ICE Gardening equipment

[gromit]

I know a lot of forum members are using battery powered gardening equipment but I'm still playing with ICE stuff.

Picked up a Kaaz brushcutter today powered by a Mitsubishi motor.
Gave it a clean, found the foam air filter had decomposed, topped up the tank and it runs perfectly.
Slight leak from the grommet where the fuel pipes enter the tank but found them cheap on Ebay along with air filters.
The young bloke thought it was funny that Kaaz make LSD's and gardening equipment....

Next a Homelite chainsaw that played up a few years ago, wouldn't re-start when hot then didn't like starting at all.
I left it in the shed and moved on to another chainsaw. Recently I decided to get an aftermarket coil pack from Ebay. Fitted it today, now it starts OK and re-started when hot. Just need to either replace or sharpen the chain,.
A few years ago picked up an Oregon electric chain sharpener at the Trash & Treasures market for $3. I'll have a go at sharpening the old chain.

There's a Jonsered chainsaw collected from hard rubbish. Starts & runs but missing the top cover, unfortunately parts are difficult to find so it's not being used.

Next job is getting a couple of Stihl whipper snippers I was given running, one is a re-badged Shindaiwa.
I'll probably move these on.

What I do need is a petrol chipper/mulcher.

No plans to go battery when ICE stuff is so cheap secondhand or off hard rubbish.

Colin

[Lionelgee]

I know a lot of forum member are using battery powered gardening equipment but I'm still playing with ICE stuff.

Picked up a Kaaz brushcutter today powered by a Mitsubishi motor.
Gave it a clean, found the foam air filter had decomposed, topped up the tank and it runs perfectly.
Slight leak from the grommet where the fuel pipes enter the tank but found them cheap on Ebay along with air filters.
The young bloke thought it was funny that Kaaz make LSD's and gardening equipment....

Next a Homelite chainsaw that played up a few years ago, wouldn't re-start when hot then didn't like starting at all.
I left it in the shed and moved on to another chainsaw. Recently I decided to get an aftermarket coil pack from Ebay. Fitted it today, now it starts OK and re-started when hot. Just need to either replace or sharpen the chain,.
A few years ago picked up an Oregon electric chain sharpener at the Trash & Treasures market for $3. I'll have a go at sharpening the old chain.

There's a Jonsered chainsaw collected from hard rubbish. Starts & runs but missing the top cover, unfortunately parts are difficult to find so it's not being used.

Next job is getting a couple of Stihl whipper snippers I was given running, one is a re-badged Shindaiwa.
I'll probably move these on.

What I do need is a petrol chipper/mulcher.

No plans to go battery when ICE stuff is so cheap secondhand or off hard rubbish.

Colin

G'day Colin,

I thought ICE was a brand for a while. Then I paused to think ... Internal Combustion Engine = ICE. Must be late on a Sunday night. Well that is my excuse for the moment anyway.

Kind regards
Lionel

[austastar]

Hi,
I have a 4stroke muncher and my son has an electric one.
https://youtu.be/TncG_M40q4Q'si=sMcqWYks6zHf1sdq
Quieter, slower, starts easier, lighter and no fumes for me wins hands down.
Mine is so unpleasant to use I tend to put the job off until it is overwhelming and now hire a trash pack at $30 a pickup.
Cheers

[RANDLOVER]

G'day Colin,

I thought ICE was a brand for a while. Then I paused to think ... Internal Combustion Engine = ICE. Must be late on a Sunday night. Well that is my excuse for the moment anyway.

Kind regards
Lionel

Which is different again to using power tools while on "ice".

[Saitch]

Which is different again to using power tools while on "ice".

Chain ice.jpg

[JDNSW]

Maybe I have been reading too much US news - I first thought "Immigration & Customs Enforcement" (recently in the news for disappearing people who may or may not have been illegal immigrants, but had the wrong skin colour).

[gromit]

Maybe I have been reading too much US news - I first thought "Immigration & Customs Enforcement" (recently in the news for disappearing people who may or may not have been illegal immigrants, but had the wrong skin colour).

In Car Entertainment crossed my mind as another acronym.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2whVu5ZOdcs



Colin

[gromit]

I fired up the petrol broom earlier today, as I pumped the primer bulb fuel was leaking from somewhere.
I assumed it was the primer bulb but on investigation it turned out to be the fuel return line had cracked.

I keep fuel line 'in-stock' so carby & fuel tank off to replace both pipes as the supply was guaranteed to fail once I'd replaced the return line.

Blower cost $20 from a Trash & Treasure market 4 years ago and fuel line a few dollars from Ebay.

Colin

[DoubleChevron]

The trouble is they accumulate in the shed. The last one I picked up was an old oleo-mac 284f .... I think I it was $60 bucks with two bars. What a revelation. That thing has some serious grunt



some new fuel line and a carby clean .... and its away. Before you say it, yes I replaced and tightened the chain

[scarry]

I'll probably move these on.

What I do need is a petrol chipper/mulcher.

Colin

I had a Greenfield Piecemaker chipper for over 20yrs,it was really good but just a bit light on for what we needed.
Eventually the engine wore,vibrated badly and cracked the mounting plate.
If i knew you wanted one you could have had it,but it has gone to the scrap place.

Replaced it with a BWM chipper/mulcher recently,this one has more capacity and the Honda motor is quieter and easier to pull start.
It also works a lot faster,an electric one wouldn't do what we want.

I do have an electric Stihl Pole saw,it is great.If i needed another chain saw i would go electric for sure.
Still using the old 55 yr old Stihl we inherited from my father.Few parts are available for the older models,but we haven't needed any.
The spark plug lead rubbed through once,earthing onto the frame,causing it to stall on occasions.
That was an easy fix with a bit of tape.