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Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh |
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:09:39 -0600, Jim Joyce
wrote: Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Yowser ! That's quite the pour ! I'd like to know the background story. John T. |
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On 11/27/2020 12:09 PM, Jim Joyce wrote:
Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Cannot imagine a pour like that. I'd think they would put some filler in first and pout the last 8" or so. |
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In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 27 Nov 2020 13:22:48 -0500, Ed Pawlowski
wrote: On 11/27/2020 12:09 PM, Jim Joyce wrote: Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Cannot imagine a pour like that. I'd think they would put some filler in first and pout the last 8" or so. If you turn the sound on, I think they'r speaking some strange language. |
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:29:32 -0500, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 27 Nov 2020 13:22:48 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 11/27/2020 12:09 PM, Jim Joyce wrote: Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Cannot imagine a pour like that. I'd think they would put some filler in first and pout the last 8" or so. If you turn the sound on, I think they'r speaking some strange language. Maybe the guy has 4" legs. Suddenly, the concrete isn't so deep. |
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On 11/27/20 11:09 AM, Jim Joyce wrote:
Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Rebar? Wire mesh? |
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:35:53 -0600, Dean Hoffman
wrote: On 11/27/20 11:09 AM, Jim Joyce wrote: Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Rebar? Wire mesh? I would have liked to see more video to get those questions answered. |
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 20:05:18 -0600, Jim Joyce
wrote: On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:35:53 -0600, Dean Hoffman wrote: On 11/27/20 11:09 AM, Jim Joyce wrote: Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Rebar? Wire mesh? I would have liked to see more video to get those questions answered. I bet that isn't "concrete" per se but the grout like they use to backfill over drain pipes. It is a very lean mix that is mostly just there to provide mass that won't wash away. They did that here on a blow out in the road from a leaking storm drain pipe. They brought it up to about 4" below the grade of the road and finished it with asphalt. It was almost 10 yards of material to span an 18' road. (4' wide and ~4' deep). |
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On 11/27/20 11:09 AM, Jim Joyce wrote:
Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Concrete does not "pour" and cement does not "dry." |
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On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 08:12:34 -0800, RosemontCrest
wrote: On 11/27/20 11:09 AM, Jim Joyce wrote: Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Concrete does not "pour" and cement does not "dry." True but I was trying not to be pedantic. |
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On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 12:09:47 PM UTC-5, Jim Joyce wrote:
Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Obviously, pros would call it curing. |
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On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 08:12:34 -0800, RosemontCrest
wrote: On 11/27/20 11:09 AM, Jim Joyce wrote: Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Concrete does not "pour" I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called? and cement does not "dry." I assume you meant to say concrete, of which cement is only one ingredient, and whoever created the imgur link is responsible for using the word 'dry'. I just copied the title from there. |
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On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 1:53:50 PM UTC-5, Jim Joyce wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 08:12:34 -0800, RosemontCrest wrote: On 11/27/20 11:09 AM, Jim Joyce wrote: Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Concrete does not "pour" I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called? Beats me, that's how I've always heard it referred to. We're going to pour the foundation tomorrow. and cement does not "dry." I assume you meant to say concrete, of which cement is only one ingredient, and whoever created the imgur link is responsible for using the word 'dry'. I just copied the title from there. |
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On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:34:56 -0500, Ralph Mowery
wrote: In article , says... Concrete does not "pour" I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called? Beats me, that's how I've always heard it referred to. We're going to pour the foundation tomorrow. I would like to know too what it is called when concrete is 'installed'. Looked up pour concrete and pouring concrete and got hundreds of hits of that. I am having a carport garage installed now and I will try to remember to ask the construction crew what it is called when the concrete is brought out. Back in my high school days, two summers were spent _pouring_ concrete - floors only - for smallish commercial/industrial buildings. It was great pay compared to the other high-school jobs ! but long hard work days. It made me realize what I didn't want to do for the rest of my life ! John T. |
