Whats goin on out there

[1990RangerinSK]

I was entertaining a lady on my couch

TMI!!!

Jim, isn't this forum supposed to be G-rated?

 

[Craig0320]

TMI!!!

Jim, isn't this forum supposed to be G-rated?

G-spot rated.
Oh by the way that phrase is completely G-rated.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Was on an Alaskan cruise last week... got a cold on Sunday, went to Vancouver WA on Monday evening to get a 4407 transfer case for the white Explorer, 3 miles after that the planetary gears in the trans of said Explorer exploded... called in a favor and ended up getting home at midnight... now I have to rebuild that trans again... Tuesday I drove the Ranger to work and it has a serious exhaust leak somewhere that is annoying... yesterday drove the F350 which runs like a top now except the fuel gauge for the front tank doesn't work and the speedo/ODO don't work over 30mph... at least the battery drain issue on it was a bum battery pulling the other down.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Ive got so much broken shit right now not sure where to begin...

Got a floodin F250, a 2wd 4 wheeler thats supposed to be 4wd, a weed wacker that quit wackin, a pressure washer thats not pressure washin....

 

[det107]

I just competed in a race last weekend and took 2nd place. My co-driver and I rebuilt a 1980ish F100 shortbox truck that originally was 2wd and had been raced by someone else many years ago and literally saved from the scrap yard by another friend of ours. In the last 3 months but mostly the last 3 weeks we converted it to 4wd and put a different body on it, and made it run/drive/stop/relatively safe. Had a blast, my first time driving in any type of race and was just happy to finish without breaking, let alone taking 2nd.

 

[Ranger850]

Ive got so much broken shit right now not sure where to begin...

Got a floodin F250, a 2wd 4 wheeler thats supposed to be 4wd, a weed wacker that quit wackin, a pressure washer thats not pressure washin....

man! do you have anything that works properly?

 

[adsm08]

Well I am eating up and then I'm gonna get changed, loaded, and head out for fishing.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

man! do you have anything that works properly?

The ranger

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Ive got so much broken shit right now not sure where to begin...

Got a floodin F250, a 2wd 4 wheeler thats supposed to be 4wd, a weed wacker that quit wackin, a pressure washer thats not pressure washin....

I hate lawn equipment. I just spent two weeks trying mow the stinking yard.

Early last week I was trying to beat rain, mower started vibrating. I just decided it was with the deck and not the engine when the deck belt gave out. Blade had worn out and the back part broke off and the tip bent down. Get new blades and a belt but it keeps raining. Got it put back together Tuesday night and started mowing. It was heavy, wet and slow going and I ran out of gas. Wouldn’t restart until after dark. Last night I was really making hay (smelled like it anyway) and there was a pop and it quit moving. Figured “great the drive belt broke” so I pushed it up by the garage and called it a night resisting the urge to get my .44 and put it out of its misery. I go out this morning to try to grab the belt and maybe get a new one but it is fine. A stick maybe 5/16’dia jammed in the idler and locked the belt against the guide. Finally got it finished tonight... and I about need to start over.

 

[Curious Hound]

The rain is my fault. I started to build a shop over a month ago. It started raining the day after I started. Now I can't get anything done cause of all the rain and mud.

This message composed solely of recycled electrons. Go green!

 

[adsm08]

Rain is fun.

I remember about 8 years ago, when Hurricane Ike came up the East Coast. That was the summer we bought our first house, and I literally had to mow ever other day. And it would not rain maybe one out of every 4.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I hate lawn equipment. I just spent two weeks trying mow the stinking yard.

Early last week I was trying to beat rain, mower started vibrating. I just decided it was with the deck and not the engine when the deck belt gave out. Blade had worn out and the back part broke off and the tip bent down. Get new blades and a belt but it keeps raining. Got it put back together Tuesday night and started mowing. It was heavy, wet and slow going and I ran out of gas. Wouldn’t restart until after dark. Last night I was really making hay (smelled like it anyway) and there was a pop and it quit moving. Figured “great the drive belt broke” so I pushed it up by the garage and called it a night resisting the urge to get my .44 and put it out of its misery. I go out this morning to try to grab the belt and maybe get a new one but it is fine. A stick maybe 5/16’dia jammed in the idler and locked the belt against the guide. Finally got it finished tonight... and I about need to start over.

I got a sthil FS40 wacker, the clutch was locking up and making bad noises, so i got pissed and jammed a flat head screwdriver thru the cooling vent in the plastic down on the clutch housing and took out my frustrations with a rather good sized hammer.

Fired it back up and the clutch sounded even worse and was rapidly engageing/disengaging so i hit WOT, fully expecting to recieve this years darwin award when the clutch grenaded....

After about 3 mins of this everything began working.

 

[Ranger850]

I live in FL so it rains about everyday, then get ridiculously humid, so even when there is no rain it is hard to go outside unless you have too. I have to wait until about 6 in the evening before it is even manageable to do any labor. good thing it don't get dark until almost 9pm.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The rain is my fault. I started to build a shop over a month ago. It started raining the day after I started. Now I can't get anything done cause of all the rain and mud.

This message composed solely of recycled electrons. Go green!

I was wondering who I could blame...

Rain is fun.

I remember about 8 years ago, when Hurricane Ike came up the East Coast. That was the summer we bought our first house, and I literally had to mow ever other day. And it would not rain maybe one out of every 4.

Nice thing about living in the sticks is I don't have to be that fussy. As long as it looks decent from the road at 50mph its good. We had a dry spell so the grass actually went dormant for a bit, then monsoon season hit and wouldn't let go for awhile. Grass was at "kinda shaggy" stage but the weeds were terrible. Like stick weeds (wild carrot to be exact), not a lot of them but you had to go over each one like 3x with the mower. After the mower ran out of gas the second night I actually hit it with the tractor and shredder to knock the weeds down as I was waiting for the mower to cool down.

A lot easier on the allergies to use the tractor first I discovered. With a mower you are right there in the thick of the wild carrot stink, with the tractor you are going 3x faster and it is all 6' behind you.

I got a sthil FS40 wacker, the clutch was locking up and making bad noises, so i got pissed and jammed a flat head screwdriver thru the cooling vent in the plastic down on the clutch housing and took out my frustrations with a rather good sized hammer.

Fired it back up and the clutch sounded even worse and was rapidly engageing/disengaging so i hit WOT, fully expecting to recieve this years darwin award when the clutch grenaded....

After about 3 mins of this everything began working.

The joy of small engines...

You can have everything just right... or not and they will work... or not for no reason at all.

Knocking on wood my old GT-2100 Echo has been a tank. It is like 25-30 years old (it is orange from before Echo went gray in the mid 90's) and just keeps on going. Starts on the 4th-5th pull which is pretty good for being old enough to not have a primer bulb.

 

[Ranger850]

I have a BushEater or Bush Wacker, idk what it's called. I think its echo, it's old, its orange anyways, the thing is a BEAST. It basically can cut anything less than 1 1/4". No matter what kind of string I use. And I run two different types of string on the same head. One side gets the green square string , the other gets the orange twizzler looking string. Its like a handheld BUSH HOG.