Mowed tonight. The ground is slick from all the rain we've had and the grass was damper than I'd like, but with more rain coming I didn't have much choice.
The spacers seemed to make the machine much more stable on the side hills. Wasn't sure 1.4" per side would be noticeable but it is (unless I'm suffering from the placebo affect).
I also got to try my new Tera Pump. The model I bought comes with 3 adapters for various gas cans and one fits my No-Spill cans perfectly. I like this model for that feature alone as the others just drop in loosely.
Pumps about as fast as I can pour from the No-Spill nozzle (2.4 gal/min) and it has an auto shut-off sensor that actually works.
I'm quite pleased with the performance on its first use.
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I have 3 of the Terra Pumps, one for diesel, one for gasoline and one for........a spare, I guess, but I actually keep it on the gasoline fuel jugs. They are very handy and I have come to rely on them when I am getting ready to use the machines. Stick the hose in and push the button and then gather the other tools, etc., instead of standing there balancing the fuel jugs.....
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The fuel gauges on the new ExMarks are slow and it always shows at least one bar of tank space when the Terra Pump shuts off. But when I look into the tank, the fuel is right at the base of the plastic clamp on filler hose. Then, after a minute or so, the fuel gauge shows "FULL", but if I were relying on the fuel gauge to fill the tanks, I would be wasting fuel for sure as the gauges seem to always run behind the actual capacity..................Nothing dulls paint faster on mower decks and machines, than spilling fuel on it...........Plus at $4 a gallon, you surely don't want to waste it......
I find the Terra Pump is very handy for filling the tank on the Billy Goat blower, etc, which are probably 1. to 1.5 gallon tanks. They have the fuel screen system in the filler neck and its hard to see the actual fuel level when you have to use a funnel to fill the fuel. Using the Terra Pump, you can clamp the filler tube to the tank or just hold it and watch the fuel level. Sure is nice to not be tipping fuel jugs all of the time to be filling equipment............I run the Blue Energizer Electronic Batteries in the pumps and they last much longer than standard AA batteries, probably 3 to 4x as long as "base AA batteries".........