Last fall I bought a new yard tractor to mow grass. It's a level up from the model we took on from the previous property owners, with a much sturdier mowing deck and improved steering. Now that I've had an opportunity to use it a couple of times, I'm able to judge its worth.
Performance is improved in all areas except one. Despite the inclusion of hose fittings to wash the underside of the deck with water, it collects grass and needs cleaning just the same as the previous one.
Since it was new, I decided to give the suggested water cleaning steps a chance, despite everything I've heard debunking the method. It just seems wrong to be getting the nooks and crannies of metal parts wet.
The results were as underwhelming as I'd expected.
Having mastered removing the deck for cleaning on the old mower, I figured it would be just as easy on this one, allowing me to turn it over to see the results directly.
In total neglect of checking any instructions, I boldly forged ahead to remove clips at the attachment points. Right away I realized, there was no handy lever to release tension on the belt. That didn't stop me from getting it apart, but I knew it was going to complicate getting it all hooked up again after I was done.
Flipping the deck quickly revealed the gross limitations of the water method for cleaning. That might work if all you did was cut a short length of grass blades from a lush lawn. My reality involves a lot more weeds, small branches, dirt, and dust, combined with occasional areas of thick, too-long grass which packs on a complex brick of debris to the underside of the deck.
The sprayed water didn't come close to being effective enough.
When it came time to reattach the deck, I made multiple futile attempts before finally wrestling all the clips in place at all the attachment points. All that remained was to get the belt over the pulley.
No matter what contortion of positions I tried, I didn't have enough hands or leverage to muscle that belt in place. I knew there must be a logical procedure I wasn't figuring out.
Yeah. This is the part where I went inside and consulted the manual again.
Surprise! There is a little square hole on the arm of the tensioning pulley intended for the post of a ratchet driver that would allow for enough leverage to get the belt over the engine pulley. Brilliant. Why didn't I think of that?
I also learned that I had removed two clips too many, which complicated the task unnecessarily.
So, cleaning the deck ends up being the same result as the old yard tractor, but properly informed, it will ultimately involve an easier process of removal and re-attachment.
Overall, I'm happy to report being very satisfied with the upgrade!
Good morning John, When you are only mowing a city lot the spigot on the mower deck work very good. But when I was mowing an acreage, I had to raise the deck to it's highest setting, drive the mower up on car ramps and reach under with a putty knife. I do see that Mill's Fleet Farm is now selling a hydraulic lift for lawn tractors ($140) that looks like it might raise it high enough to clean the deck with a pressure washer. Might be easier than removing the deck each time. Just a thought, have a great day!
I've actually surprised myself with how small an effort it has taken me to master a quick detach of the deck. Now, knowing how to properly do it on this new one, it seems even easier than ever.
A hydraulic lift is tempting, though. Thanks for your insights, Steve!


When we discuss cures for brain illnesses, like Alzheimer's disease and dementia, we tend to think far ahead in the future. Instead, we should be talking about preventative measures we can take now to ward off these ailments.
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William Kristol demands Obama start the war he already started
Kristol is outraged that Obama has done "nothing" against ISIS (except airstrikes and aid to Iraqi forces)
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2014/08/21/bill_kristol_demands_obama_start_the_war_he_already_started/
Simon Maloy
August 21, 2014 8:36PM (UTC)
One of the great failures of accountability in the last decade or so is the fact that William Kristol is still granted venues to pop off on the state of international affairs. The guy gets literally everything wrong, but he has a special knack for being catastrophically wrong when it comes to wars, of which he is a huge fan. "The battles of Afghanistan and Iraq have been won decisively and honorably," Kristol wrote in the Weekly Standard in April 2003. No one needs an explanation for how incorrect that statement was, but perhaps the best proof of its falsity is the fact that Kristol declared victory in Iraq again five years later.
