More than a timely tune-up.....
A few years ago, I was very pleased when David Guerry came to my house to get my lawn mower running again. He makes house calls!
While he was here with all his tools, he also made sure my "storm" emergency generator started on the first pull.
Both were in need of his trained attention and he delivered.
I had promised I would take better care of both in the future, as I wrote him a check.
My promise worked for a while but then, during the second hurricane season, I got lazy and complacent and stopped cranking the generator once a month.
Hey, I didn't have to use it for power outages so it just sat there in the shed.
About a year later, I DID try to start it, pulling the starter cord over, and over, and over.
All I got was out of breath, a sore arm, and a racing heart.
But no storms that year, so it was not needed.
But the last two times I mowed my grass - with the nicely running riding machine - I saw I was leaving long, thin lines of tall grass. I had to go over the same area a few times to cut it all.
"Hello David, can you come by to check my machines?" He could. And he did.
The generator needed only a good cleaning of the carburetor (it was solidly gummed up) and a lengthy, good scrubbing by me to remove dried on oil, grime, and dirt.
The mower, however, was another story. When Dave stood it on end, it was obvious that both blades had several inches broken off! Darn rocks!
Cut to the chase...all is well again. Generator starts on the first pull and the mower cuts a FULL 38" swath now. Whew.
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Thanks for stopping by and sitting in the shade with me as David worked his mechanical magic.
He even loaned me some of his bug spray. Whatta guy!
Labels: 38" swath reduced to 30-something, Darn rocks!, Riding mower, scheduled maintenance sketchy, storm complacent
WHAT was that noise?
Hey! I'm sleeping here.
What the heck was that racket?
I've been living here a year and three months and never heard THAT before.
It's outside but it's scary.
And very LOUD and raspy.
Dang...there it goes again!
Sure glad I'm an INSIDE cat.
Oh, that might be the lawn mower.
I heard it had stopped running about two years ago .
Been sitting in the shed.
How is it running now?
There's a man working on it and his truck says
Guerry's Mobile Lawnmower & Small Engine Repair.
Looks like his phone number is
843-343-4225.He comes to your house with all his tools.
Fixes your non-running engines and guarantees his work.
"I can charge less because I don't have the overhead of a big shop." David Guerry said.
"I have 40 years experience and bring the right tools for the job, " he added, assembling his vehicle hoist.
Apparently the thingamabob stuck in the open position and gasoline flooded the place where there should be just oil.
He drained it all out. No damage.
Adjusted the float valve on the carbureator, changed the fuel filter, fine tuned everything, replaced the dead battery and it started right up.
Sharpening the blades after he gets the mower running is part of the service.
Uh oh. Not enough blade left to sharpen.
Chuck must have been mowing rocks.
Somebody needs to go get new blades.
Somebody else meanwhile could start working on the dead generator.
Hurricane Season starts in about a week and one early Tropical Storm got the Folly Beach surfers all excited a few days ago.
Chuck went to Home Depot and Lowe's but they didn't carry the right blades for his Murray mower.
He got lucky and bought the last set at Wal-Mart.
Oh, great.
Now BOTH of the machines are running!
At least the police won't issue another ticket for having an overgrown lawn.
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If you have a lawnmower or generator - or any other small engine machine - that's not running, give Dave a call on his mobile @ 343-4225.
He covers the TriCounty area..
He charged me $95 for the riding mower and $65 for the generator.
Came to the house, took a few hours and said if there were any problems, he'd come back and fix 'em.
I even cut the lawn as the sun went down.
The headlights now work.
Labels: emergency generator, Guerry's Mobile Lawnmower Repairs.set of 38" mulching blades, Hanahan Police code citation, Murray Lawnmower, Riding mower
