Random Thoughts 17: Here we go again.
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No. I think a weld might of snapped. Also, The engine was moving side to side on the wheel axel. Something went very wrong.
Pretty sure my old two stage had a pin holding the wheels on the axle. But it's been a while since I took that to the scrap yard.
I have to get out later today and clean off what we little we got on the sidewalks. Maybe two inches with freezing rain about half way through it in NWO
Did just the wheel or whole axle fall off.
My electric starter basically dropped bolts and wouldn’t work this morning. I had to jam it in and get it to turn enough that the pull start worked then. I think the primer doesn’t work. It’s a beast but I found out a new guy started a small shop in town a couple years ago and sells Ariens so I can at least get parts in town and not run to John Deere.
This makes me feel better. Hopefully it’s just a pin I can’t see internally. I don’t wanna scrap the old girl yet. She still throws fine but she’s a son of a ***** to start. I’m fairly confident that I’m the only person in the universe that could get it to fire up.
I think I would describe what happened as both. I think two different problems occurred essentially at the same time. When the potential pin snapped the motor slid over and busted a weld on the axel that caused the tire to fall off. Got a guy that’s coming to pick it up later today and take it in. I called the place back and said hey tell your delivery guy that he better be damn careful rolling it onto his trailer or he’s gonna have a hell of a surprise.
Random.
Was thinking about Mexico and noticed that my biker tan seems to be semi-permanent. It's faded some but I am still two-toned.
Was thinking about Mexico and noticed that my biker tan seems to be semi-permanent. It's faded some but I am still two-toned.
CycloneErik
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What I've learned (or had reinforced) this tax season:
1. Companies and schools are quite aggressive with the idea of not withholding when the charts say you're a low earner. I get it, but that comes back to bite us multiple job people.
2. Somewhere along the line, answers to come later this afternoon, ISU changed the pay from our verbal agreement, so I missed out on $1600 or more.
3. If your employer didn't withhold at all, but you earned a bunch more, even the bit that's in that next tax bracket will crush you.
4. The IRS has an online calculator so you can tinker with this stuff during the year if you're up on it. That would have required a less fried me, but it's there and sounds very handy.
5. Never again with the part-time thing. Just never again. I don't think anyone's calling me anyway, so big words, but never again. That was a massive, unforced, unnecessary mistake.
6. If anyone needs a kidney and wants to pay top dollar, I'm listening.
1. Companies and schools are quite aggressive with the idea of not withholding when the charts say you're a low earner. I get it, but that comes back to bite us multiple job people.
2. Somewhere along the line, answers to come later this afternoon, ISU changed the pay from our verbal agreement, so I missed out on $1600 or more.
3. If your employer didn't withhold at all, but you earned a bunch more, even the bit that's in that next tax bracket will crush you.
4. The IRS has an online calculator so you can tinker with this stuff during the year if you're up on it. That would have required a less fried me, but it's there and sounds very handy.
5. Never again with the part-time thing. Just never again. I don't think anyone's calling me anyway, so big words, but never again. That was a massive, unforced, unnecessary mistake.
6. If anyone needs a kidney and wants to pay top dollar, I'm listening.
TV stations are reporting 10-1/2 inches in Dirty Dodge. Tico traffic may suffer……
I quit using the electric starter fairly quickly. My Poulan almost always starts on the first pull.
Had a ariens 824 electric start worked good on it. It stayed in WI. Now shovels, blades, and loaders.
I LOVE finding about changes affecting my role through the grapevine and not from my manager.
CycloneErik
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In the old check printing plant, that's how you found out you weren't getting the new role or promotion. When managers leaked your name out, that was the first hint. It was interesting. When someone would come up to me and say they'd heard about me and that spot, I smiled outwardly while inside I knew it was done and tried to figure out what happened.
Wanted to "dislike" due to the contents of this post. Also wanted to "win" it due to correct use of "role". I get so tired of people posting something about the "roll" a player is handling. We aren't a bake shop...
I was having problems starting my single stage Toro for a couple of years. The first start of the year would take about half an hour. After that it was about a 5 minute process. I felt so dumb when I noticed that the primer bulb was split all along the bottom so it was doing nothing. About $2-3 for the part and about 5 minutes of cursing getting the thing on and I was back up and running. Starts like a champ now.
My electric start worked for about 5-7 years and then is started sounding like a grinder wheel so I just stopped using it. The pull start is fine for me. I never checked into what it would take to get the starter working properly again. It is of limited usefulness anyway since it is powered by plugging a short cord into a wall outlet
My Ariens is fine if it's in the heated 2 stall. The unheated stall where it normally is, not so much. If I fix the primer, it will probably be fine, but I just have to get it done.
I have a 1027. Had a snapper before, like a 624, but that didn't throw the snow far enough and in heavy snows like this, I was blowing it twice and in big years, I had some pretty tall banks right along the driveway. My Ariens will clear the house if I'm on the south side of the drive, so that's putting it about 60 foot. Comes in handy when you get lots of snow.
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