With Iraq once more at the center of our foreign policy debate, Kristol – hired by ABC News as a contributor earlier this year – is again agitating for the U.S. to commit huge quantities of men and materiel to the region to combat the threat posed by ISIS, the terrorist group currently threatening the country's northern provinces. In response to the group's brutal murder of journalist James Foley, President Obama condemned ISIS in a televised statement: "From governments and peoples across the Middle East, there has to be a common effort to extract this cancer so that it does not spread. There has to be a clear rejection of this kind of nihilistic ideologies. One thing we can all agree on is that a group like ISIL has no place in the 21st century."
For Kristol, this statement was "appalling."
The president is appalled. Indeed he said this afternoon that "the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of Jim Foley by the terrorist group, ISIL." The act of violence that killed Jim Foley, the president continued, "shocks the conscience of the entire world."
What happens in the age of Obama to a group that does something that appalls and shocks the conscience of the entire world?
"Nothing" is a curious term for Kristol to use, since the administration has spent the past two week dropping explosives on ISIS and assisting Kurdish militias in halting and pushing back the terrorists' advance. Airstrikes were conducted on ISIS just yesterday. Their barbarous act of violence against an American journalist was their response to the air campaign the U.S. is conducting against them. You can criticize the extent of the action taken by the president, but it's not "nothing."
Kristol doesn't see it that way:
It's nice that "one thing we can all agree on is that a group like ISIL has no place in the 21st century." But the 21st century has a lot of years left. It would be nice if the president of the United States were acting to see to it that ISIL has no place in the world now.
At this point, you're probably wondering what (armchair) Gen. William Kristol would do to address the ISIS threat. Well, he offered his recommendation in another blog post: send 10,000 U.S. troops to Iraq to "annihilate ISIS." (He borrowed this strategy from Max Boot, another war agitator who feels no remorse and suffers no consequences for being so terribly wrong on Iraq in 2003.)
Apparently it's just that simple. It took 100,000+ U.S. troops years to make any progress against an entrenched terrorist element in Iraq, but surely a fraction of that number will have much greater success.
As you probably surmised, Kristol (and Boot) are grossly understating the military commitment required, and vastly overstating the promise of success. Foreign policy analysts who aren't constantly wrong have examined the situation and pointed out the impossibility of a neat-and-tidy quickie war against ISIS:
If destroying ISIL becomes the near-term policy goal—which seems the likely outcome of saying you are going to "roll back" the group—then 10,000-15,000 troops vastly understates the true commitment, which will actually require years, direct military action on both sides of the Iraq/Syria border, tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars, and many more than 15,000 troops. ISIL is an inherently resilient organization—look how far they have come since getting "rolled back" during the Surge in 2007 when 150,000 American troops were occupying the country.
No one has offered a plausible strategy to defeat ISIL that does not include a major U.S. commitment on the ground and the renewal of functional governance on both sides of the Iraqi-Syrian border. And no one will, because none exists. But that has not prevented a slew of hacks and wonks from suggesting grandiose policy goals without paying serious attention to the costs of implementation and the fragility of the U.S. political consensus for achieving those goals.
Hackish foreign policy hawks offering unrealistic military strategies without a firm understanding of what's actually going on in the Middle East? Sure sounds familiar! Now if only we could figure out some way to keep these discredited hacks off television.
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2021 – Saw action in 15 games, logging 187 minutes… finished with one goal on eight shots (six shots on goal)… scored in Iowa's 10-0 win over Saint Louis (9/12).
2020 Honors — Academic All-Big Ten. 2020 — Played all 18 games… scored goal against Michigan State (3/28).
2019 Honors — Named to NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad. 2019 — Saw action in all 22 games… recorded her first collegiate goal and an assist against Central Michigan (9/6).
2018 Honors — Named to NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad. 2018 — Saw action in 16 games… recorded her first career assist in Iowa's 7-1 victory over Ball State (9/2).
High School — Three-time all-conference and two-time all-state selection at Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School… registered 50 goals and 55 assists in her high school career… four-time Shore Conference champion and two-time Group 2 Central champion… high school team captain as a junior and senior… member of the Xcalibur field hockey club for five years… participated in varsity lacrosse and basketball… member of National Honors Society and Spanish National Honors Society.