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On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 11:09:18 -0800 (PST), trader_4
wrote: On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 1:53:50 PM UTC-5, Jim Joyce wrote: On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 08:12:34 -0800, RosemontCrest wrote: On 11/27/20 11:09 AM, Jim Joyce wrote: Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Concrete does not "pour" I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called? Beats me, that's how I've always heard it referred to. We're going to pour the foundation tomorrow. The technical term in "place" and when concrete slump starts getting down around 3 it doesn't really "pour". Most homeowners mix concrete far too wet (high slump) and it will tend to be less strong when it cures but for most things that is not an issue. |
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On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:22:09 -0500, wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:34:56 -0500, Ralph Mowery wrote: In article , says... Concrete does not "pour" I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called? Beats me, that's how I've always heard it referred to. We're going to pour the foundation tomorrow. I would like to know too what it is called when concrete is 'installed'. Looked up pour concrete and pouring concrete and got hundreds of hits of that. I am having a carport garage installed now and I will try to remember to ask the construction crew what it is called when the concrete is brought out. Back in my high school days, two summers were spent _pouring_ concrete - floors only - for smallish commercial/industrial buildings. It was great pay compared to the other high-school jobs ! but long hard work days. It made me realize what I didn't want to do for the rest of my life ! John T. Anything more than a yard or so and I hire a crew. I do have contacts in the biz and I know some good guys. A lot of Craigslist types are really bad at it. Up to a yard my wife and I will do it with my mixer. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Judy%20mixing%20mud.jpg |
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On 11/28/2020 12:35 PM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:22:09 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:34:56 -0500, Ralph Mowery wrote: In article , says... Concrete does not "pour" I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called? Beats me, that's how I've always heard it referred to. We're going to pour the foundation tomorrow. I would like to know too what it is called when concrete is 'installed'. Looked up pour concrete and pouring concrete and got hundreds of hits of that. I am having a carport garage installed now and I will try to remember to ask the construction crew what it is called when the concrete is brought out. Back in my high school days, two summers were spent _pouring_ concrete - floors only - for smallish commercial/industrial buildings. It was great pay compared to the other high-school jobs ! The kid who mowed my lawn in high school, even during the school year iirc, laughed about his friends who worked at McDonalds. He made about 3 times what they did. I was the kid who mowed my lawn in high school. |
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In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 28 Nov 2020 21:00:14 -0800, Bob F
wrote: On 11/28/2020 12:35 PM, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:22:09 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:34:56 -0500, Ralph Mowery wrote: In article , says... Concrete does not "pour" I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called? Beats me, that's how I've always heard it referred to. We're going to pour the foundation tomorrow. I would like to know too what it is called when concrete is 'installed'. Looked up pour concrete and pouring concrete and got hundreds of hits of that. I am having a carport garage installed now and I will try to remember to ask the construction crew what it is called when the concrete is brought out. Back in my high school days, two summers were spent _pouring_ concrete - floors only - for smallish commercial/industrial buildings. It was great pay compared to the other high-school jobs ! The kid who mowed my lawn in high school, even during the school year iirc, laughed about his friends who worked at McDonalds. He made about 3 times what they did. I was the kid who mowed my lawn in high school. So did I. I meant to say when I was grown and working, a high school kid mowed my lawn. After he went off to college, all the kids around here were little. I told the first kid's mother, even though he's VP, I want him to mow my lawn when he comes to visit. |
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On 11/28/2020 11:34 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article , says... Concrete does not "pour" I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called? Beats me, that's how I've always heard it referred to. We're going to pour the foundation tomorrow. I would like to know too what it is called when concrete is 'installed'. Looked up pour concrete and pouring concrete and got hundreds of hits of that. I am having a carport garage installed now and I will try to remember to ask the construction crew what it is called when the concrete is brought out. Viscous cement (e.g. Portland cement) is mixed and poured. Cement cures to form solid concrete. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cement https://www.dictionary.com/browse/concrete |
