List your internal combustion driven inventory. here's mine:

It drives me nuts. Cannot imagine trying to live way out here on a farm and no oil. Mea culpa. Now that I've been environmentally humble, let me say I think they are a blast and love using these gas hogs. All kinds of ways to maim, blind, kill myself in the line of duty.

'97 Ford Ranger
'03 Escape
'06 Civic
'99 Miata
1950 Ford 8N tractor
Husqvarna Rancher chainsaw
Toro weed eater
Toro push mower
Sears lawn tractor
?? Chipper Shreader
DR wheeled trimmer
Generator (10 HP)


:hide:

and I finally got a Troy Built Law Mower. It's six HP and sputters when I mow the 4 foot tall triffads.

Wow, I've been living in terror of triffids since I saw that movie at the Dickinson Theater in Mission, KS in 1964 or so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HLGkgM5U50

on her show, I've either seen it or want to see it. I have always adored Elvira and watch those crap movies just to see her, :P

in a field behind the grade school I attended. Made for much serious discussion.

mower cut off when I try to mow them down. They fight back. Sometimes they win.

2000 Taurus
1994 Honda

The owners have two machine sheds full of farm equipment, but I have no idea exactly what they have...

2006 Hyundai Sonata
Craftsman Lawn Mower

RL

a mid-90s model station wagon that I might drive 10,000 miles a year, if I visit my mother in a town 100 miles away once a month. I live in a condo, so I don't have a yard to mow.

I drive to work, only because it's actually cheaper for me to pay for parking than it is to take the bus, sadly. However, I only live a few miles from my office, and oftentimes walk or bike to work in the summer.

In that respect, I lead a fairly low-impact life, but I know that it's not practical for everyone to live like me.

I also have a kid carrier trailer to pull behind the bike to haul stuff around. The reality we're facing is trying to maintain property without using oil. Goats may be the best option if a) we can fence well enough to keep them in; b) they don't totally remove every piece of vegetation on the place.

I had an uncle who had two goats on his farm for that very reason. It was only a few acres of grass, but the goats kept it down to stubble.

The next summer when I visited, the goats were gone. But I never did hear what happened to them...

Seriously, goats will eat anything growing, the rougher the better. They can be used as living weed/brush removers on rough land.

1995 Saturn, and an 8.5 hp outboard motor (but mostly the boat uses wind).

Snowblower, chainsaw, weed-whacker, leaf blower and lawn mower are all electric.

That isn't even running right now. Thank the gods for buses.

1990 4x4 Chevy
1996 4x4 Chevy
2002 Chevy HD 4x4
1991 Dodge Stealth
1996 Dodge Neon
1982 Mail Jeep
1970 Dump Truck
1020 John Deere
35 Diesel Deluxe MF
615 Allis Chalmers backhoe
1981 Harley
96 Honda 400 4x4 4wheeler
72 Yamaha golf cart (yes it's gas)
Umpteen chainsaws, weedeaters and blowers
3 riding mowers
1 push mower

Global warming is all my fault :cry:

You beat me in spades! My guilt level has dropped by tenfold! Thanks.

That said, I'm getting a new tractor in the spring. Will keep the old one for snow moving and sentiment. I've had it for 30 years and it runs better now than ever before. I've used the chainsaw every weekend for the past month. Fighting eastern red cedars.

I forgot to list the
2 generators. :blush:

An 8N is a great little
tractor, we have had 2 of
them.

:hi:

My lawn mower and weed trimmer are electric.

both of those things never get used anymore since we move from a 1/2 acre in Texas to a laughable postage stamp size lot in Ca. 2007 vw beetle convertible and a 1998 Porsche Boxster.

Enjoy your car and go easy on the pedal, he got 2 tickets in 2 months. Oh yeah, please dear god tell me you're getting a manual transmission.

truly, with a statement like this, you are even nearer to perfection:

"Oh yeah, please dear god tell me you're getting a manual transmission."

:hi:

Edit, I have only one internal combustion engine, a 2008 BMW 335i sedan, and it has a manual transmission.

2001 Chevy Siverado (1/2 ton, w/shell % rack)
2005 Nissan Maxima
1991 Isuzu Trooper (spare/emergency vehicle; sees intermittent service)

We live on a small suburban lot, so our "farming equipment" consists of:

1 pushmower (kept well-sharpened and oiled, and our lot is fairly flat)
1 electric weedeater (just for edging)
various snips, saws, pruning shears, etc. for the trees and bushes.