Personal — Comes from a family of collegiate field hockey players: Mom, Kathy, and Aunt Kelly played at UNC, Aunt Lori played at Northwestern, and sister, Madison, currently plays at Maryland.


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Entrepreneur has been putting together the world's first, best, and most comprehensive franchise ranking for four decades. This year's (the 40th annual installment) turned out to be one of the most competitive years ever with more than 1,000 companies have applied to be a part of the list. Color Glo International is proud to have made that list again in 2019.
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The latest Military Times Best: Franchises rankings are out, and 53 companies have made the 2018 list of the best franchises for veterans and military-connected franchisees. Color Glo International is number five.
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He got those Leftist Conformist Followers to make him a very wealthy man via peddling Global Warming as a Religion.
Gore's family makes it's money on Occidental Petroleum in the 1st act.
Then the money shot comes via peddling Global Warming and guilting Americans into lower standard of living.


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The Friendship Force club of Québec region was founded in September 1997 by Mr. Gilles Hardy, with the support of the Ottawa Friendship Force club. It was the first Friendship Force club in the Province of Québec. Currently, the club has some thirty members, most of them retired. Members are francophone although many can understand and speak English.
The club usually host once a year in June or July. Since its inception, the club have hosted members from clubs in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, England, France, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Germany and USA. The club was also the host of the Friendship Force Canadian Conference in 2012.
Members of our club have visited clubs in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, England, Hungary, France, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Germany, Thailand, and USA.
The greater Québec City area is the cradle of French civilization in North America. Its unique and strong population is proud of its French and British roots. Québec City is surrounded by gorgeous landscapes extending over a vast area from Portneuf to Côte de Beaupré on the north shore of the St Lawrence River and the city of Lévis on the south shore. Its area exceeds 9,000 km² with a population of about 800 000 inhabitants. Québec City is the capital of a province of about 7.5 million people and is the seat of the National Assembly of Québec .
Founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608, Québec City celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2008. It is the home of Laval University, the first francophone university in America. The Old Québec historical sector became in 1985 the first urban centre in North America on the list of UNESCO World Heritage. 95% of the population is francophone The English language is, however, spoken by a significant part of the population and the vast majority of the tourism industry workers.
The only remaining fortified city in North America, Québec City is also a modern and cultural city with its museums, its university, its research centres, pharmaceutical laboratories and many enterprises of the new economy. Furthermore, since the middle of the XXth century, it has been recognized for its gastronomic excellence. Under the direction of renowned chefs, establishments specializing in French, Italian and Asiatic cuisine coexist with American style fast food counters. Besides its culture and cuisine, it is also envied for its low cost of living.
Visitors also enjoy exploring the Fortifications of Québec , which span close to 4.6 kilometers around Old Québec. A National Historic Site of Canada, Fortification of Québec commemorates the defence system developed between 1608 and 1871 in Québec, Canada's main stronghold during the colonial period.
The Citadel le de Québec, a key part of the city's fortifications, showcases Québec's military history. The Royal 22e Régiment museum (housed in a 1750 powder magazine and a military prison dating back to 1842), the summer military ceremonies (changing of the guard, firing of the cannon), and the Governor General of Canada's official residence are all worth seeing.
Visitors also enjoy a walk on the Plains of Abraham, the site of many clashes for supremacy between the French and British Empires. The park is the scene of the 1759 Conquest, which changed the fate of North America. Apart from its historical past, the park is to Québec City what Central Park and Hyde Park are to New York and London: a city park of outstanding value, the lungs of the city.
La Promenade Samuel de Champlain, is also worth a walk. A large landscaped park along the St. Lawrence River, La Promenade Samuel de Champlain is an oasis in the city. It is a major and lasting legacy of the Québec government to this capital to mark its 400th anniversary.
A stay in the greater Quebec City is guaranteed to cultural enrichment and pleasure to discover. Religious architecture, monuments and ancestral homes are found throughout the region thereby demonstrating the pervasiveness of the heritage of Québec.
