Do I need a truck?

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 05/14/2015 at 12:19 • Filed to: camry, beige, trucklopnik, trunklopnik, free shit, lawncarelopnik

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Was walking home from school and saw a free snowblower. Seeing that I could (eventually maybe) use a snowblower (we might be looking at houses instead of renting soon, maybe a year from now-ish) again and this was FREE, when I got home I grabbed the Camry (and forgot the blanket that I usually use for loading crap into cars) and went back to find it still there.

So with the help of a nice lady on a bike (hey, I’m not too proud to say a lady helped me) we got it into the trunk, and I drove it home.

With no one there to help me UN-load it, I did the best I could (again forgetting the blanket) and did this (and I really don’t even care)

But JUST LOOK AT IT. Its all badass and old and an Craftsman with a blue !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! motor and stickers and I found it right across the street from where they probably MADE the motor. NEAT!

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It had compression, so I tried to start it on the old gas that’s in it and that didn’t happen, so I’ll be fixin’ to fix it this weekend.

Sadly it did not work out as well in either ease of fitment or startability as the last free thing I brought home that had a motor in it. Probably because it is Briggs powered. And was made in this century.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Takuro Spirit 05/14/2015 at 12:21

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When you say free, do you mean unattended?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Takuro Spirit 05/14/2015 at 12:25

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I have bad luck with Tecumseh. Briggs&ScrapIron all the way.

spanfucker retire bitch > Takuro Spirit 05/14/2015 at 12:28

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Naaaaah, you don’t need a snow blower.

Just do long-term damage to your back by using a snow shovel like the rest of us.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Takuro Spirit 05/14/2015 at 12:30

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Snow chains!

NWacadia2 > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 05/14/2015 at 12:32

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Nice Find! Hopefully you can get it going again! Video of it running if you do! Hopefully the drive from the motor to the blower itself isn’t blown. I’m always a little skeptical of picking up “free” stuff on the side of the road but, who knows!!!

Takuro Spirit > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 05/14/2015 at 12:34

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There... was a sign. Yeah...

Takuro Spirit > spanfucker retire bitch 05/14/2015 at 12:34

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Already done did that.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > NWacadia2 05/14/2015 at 12:39

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Not my find...

Kinja'd?

Alfalfa Romeo > Takuro Spirit 05/14/2015 at 12:42

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Well you fit it all in there, so I say “who needs a truck?”

Takuro Spirit > Alfalfa Romeo 05/14/2015 at 12:49

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Until the next thing I decide I need...

LumberJunk > Takuro Spirit 05/14/2015 at 13:16

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Those old Tecumseh motors are amazing! They shake around like MJF but they don’t die. I have a 2 year old craftsman blower with a 20 year old Tecumseh motor on it. The original Briggs cracked the block before it even was sold.

shop-teacher > Takuro Spirit 05/14/2015 at 14:02

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Nice find!

As for the truck. Eh, you could put a hitch on teh Camry and get a little utility trailer.

Takuro Spirit > shop-teacher 05/14/2015 at 14:06

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Ruled it out as we’d have nowhere to keep it.