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On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 11:00:29 PM UTC-6, Bob F wrote:
On 11/28/2020 12:35 PM, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:22:09 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:34:56 -0500, Ralph Mowery wrote: In article , says... Concrete does not "pour" I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called? Beats me, that's how I've always heard it referred to. We're going to pour the foundation tomorrow. I would like to know too what it is called when concrete is 'installed'. Looked up pour concrete and pouring concrete and got hundreds of hits of that. I am having a carport garage installed now and I will try to remember to ask the construction crew what it is called when the concrete is brought out. Back in my high school days, two summers were spent _pouring_ concrete - floors only - for smallish commercial/industrial buildings. It was great pay compared to the other high-school jobs ! The kid who mowed my lawn in high school, even during the school year iirc, laughed about his friends who worked at McDonalds. He made about 3 times what they did. I was the kid who mowed my lawn in high school. good for you!! When I bought my house, the neighbor asked me if I would hire her kid to mow my lawn. He charged more than almost any commercial provider so I never did. She said he needed to work mowing lawns because he could not work at McDonalds because he had to spend all day working out to build up muscle mass so he could get a football scholarship Kid was pretty large already. I obviously did not hire him. For one thing, I had a lawn mower and I was able to do it myself. I enjoyed it and I learned a lot about machines taking care of the mower. Win Win I eventually had to hire a reliable company because I was away for extended periods and actually got a citation from the city when I let it go too long mk5000 No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else. Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694-1773), British statesman, man of letters. Letter, 7 August 1749, in The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son (1774). |
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In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:16:27 -0800 (PST), marika
wrote: On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 11:00:29 PM UTC-6, Bob F wrote: On 11/28/2020 12:35 PM, micky wrote: In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:22:09 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:34:56 -0500, Ralph Mowery wrote: In article , says... Concrete does not "pour" I have only ever heard of concrete being poured. What else is it called? Beats me, that's how I've always heard it referred to. We're going to pour the foundation tomorrow. I would like to know too what it is called when concrete is 'installed'. Looked up pour concrete and pouring concrete and got hundreds of hits of that. I am having a carport garage installed now and I will try to remember to ask the construction crew what it is called when the concrete is brought out. Back in my high school days, two summers were spent _pouring_ concrete - floors only - for smallish commercial/industrial buildings. It was great pay compared to the other high-school jobs ! The kid who mowed my lawn in high school, even during the school year iirc, laughed about his friends who worked at McDonalds. He made about 3 times what they did. I was the kid who mowed my lawn in high school. good for you!! When I bought my house, the neighbor asked me if I would hire her kid to mow my lawn. He charged more than almost any commercial provider so I never did. She said he needed to work mowing lawns because he could not work at McDonalds because he had to spend all day working out to build up muscle mass so he could get a football scholarship Kid was pretty large already. I obviously did not hire him. For one thing, I had a lawn mower and I was able to do it myself. I enjoyed it and I learned a lot about machines taking care of the mower. Some kids use the owners' lawn mowers. I don't remember what that kid used but I'm sure I already had one. After he went off to college, it broke and I got a second one and it broke and I spent weeks trying to make one work, by taking parts from one for the other, and then the other way around. Finally one day after I'd pretty much given up someone stole both of them. I'll bet he was surprised when he got home. And it was a relief for me. I have an end-of-group townhouse so the yard is still small so then I got an electric. It starts every time. Win Win I eventually had to hire a reliable company because I was away for extended periods and actually got a citation from the city when I let it go too long Wow. No one ever gave me an award for my lawn. mk5000 No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else. Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694-1773), British statesman, man of letters. Letter, 7 August 1749, in The Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son (1774). |
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On Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:18:16 -0500, micky wrote:
Some kids use the owners' lawn mowers. I don't remember what that kid used but I'm sure I already had one. After he went off to college, it broke and I got a second one and it broke and I spent weeks trying to make one work, by taking parts from one for the other, and then the other way around. Finally one day after I'd pretty much given up someone stole both of them. I'll bet he was surprised when he got home. And it was a relief for me. I have an end-of-group townhouse so the yard is still small so then I got an electric. It starts every time. My next door neighbor got a battery powered Ryobi riding mower earlier this year. Like you say, it starts every time. She loves it. She used to mow every 3-4 weeks, but since getting the electric model she was out there every weekend. I offered to make a drink holder for it. |
