone have any recommendations on what to get? My knowledge is like nothing on these.   My grandparents have a newer Craftsman up at the cottage, it has been great but I believe they said it was $2500-2700.

When I bought my snowblower this past fall (shout out to the Toro 724 qxe - thing has been awesome even in 4 inches of wet sloppy snow), the guy was showing me a Husqvarna LGT2654 26 HP for about $1800.  I did a couple searches and videos on YouTube, people seem to like it.

Any thoughts from you guys?

I need to do something with my driveway, right now it is just gravel and I'm tired of picking the gravel out of my lawn every spring. I'm not paying $30k to do concrete, I don't mind the $12k for asphalt, but Tar and chip is significantly cheaper and I'm wondering if anybody on here has it and If you'd recommend it? I won't be doing all tar and chip or asphalt, there is a bit go concrete going in at the front of the garage where I work on my cars, but for the part that's just for parking I'm looking for a cheap, simple solution to shitty gravel. 

Any opinions?

So, I just modified my 3 ton aluminum jack to go to about 25" height.  I made it to bolt on attachements on the top pad like a saddle to cradle the axle tubes as well.  

I recently came across garagejournal while poking around looking at info for building a garage (which I hope to do in the next 2-3 years to start some bigger projects). Boy oh boy are those some opinionated folks over there. While I've got a lot more poking around to do I have been looking at a lot of the reviews for the new HF Icon line of tools, and everything looks real solid about them. I bought a torque wrench to replace my crappy Craftsman one and have been impressed with it's initial quality (time will tell how it holds up).

I know HF seemed to have exclusively garbage in the past but seem to have really turned things around in the past few years with many more quality items. I'm curious to know what tool brand you would all recommend. I refuse to spend money on Snap-On/Mac/etc. I just don't use them for a living and can't justify the cost. I've been bitten a few times by Husky and Kobalt (although maybe they have turned around in recent years as well) and Craftsman is pretty much dead to me.

I'm not looking for used tools because I don't want to go through the hassle of QCing everything and worrying about where to find X or Y, I'd rather just buy new and preferably from the same spot, but I don't need everything matching, just makes life simpler.

Anyway, what are everyones thoughts here? People still live by Craftsman? Snap-On or nothing? What is your recommendation for solid middle of the road tools?

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Hey guys with spring around the corner

I am starting to plan some spring projects. Behind my fence is a tree line that looses it leaves in fall. I want to add some taller bushes/trees just in front of the tree line to eventually grow and provide a natural fence. One day the field behind me will most likely be a warehouse

Any suggestions? I’d say 10-15ft tall I’d like to stay at and I have about 100 feet wide in my backyard (spacing?)

Thanks!

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What do you think about running it in your snowblower? And with spring around the corner [emoji2957]lawn mower/ tractor?

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I have a 3 year old Ryobi cordless drill.  It came with 2 Lithium 18V batteries and up until the summer of 2017 everything worked great, however both batteries are now toast.  The cost of new batteries is almost more than the cost I paid for the kit new.  Where do you like to get your batteries for your drills and other battery equipment from? 

Next question- what is your favorite brand of equipment to use?  I grew up with Dewalt being the brand of choice and have a 15 year old Dewalt screw gun which saw a lot of hard use but is still going well.  I purchased no name replacement batteries for them from EBAY and while they don't hold the charge as long, they still get the job done. 

  I'm contemplating purchasing the Dewalt drill next but wanted to see what you opinions/pros cons are on the brands you have had experience with.

Cheers

I noticed it no longer has fuel stabilizers in it.

When did this happen?

Stihl getting cheap?

Price didn't go down of course.

So yesterday I put my Ultra-Mount truck side mount on the 2003.  Put the receivers on, and thought...  WTF...  This looks like it sits lower.  Sure as crap, when I put the two trucks nose to nose, and measured, to the top of the mount on the GMT400, it was 17" off the ground.  I did the same on the 800 and it was 15" off the ground.  Not to mention, the mounts on the 800 sit much further out than my 400.

So I'm a little frustrated.  The whole impetus here was to get a 2500, get a little more ground clearance for the delicate Ultra-Mount parts as well as the angling ram parts, and here I am sitting 2" lower before even mounting the plow.

Are others with 800's seeing the same?  Any solutions?  I already have one size larger tires on it, and will be buying a new set of tires another size bigger here in the near future, but...

See how far they stick out...

By way of comparison, here is my 400;

I am looking at another Shindaiwa, the T242, and an Echo 2620. I have considered the Redmax, but for the money feel the Shindaiwa or Echo is the better value, plus a 5yr warranty!

Anyone use one of these trimmers, or a similar model to the ones I am looking at? I know Echo owns Shindaiwa, and the trimmers are similar to each other.

Not interested in other trimmers due to dealer support if needed.

TY!

PS...don't get too much into the technical side of things....I'm just a newbie when it comes to plows and truck talk.

It was a fun project. Finding a pulley to complete it was the hardest. It is 10 feet tall.