tahir
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Broke me bitsHired powerbarrow and bought rotovator have both stopped working.
Drive belt keeps coming off the Loadrunner barrow, MTD rotovator is no longer turning...
This veg plot is taking a lot longer than anticipated. 
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Bernie66
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Re: Broke me bits | tahir wrote: | Hired powerbarrow and bought rotovator have both stopped working.
Drive belt keeps coming off the Loadrunner barrow, MTD rotovator is no longer turning...
This veg plot is taking a lot longer than anticipated. |
Doesn't sound as painful as what I first imagined when I saw the thread title though! 
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moongoddess
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Phew! *those* bits - I really was concerned there for a moment 
mg x
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gil
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Re: Broke me bits | tahir wrote: | | This veg plot is taking a lot longer than anticipated. |
Don't they always ?
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Bernie66
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You can say that again
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Windymiller
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have a nearly new electric lawnmower which has started throwing its belt, I'll try a new belt first. Cutting my Leylandii off, below ground level, really knackers the teeth on my Skil electric chainsaw. Guess what I'll be doing first thing tomorrow!
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Rob R
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It's finally dried up enough here, but my tools are a bit more basic- so far the stainless spade has yet to fail, but with 288 square metres of veg bads to prepare, I could be some time
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hardworkinghippy
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This seems to be a common complaint at Easter...
We borrowed a bulldozer to clear some land for new fencing - definately quicker than doing it by hand!
The 'dozer got stuck then the tracks stopped working and we had no idea what was wrong and no workshop manual  After a day of contacting people who could help, we finally got it off the slope with a crane and two tractors (it's a really heavy beastie) then a manual turned up from a friend of a friend and the dozer's now dismantled waiting for parts. 
I don't get too involved with all the macho driving stuff, but I have to feed and water all the guys, calm them down and clean all the oily fingerprints off everything. 
I imagine that one day I'll be able to pop into the garden wearing a pretty new Easter hat and some nice little gloves and cut a few fresh flowers for the table....
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Treacodactyl
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| hardworkinghippy wrote: | | We borrowed a bulldozer to clear some land for new fencing |
Don't give Tahir ideas.
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dpack
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 i kill landrovers
if light kit fails "it just broke gov"
the hols the hols .
it wasnt toes 
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Blacksmith
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If its a "V" belt, tension it a bit more, that should help it stay put.
If its a slipping belt, try a spot of black treacle. ( old fitters trick) works on slipping fan/alternator belts.
There are commercially available belt spray dressings, but black treacle works well !
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