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My next door neighbor got a battery powered Ryobi riding mower earlier this year. Like you say, it starts every time. She loves it. She used to mow every 3-4 weeks, but since getting the electric model she was out there every weekend. I offered to make a drink holder for it. For years I've been wondering when a decent battery-powered lawn tractor would be available ! It seems the _perfect_ application for the technology - put a solar charger on the shed roof - it sits all week on charge - if it can last about 2 - 3 hours on a full charge most homeowners would be A-OK. my half-acre is easily done in an hour Battery life and replacement cost would be a big factor. https://tinyurl.com/yxhjhowb https://greenworkscommercial.com/rz4...ero-turn-mower Greenworks also offers 52" & 60" decks - $ 15 grand price range. John T. |
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Jim Joyce writes:
On Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:18:16 -0500, micky wrote: Some kids use the owners' lawn mowers. I don't remember what that kid used but I'm sure I already had one. After he went off to college, it broke and I got a second one and it broke and I spent weeks trying to make one work, by taking parts from one for the other, and then the other way around. Finally one day after I'd pretty much given up someone stole both of them. I'll bet he was surprised when he got home. And it was a relief for me. I have an end-of-group townhouse so the yard is still small so then I got an electric. It starts every time. My next door neighbor got a battery powered Ryobi riding mower earlier this year. Like you say, it starts every time. She loves it. She used to mow every 3-4 weeks, but since getting the electric model she was out there every weekend. I offered to make a drink holder for it. This year I got an Ego self-propelled battery powered walk behind mower. I must have been mowing every 5 days I liked it so much. The lawns have never looked so good. -- Dan Espen |
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My next door neighbor got a battery powered Ryobi riding mower earlier this year. Like you say, it starts every time. She loves it. She used to mow every 3-4 weeks, but since getting the electric model she was out there every weekend. I offered to make a drink holder for it. For years I've been wondering when a decent battery-powered lawn tractor would be available ! It seems the _perfect_ application for the technology - put a solar charger on the shed roof - it sits all week on charge - if it can last about 2 - 3 hours on a full charge most homeowners would be A-OK. my half-acre is easily done in an hour Battery life and replacement cost would be a big factor. https://tinyurl.com/yxhjhowb https://greenworkscommercial.com/rz4...ero-turn-mower Greenworks also offers 52" & 60" decks - $ 15 grand price range. John T. I'm on 7/8ths of an acre. I don't need a tractor, the Ego self propelled does it all in 1 shot. I feel guilty enough not pushing, I don't think I need to graduate to sitting the whole time. -- Dan Espen |
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On Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:05:43 -0500, wrote:
My next door neighbor got a battery powered Ryobi riding mower earlier this year. Like you say, it starts every time. She loves it. She used to mow every 3-4 weeks, but since getting the electric model she was out there every weekend. I offered to make a drink holder for it. For years I've been wondering when a decent battery-powered lawn tractor would be available ! It seems the _perfect_ application for the technology - put a solar charger on the shed roof - it sits all week on charge - if it can last about 2 - 3 hours on a full charge most homeowners would be A-OK. my half-acre is easily done in an hour Battery life and replacement cost would be a big factor. https://tinyurl.com/yxhjhowb https://greenworkscommercial.com/rz4...ero-turn-mower Greenworks also offers 52" & 60" decks - $ 15 grand price range. John T. You forget Newton Gingrich's "electric ox" from just down the road in Baden a few decades back? Just checked - they are still in existance - Electric Tractor Corporation. planning in bringing out the new Ox2 http://www.electrictractor.com/electric-tractor-video/ |
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My next door neighbor got a battery powered Ryobi riding mower earlier this year. Like you say, it starts every time. She loves it. She used to mow every 3-4 weeks, but since getting the electric model she was out there every weekend. I offered to make a drink holder for it. For years I've been wondering when a decent battery-powered lawn tractor would be available ! It seems the _perfect_ application for the technology - put a solar charger on the shed roof - it sits all week on charge - if it can last about 2 - 3 hours on a full charge most homeowners would be A-OK. my half-acre is easily done in an hour Battery life and replacement cost would be a big factor. https://tinyurl.com/yxhjhowb https://greenworkscommercial.com/rz4...ero-turn-mower I dunno - it claims 2.25 acres but only 1 hour of runtime. It takes me almost three hours with my 48" John Deere to mow 2.5 acres. Takes 7 hours to charge. $7,000. About 3x the cost of a JD 100-series. |
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Clare Snyder writes:
On Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:05:43 -0500, wrote: My next door neighbor got a battery powered Ryobi riding mower earlier this year. Like you say, it starts every time. She loves it. She used to mow every 3-4 weeks, but since getting the electric model she was out there every weekend. I offered to make a drink holder for it. For years I've been wondering when a decent battery-powered lawn tractor would be available ! It seems the _perfect_ application for the technology - put a solar charger on the shed roof - it sits all week on charge - if it can last about 2 - 3 hours on a full charge most homeowners would be A-OK. my half-acre is easily done in an hour Battery life and replacement cost would be a big factor. https://tinyurl.com/yxhjhowb https://greenworkscommercial.com/rz4...ero-turn-mower Greenworks also offers 52" & 60" decks - $ 15 grand price range. John T. You forget Newton Gingrich's "electric ox" from just down the road in Baden a few decades back? Just checked - they are still in existance - Electric Tractor Corporation. planning in bringing out the new Ox2 http://www.electrictractor.com/electric-tractor-video/ From 2017: "Richard Zirger, Chair and CEO of Electric Tractor Inc. announced today plans to speed up the completion of the Company's new generation electric tractor. A multi-year effort to access equity financing from the public marketplace in the U.S. has not materialized. Given the current uncertain regulatory and public investment climate facing clean tech/green tech start-ups in the U.S., all activities of Electric Tractor Corp. (a registered Wyoming public corporation that is also filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) are on hold" "ETi will start a compressed development cycle this September accessing an enthusiastic and able engineering talent pool equipped with advanced design and testing tools. Completion of the transformation of the exciting new generation OX2 series from drawing board to manufacturing ready is underway. First product is scheduled for market release by early 2019." http://www.electrictractor.com/news/ |
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On Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:30:56 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote: On Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:05:43 -0500, wrote: My next door neighbor got a battery powered Ryobi riding mower earlier this year. Like you say, it starts every time. She loves it. She used to mow every 3-4 weeks, but since getting the electric model she was out there every weekend. I offered to make a drink holder for it. For years I've been wondering when a decent battery-powered lawn tractor would be available ! It seems the _perfect_ application for the technology - put a solar charger on the shed roof - it sits all week on charge - if it can last about 2 - 3 hours on a full charge most homeowners would be A-OK. my half-acre is easily done in an hour Battery life and replacement cost would be a big factor. https://tinyurl.com/yxhjhowb https://greenworkscommercial.com/rz4...ero-turn-mower Greenworks also offers 52" & 60" decks - $ 15 grand price range. John T. You forget Newton Gingrich's "electric ox" from just down the road in Baden a few decades back? Just checked - they are still in existance - Electric Tractor Corporation. planning in bringing out the new Ox2 http://www.electrictractor.com/electric-tractor-video/ A friend - who was a keen young engineer once - helped with the early designs and owned a proto-type. Was it called something different in the early days ? .. I tried google-ing it before your post and couldn't remember the company name - Ox doesn't ring-a-bell .. might just be my bad memory. John T. |
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On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 19:40:11 -0500, Ralph Mowery posted for all of us to digest... In article , says... $7,000. About 3x the cost of a JD 100-series. The JD 100 series is ok for light duty, but not for pulling hills or doing anything requiring heavy pulling with the rear wheels. The transaxel will wear out in about 300 hours. Did that. The mower would pull fine on flat ground, but about 2 trips up the 100 foot long hill I have and it quits moving. That mower is a POS that came out to compete with the low end mowers. Should have paid the $ 8000 for a good mower for my 1.5 acers I mow. Thinking about it this summer. Find a crew that does it for you. $8k will buy you a lot of mowing with less aggravation and maintenance. IMHO What's your thoughts? -- Tekkie |
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Thats gonna take 3 years to dry
On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 1:22:59 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 11/27/2020 12:09 PM, Jim Joyce wrote: Serious concrete pour. This is not how I would have done it, but maybe that's why I'm not a pro. https://imgur.com/gallery/vJB4Boh Cannot imagine a pour like that. I'd think they would put some filler in first and pout the last 8" or so. I had to fill a pit like that when I worked in a cardboard box factory. The pit was excavated for a machine that was delayed and we needed to bring it back to grade for a few months for safety. I had them fill with pea gravel and pour (place!) the top six inches with concrete, then when the machine was ready we broke the concrete and removed the pea gravel. At work now we call a very wet low strength concrete "flowable fill." We use it for space filling like voids or an underground tank we can't get out. I would say that qualifies as pouring. |
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