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Depending on where you are, the garden is started or the snow is melting.  It doesn’t matter because soon spring will be here and you will have to get out the equipment and start cutting, mowing and trimming.   I have been looking over the stuff coming to the shop and the number one issue so far this spring has been gas problems.  What happened was people put away the equipment last year without stabilizing or cutting off the fuel to the carb and it is all gunked up.   If you happen to find that your engine will not...

Every year we buy new stuff.  I know my garage is full of kits, parts and tools I always have needed and never use.  It is hard sometimes to even know what I have still in the garage.  I can’t stand having chargers to drills I don’t have anymore, or drills with batteries that the chargers are missing. Out with the junk.  The jig saws without blades, the drills that don’t work, broken screw drivers and hammers that the handle just need to be replaced.  Its it going to happen and this year.   I am not going to pretend...

The winter is here and did you protect the pumps and pressure washers in your home from freezing? I know I have a boat, pressure washer, pump and sprayers in my garage. Here are a few ideas how to treat and prevent freezing in your equipment. If you don’t do this, the water will freeze, expand and crack the housings. Most of the time this will destroy the equipment and in the cases of pumps or boats it is very expensive to repair. While its best to take it into a shop, here are some ideas to consider if you...

There are many different marketing tricks that will be used to get you to choose one brand over another.  In general all that matters is price,  the weight that you can handle, and what is the maximum volume of air it will blow. I begin by deciding what I can afford.  I can wish all I want for a better tool but unless I have the money, I cant have it.  Secondly, I like to pick it up and handle the blower.  If you have arthritis you might consider a small back pack blower as your hands won’t have to...

I live in the South West, and I know the majority of the country is right now under several feet of cold wet snow, but for us on the leading edge of spring, we are beginning to see life in the yard. Most of it is weeds that are cold tolerant, like mustard and other types of grasses. With weeds comes the desire to get rid of them as well. Before you pull out the mower, or trimmer to start a spring clean up, you need to be ready and have on hand the supplies you might need to de...