Spring has sprung..

[pgkevet]

..but not what you think :-)

 

Late morning and I dragged the rough cutter/land clearer across a couple of hundred yards of boggy garden to a dry area I've been working at to clear big lumpy tussocks of grass..the sort of thing you have to go over about a dozen times with the engine threatening to stall - or stalling and yet another pull start..slow work for this old man .. two hours yesterday and I was wiped!

 

So having dragged the cutter across, primed and gave a yank on the cord.. and it snapped. One of those days..

 

..drag it back across the boggy bit to the tool barn.

..fire up compressor and blow it clean

..work out how the darn thing comes apart.

..yeah, a non standard nut size..the one socket not in the kit!

..dig about to find where the heck I might have put that..found.

..dismantle..retrieve rest of cord.

..No, I haven't got any that thickness in my supplies.

..drive to the nearest village.

..hardware store No1 - closed

..hardware store No2 - 'We'll have some next wdnesday"

..start to drive to next town..

..stop at agricutural machine place on the way - Yea! He has some..gives me a couple of meters freebie..

..drive home

..undo the reel holder - carefully...but..

 

Sprrroooiiiinnngg...as a huge coil of spring goes dancing across the barn..

 

..2 hours later I take a break from trying to fight the darned thing back in...

..coffee

..1 and a half hours later I take a break from trying to fight the darned thing in

..supper

..2 hours in front of the telly fighting the darned thing in..

 

Success!

 

..not the most productive day..

[NFG]

Hi

 

Ten out of ten for effort though,

 

Im sure when certain things are designed, they think - now how can we make this a real bugger to fix!

[likeitorlumpit]

We've all had days like that

Sometimes I wonder if you could have advance warning and just not even get up:001_smile:

[pgkevet]

..at least it didn't take long to re-assemble the rest and works..even better the cord recoil is now better tensioned than before and i've got yesterday's job finished.

 

I think i'll invest in an alcohol reward tonight :-)

 

..now to get today's chores sorted...