Recent content by Stmar

The culprit was the igniter, blew a hole in it. I have changed igniters for years and never had one do that, most of the time they just quit working. The reason I did not recognize or check that first is that the stove was working, evidently it was far enough into the start when it blew that it...

I lube everything accessible every year, like you I never believed "life time lube". Did a through cleaning this year, stove is 25+ years old so try to maintain. This weekend I may take things apart and go through the routine again. Thanks for the input.

Thanks for the input, Auger theory would be the best. Hopefully it cleared itself, I'll keep monitoring.

When this happened to you did it clear itself or what did you do? Did the motors shut down for an instant?

At first I thought electrical, fuse?, but everything is running properly. Now I am wondering about the vacuum switch, that seems like it would make a pop and shut everything down immediately. Not really familiar with the vacuum switch, just guessing. Shutting it down and when it cools I'll take...

Whitfield pellet stove was starting up, flame burning, looked normal, then I heard a POP. Motors quit for an instant then came back on and stove resumed it's start up and is operating like normal. Any ideas on what that POP was? I have been using pellets stoves for over 40 years and have never...

My chains started off same as these rubber chains, they started to deteriorate after some years so I replaced some of the rubber tread with chain. I may take the chains off and replace with rubber.

Thanks for reinforcing my thoughts, really don't want to mess up the new pad $$$$$, concrete is not cheap. Took chains off, expecting snow this weekend and if I don't get carried away 4wd will do just fine. Chains were more for security going downhill when icy but I can usually mitigate that...

Have a set of chains, combination of cleats, some fairly aggressive, front and back. Problem is we got a nice concrete pad poured this year in front of the garage. I am thinking that the chains would do a number on the concrete unless there is a cover of snow or ice. Any ideas/experiences with...

I think I figured it out, not rats but mice eating the bait and not tripping the trap. No fresh tracks and cat food and water are back to normal levels, coon was drinking and eating a lot. Thanks for all the input, cameras are a neat idea but I'm trying to cut down on "stuff" since I have way...

We are about $350 per ton, no preseason sale this year which is unusual. Cleaned and did annual maintenance last month on pellet stove. Put chains and snow blade on the Kubota yesterday, expecting storm later this week.

That's what I was hoping for with the mesh bag of corn. I'll try the cardboard next if I don't get it tonight.

No rats, just pack rats and the cats take care of them. These are definitely coons, see the tracks. I did try a mesh bag of corn hanging at the back of the trap so that they would have to reach for it and trip it but they did not go for that.

This last, I hope, coon is willy. I can't figure out how it is eating the bait without tripping the live trap, I put the bait as far back as possible. I have two traps, one small and one large and the bait is gone every morning. I have been using corn so today I added some peanut butter and...

Went to the feed store and asked about that "yellow stuff", a friend also mentioned it, and sure enough they had some. It actually said "Not for coons", it has the potential of wiping out the barn cats and wife is too attached so we didn't pursue that route.