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I don't really have much to add but one thing that might be useful if you did decide to use a mini excavator would be to see if a frost tooth is available with the machine. This is pretty much what it sounds like, designed to help break thru frost in the winter but I have found it to be very...

JeepYJ is correct to say to check it without threading the dipstick in, is it possible (everyone in human) that the dealer checked it with it screwed all the way in? We have a fleet of 10 mowers with Kawasaki engines on them and this is how I service them. First oil change at about 50 hours...

I had a fuel tank that leaked where the 2 halves were 'welded' together and was able to clean it up really well with brake cleaner and then used an RTV type gasket maker to seal it up. In fairness this was about a 2 or 3 gallon tank on a piece of power equipment and it has been holding up fine...

When I installed it at my house I used the white schedule 35 bell end pipe and fittings as needed. I put it all together without any glue (exactly as I do when I have to install downspouts for clients) everything runs to daylight so they are easy to locate if needed but on one that has some...

I have both jack shaft and the 'conventional' openers and would go jack shaft on all of them if I had it to do again. The ONLY issue I have found with the jack shaft opener that I use daily is that it is somewhat fussy about snow/ice build up under then door when it's closing. I just have to...

I honestly didn't read every word in this thread but something that just came to mind now reading this thread (not sure why it didn't occur to me in any of the other 4 post lift discussions) is what type of 4 post lift? If its the type most guys here have that is not 'open' on the front (the...

Maybe I'm missing something (and yes this is GJ afterall) but why do we get these kinds of questions somewhat frequently (often related to vehicle hoists but sometimes other things as well)? The lift manufacturers have spent the time and expertise to tell us exactly what to use and how to use...

Nothing wrong with doing what you need to do to push the snow out of the way. Like I always say, the snow doesn't know or care if its a $500.00 plow or a $10,000.00 plow its all the same moving it out of the way.

From the pictures that looks like a Western plow blade with a Meyers lift pump. I bet you could find a set of skid shoes for that plow at almost any Western plow dealer or some of the aftermarket companies as well. Might be the easiest thing to try first. Ebay shows a few different options...

I've mentioned it on this site before but as others have said 'The Snow Plow' brand shovels are the bomb for lighter snows, they can in a pinch scoop but its a giant PITA to do so. We have probably close to 60 or so of them in various widths for the sidewalk crews and they hold up amazingly...

I'm sort of in the same situation but have a fleet of trucks that I could pull from work to address the driveway. I'm not sure how much drifting is a concern for you. In my case drifting can be a huge issue, we had a storm about 3 years ago that no matter what truck I would have brought home...

Thanks for taking the time to share the research information you found. Always nice to see solutions to these less than common questions when they come up

Not sure exactly of your situation but if you look up funnel storage on google you will find 'Funnel Buddy' and equivalents. They all work on a similar concept of holding the funnel upright (probably could nest them as has been mentioned) with a cup of some sort underneath to catch any residual...

I've installed many of that type of taper lock over the years, when they would make contact is when I was concerned there was a problem. That type in my experience is supposed to have a small gap (should be even all the way around as other have mentioned about making sure its been evenly...

I have successfully used the roll on bed liner on several plywood ramps going into enclosed trailers where the angle of the ramp was a bit too steep when the equipment going in had water or snow on the tires. I can report it does hold up pretty decent to traffic (granted this is a commercial...