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Old 06-16-2008, 04:11 PM   #1
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Bought a Duramax

...fuel container. It's strapped to the wall in the back of the molester van. Got a track day and a race weekend coming up to try it out. I'll report back with a review.

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That's about the cost of a tank of fuel in a Duramax these days.
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Old 06-16-2008, 04:15 PM   #3
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That's about the cost of a tank of fuel in a Duramax these days.
it's over 140$ to fill my Tundra up here.
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Old 06-17-2008, 11:43 AM   #4
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I'd appreciate your review of it after you've used it a few times. I've looked at those but haven't rationalized the value since I typically just fill my two 5 gallon fuel jugs then dump them in the 11 gallon fuel tank of the mower. If tranporting and ease of use warrant, I'll have to look more. Thanks.
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Your lawnmower has an 11 gallon tank? My car only has a 15gal.
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Old 06-17-2008, 11:53 AM   #6
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He refuses to buy a fuel-injected lawnmower, so it uses a bit more.
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Old 06-17-2008, 03:46 PM   #7
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Your lawnmower has an 11 gallon tank? My car only has a 15gal.
Actually two 5.5 gallon tanks. I get about 3 mowings between fill-ups which works out to about 2 gallons per hour.

Needless to say, the grass is getting a bit long between cuts these days

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He refuses to buy a fuel-injected lawnmower, so it uses a bit more.
Unless it is a sophisticated FI system, then it would likely get less fuel economy because most are tuned rich to account for the missing inputs that come naturally with most carburetors
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Electronics are ruining lawn mowers. What happened to the good ole'days when you actually got a workout mowing the grass.
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Old 06-17-2008, 05:36 PM   #9
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They're ruining the whole lawn-care industry. I remember when a lawnmower took skill to operate. The rider had to work the throttle between turtle and rabbit, and use that little primer bulb to start it. Now these things start right up first try... there isn't even a damned cord.

I remember when it was the riders right wrist that determined the speed of mow, not some computer.
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it's over 140$ to fill my Tundra up here.
Shoulda bought a ridgeline
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Old 06-17-2008, 05:51 PM   #11
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They're ruining the whole lawn-care industry. I remember when a lawnmower took skill to operate. The rider had to work the throttle between turtle and rabbit, and use that little primer bulb to start it. Now these things start right up first try... there isn't even a damned cord.

I remember when it was the riders right wrist that determined the speed of mow, not some computer.
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Old 06-17-2008, 06:05 PM   #12
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They're ruining the whole lawn-care industry. I remember when a lawnmower took skill to operate. The rider had to work the throttle between turtle and rabbit, and use that little primer bulb to start it. Now these things start right up first try... there isn't even a damned cord.

I remember when it was the riders right wrist that determined the speed of mow, not some computer.

my mower still has the primer button and the turtle and rabbit is down on the engine. the mower before that I don't think had the primer button, took like 15 pulls but it was like 20 years old when it finally kicked the bucket.
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Old 06-17-2008, 06:48 PM   #13
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They're ruining the whole lawn-care industry. I remember when a lawnmower took skill to operate. The rider had to work the throttle between turtle and rabbit, and use that little primer bulb to start it. Now these things start right up first try... there isn't even a damned cord.

I remember when it was the riders right wrist that determined the speed of mow, not some computer.
You youngun's don't know what real mowing is.
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You youngun's don't know what real mowing is.
But do your young'uns?

We actually have one of those.
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Old 06-17-2008, 07:10 PM   #15
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But do your young'uns?

We actually have one of those.
One does, the other is too young.

Riding mower is useless until the kids graduate and move out.
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How topical. Hey Seamus, we're saving money, and saving the world too. Now, compost your grass.

High gasoline prices changing lawn-mowing habits - Yahoo! News
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Old 06-20-2008, 01:34 PM   #17
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Oh ya forgot about this thread.

I got to try out the Duramax on Wednesday night... Works as intended, completely avoiding heavy lifting and spills. Only gripes are that it flows quite slowly, and as a gravity-feed the gas stays in the line so you have to hang the nozzle up high or it'll leak a bit.

Nice gadget though. The hose is pretty light so we'll see how it holds up over time.
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Old 06-20-2008, 09:58 PM   #18
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How topical. Hey Seamus, we're saving money, and saving the world too. Now, compost your grass.

High gasoline prices changing lawn-mowing habits - Yahoo! News
From what I've been told, the reel mower is actually better for the grass than a rotary.

I've actually got a gas powered, walk behind Honda (what else?) mulching mower. The reel mower (heavy steel version) is what I had to cut grass with as a kid. Why? Because I had to learn the value of hard work.
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You youngun's don't know what real mowing is.

I had one of those until very recently.... I say had because the sidewalk in the front of our house is magic. If you put stuff out on the sidewalk, it disappears several minutes later. Firefly decided to leave the mower on the sidewalk one day not too long ago and it magically disappeared.
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Back on the duraflo 2 gallons a min. It would take 2.5 min to fill the tank on a sport bike. Its kinda slow. They need a binford model.
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