We used to have a terrible old pressure washer that was always playing up so you couldn’t wash the car or the decking. I scrapped it last year and bought a new Karcher which has faired much better, and that’s because it comes with a durable hose. So what is the best type of hose …
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Every spring I usually dust down our Stihl hedge cutter, refuel it and fire it up to cut the hedges around our garden. It’s a superb piece of heavy duty kit – but it’s too powerful to be described as just a hedge trimmer (more on this below). Hedge trimmers are not designed to cut …
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There’s a longstanding debate about this subject in online auto forums, because cars are expensive and nobody wants to damage their paintwork when washing their car with a pressure washer. The majority of experts with decades of experience washing cars have concluded that pressure washers do not damage paint on modern cars – provided they’re …
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If you’re in the market for some new yard and power tools – is Black Friday really a good time of year to get the best deals? Let’s find out… Yard and power tools are discounted heavily by all the major stores on Black Friday, with big discounts available on everything from cordless drills, lawnmowers …
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Regular readers of Take a Yard will know that when it comes to lawn mowing I’m a bit of a geek. My old man had me mowing our 1 1/2 acre lawn with both a ride-on and push mower from the age of 12, so when it comes to mowers I’ve been there and done …
My brother-in-law is a farmer and has kept his John Deere lawn tractor looking like new for many years. He says part of that is winterizing it properly. So what steps should we take to do this? To winterize a John Deere lawn tractor you’ll need to clean it, empty the fuel tank, take out …
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As regular readers of Take a Yard know, I’m a bit of lawn mowing nut. I love it! As part of this I always make sure I winterize my mower every year. While there are certain standard things you should do on your ‘winterizing mower checklist’, this article covers how you do it for Toro …
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We own quite a few DeWalt tools in our household, but are they a German or American brand? DeWalt power tools are made In the USA with parts manufactured in the US, Brazil, China, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Italy, and Mexico. DeWalt’s HQ is in Baltimore, Maryland, and they have seven factories across the United …
I’m a lawn care geek so am always sad when mowing season comes to an end, but how do we winterize our lawn mower to prolong its life? If you want to keep your lawn mower in pristine condition it’s important to winterize it properly by emptying old fuel, disconnecting the spark plugs or battery, …
We’ve got a leaf blower that’s started to make weird noises, so I think the air filter could be on the way out. Luckily I’ve changed this before so it shouldn’t be too hard, but do all models have them? To protect the carburetor on your leaf blower from being damaged by debris, most gas-powered …
