All garden machines started first go...

[Simon Davey]

Before winter set in, I put some Screwfix fuel stabiliser in the cans I have for my garden machinery. 

Apart from one machine, I always have trouble getting them all going again, even if I try running them a couple of times during the winter. 

Not this season though! 

My two stroke line trimmer and my brush cutter both started second pull. 

Push along mower first press of the button, and my skanky old ride on mower only took  a few seconds turning over to start. 

Even the pressure washer started first pull. 

I'll definitely be doing the same again next winter. 

We don't have some posh estate, just a little farm, but boy does it need cutting and trimming all through the spring. 

Edited March 18, 2024 by Simon Davey

[husoi]

get a goat  

they are excellent lawnmowers  

[RideWithStyles]

SD - which one? that would be helpful for other people...

H- great for milk too and yt fails.

[Simon Davey]

2 hours ago, husoi said:

get a goat  

they are excellent lawnmowers  

 

They would scare the horses, and me. 

[Simon Davey]

2 hours ago, RideWithStyles said:

SD - which one? that would be helpful for other people...

H- great for milk too and yt fails.

 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-fuel-additive-250ml/9631x

[Nick the wanderer]

The only problem I have with fuel stabilisers is l don't know when I'm going to take the thing off the road. I ride up to the point of being too cold and the roads being salted. That varies from year to year and I seem to fuel up on the way back in after going out so it's ready to go straight out on.

[RideWithStyles]

simples -  add it to the to bike with a quick static warm up the week after you definitely decided not to ride anytime after that...

[Nick the wanderer]

Yeah that's simple enough l wonder why l never thought of that. DOH.

[Tiggie]

Started my lawnmower (Honda) on 2nd pull today which is usual no matter when I go to start it. It's an absolute workhorse, belonged to my Father-in-law when he had a landscaping company so is complete overkill for my needs.

 

As for my Stihl strimmer I just didn't have the energy today to try and get that bast*rd started

 

 

[Nick the wanderer]

I'm putting off starting anything garden related for as long as possible..

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

I just  bought this bit of garden machinery.  I'm having trouble finding where to put petrol into it.

 

 

Edited March 20, 2024 by Mississippi Bullfrog

[Simon Davey]

Is that for planting? 

The only gardening I know is cutting, trimming, mowing and tree chopping. 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

37 minutes ago, Simon Davey said:

Is that for planting? 

The only gardening I know is cutting, trimming, mowing and tree chopping. 

It is for putting holes in the lawn, the four spines are hollow. Hopefully it will help with drainage as it gets a lot of moss. 

[Yorky]

14 hours ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

It is for putting holes in the lawn, the four spines are hollow. Hopefully it will help with drainage as it gets a lot of moss. 

Ooooh, that's a thankless task.

I know, the wife complains about it every year.