Ambassadors are met at the airport by their hosts and a reception is arranged on arrival, or the next morning. On a one-week exchange, we typically program an overview of our area and its many attractions. It often starts with a visit of the Observatoire de la Capitale on top of the tallest building of the city, followed by a guided visit of the Parliament building with a presentation of our parliamentary system.
A guided visit of the Cidadelle de Québec and the Governor General of Canada's official residence, followed by a walking tour of the Old Québec, Quartier Petit-Champlain and Place Royale is considered a must.
Ambassadors will also appreciate a tour of the Côte de Beaupré which includes the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, the Montmorency Falls and part of Île d'Orléans. A typical "Sugar Shack Dinner" with traditional music and entertainment will finish the day on a very friendly note.
Many others visits and activities will complete the program before ending the exchange with a farewell party regrouping the ambassadors and a majority of our members, promising each other to develop permanent friendship links and wishing to meet again in the future.


Ladies and Gentleman, the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, have officially begun!
To tell you the truth, I live in Eastern Europe for seven years and the rag tag, unregulated, almost maniacal construction effort that was undertaken to prepare Russia for the olympics does not surprise me, personally, but as long as this construction must have been going on, I am surprised that I cannot find articles on the environmental impacts that are more than a couple weeks old. Then again, with recent reports of the arrests of several ecologists, for such offenses as swearing in public, perhaps it is not strange that we have hard so little so late.
Clearly, Russia has done much to construct and safeguard an image of itself as eco-friendly. And Image is everything, I suppose, especially since one of the criterion for choosing the location of the olympics is "the cit(y) needs to maintain a highly positive media exposure to carry the games." Another criterion is described as "the tangible effects of hosting the Olympic games may not prove beneficial if the bid committees do not exercise proper judgment in developing the city to host the Olympics." But in these respects, Russia does not carry the sole blame. Surely, plans and strategies for developing the cities that host the games are reviewed by the committees that make the final decision. Everybody involved has an image to protect, and hopefully, as the environmental damage in Sochi is assessed, the organizers of the olympics will take more caution in the future to ensure that the winter olympics are healthy and sustainable.
About 30 headlines down on my Yahoo News page, after updates on movie premiers and election updates, was an article on climate change released just an hour before writing this post. The article was entitled Greenhouse gas volumes reached new high in 2012: WMO, and as the headline reveals, the World Meteorological Organization has analyzed data showing that greenhouse gases, despite conservation efforts, reached a record high last year.
According to the Copenhagen Accord of 2009, a non-binding environmental treaty, many nations from around the world agreed to limit climate change to 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels. According to the new data released by WMO, our gas emissions, by 2020, will be 8 to 12 billion tons higher than that is thought needed to stay under the 2 degree mark. Instead, some predictions have us reaching the 2 degree mark by mid-century.
What is the significance of the 2 degree mark?
The 2 degree temperature increase set as a maximum by the Copenhagen Accord is not a safety zone. By many accounts, reaching the 2 degree mark will spell long-term environmental disaster. However, many scientists argue that even temperature increases of 1 or 1.5 degrees will wreak global havoc. The significance then is that with such a small margin for error and a growing awareness of carbon emissions and global warming, humanity is still failing to neutralize the single most important global threat of our age.
Reading this unfortunate news, I am reminded of the work Coldfire/Kilimanjaro by South African artist Georgia Papageorge, a work featured in the Earth Matters exhibition at the Smithsonian, National Museum of African Art. Coldfire/Kilimanjaro is a work that is comprised of decades of observation of the Kilimanjaro glacier, which Papageorge has watched as it has steadily receded. According to Papageorge, one of the biggest local factors in the irreversible melting of the glacier is the felling and burning of trees in the regional and illegal charcoal trade. However, there is no doubt in our minds that carbon emissions and climate change is a global problem and that local factors and local impacts, as significant as they may be, are only indicative of the global scale of this seemingly irreversible problem.


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