Gotta' agree with ya' on how fun it is to use some of that stuff...my friends dad was a top sales rep for Catterpillar, and he used to take us out and let us drive some of the equipment in the storage yard (which was huge). I actually got to drive one of the big 35 sq. yd. front end loaders before they were shipped to China...what a rush that was!

out to your farm and do the work by hand their ownselves.

Redstone

:hi:

I want pictures of that. I took my son to an antique-tractor show just for the hell of it last summer, and was surprised at how cool old tractors are.

(Yes, I'm a Car Guy. Probably won't become a Tractor Guy, but I do appreciate them.)

Redstone

Mine isn't shiny because I use it all the time. I also have a front bumper, headlights and taillights, a must for that 5AM snow moving I do on our road. Jeeze its a blast!

Redstone

Around a gallon and a little more per hour.

This thing belongs to a friend in Nebraska. Got a ride in it this fall. It was cool.

rather than be a frickin office guy by day, farmer at night.

Four HP four cylinder Kohler generator 110 v 15 amp (it weighs about five hundred pounds and will run 24/7 forever!)
38 Studebaker Commander
50 Studebaker Land Cruiser
88 Ford F150
90 something? Volvo

Garden stuff is all hand powered

on edit: I forgot all about this one. I've had it for forty-five years. The plane disintegrated decades ago, but I kept the engine and actually fire it up on rare occasions.

That's it.

1) My Volvo C70 convertible (old style, with the cloth top). High-pressure turbo and chipped, along with other modifications. Fast as hell, crappy gas mileage, and I apologize to nobody. Driven less than 4K miles per year, because it's the fun car. And yes, if gasoline goes to five bucks a gallon, I have no right to complain, so I won't.

2) Mrs R's Volvo S60. The perfect family sedan, and returns 30-plus MPG on the highway, even with the weight of the AWD system.

(PS: both cars filter ozone out of the air as they drive, because they have that catalytic coating on the radiators.)

3) One lawnmower, which I assume is clean because it's new and has a 4-stroke engine. Not sure of the details, because I don't do the lawn mowing.

4) A 6500-watt generator, which I really have to take in for an oil change and a tuneup, since it hasn't been used for about 10 years.

Redstone

:shrug:

I think that's the only thing with an engine I've ever owned.

'03 Acura TL (wife's car)
'98 Acura Integra (son's car)
'06 Subaru Impreza (mine)
'04 Moto Guzzi Breva
'84 Moto Guzzi V65SP
Push mower
Weed whacker
Generator

Neither one gets used very often

1991 Jeep Wrangler
2001 Dodge Stratus R/T coupe

The Wrangler is the first new car I ever bought (I've only had three cars, though) and even though the paint job has seen better days, it's still running strong with just over 191,000 miles on it. I don't drive it that much anymore, but I'd love to invest some money in getting it repainted.

I's too poor for anything but the bus.

2008 Toyota Camry Hybrid
2006 Kia Minivan
2003 Infiniti M45 (for sale)


That's it. I gave my mower to my brother when we hired one of the neighbor kids to do the lawn.

Dodge Caravan
Ford Windstar
Ford F650 Pickup
Ford Focus
Buick LeSabre
3 Large John Deere Tractors
1 Small IH Tractor
IH Combine
Semi-Truck/Trailer
2-Ton Dump Truck
Riding Mower
Gas-Powered Brush Cutter
Honda ATV
Vintage 1956 Speedboat
Chainsaw

Oh, and a bulldozer

All I can say is I hope all the crops we plant yearly offset some of our carbon footprint.

I could do so much planet pampering...

the one thing the dealer made sure my husband knew how to use was: the brakes. Apparently not much else will stop it. Remember when Dubya visited the CAT plant and started driving the bulldozer toward the press corps? I know he had no idea how to stop the thing. Scary shit.

that let me borrow his earth moving equipment so I didn't have to buy or rent one. Nothing will replace a bulldozer when you have lots of dirt to move around.

Regards, Mugu

him a cup of coffee for his trouble.

Should be there about June.

Regards, Mugu

Your list doesn't look that bad.

'00 Chevy Silverado
'97 Honda Accord
'86 Searay 21' 5.7l
'63 White 16' Gale 60
'?? Desilva 12' Yamato Y102
Toro Lawn Tractor
Toro weed whacker
Craftsman Leaf Blower
Craftsman Pressure Washer
Chain Saw
Ariens Snowblower

2006 Saturn Ion Quad Coupe
1979 Volkswagen Super Beetle Convertible


My roommate is the yard person, and all of the trimmers, mowers, etc. belong to him.

a 89 GMC Vandura(what I use most of the time) it has a fold down queen bed, and is two tone grey.

An 18inch Poulan chainsaw, and a weed eater....

I believe thats it currently...I would like to pick up a generator, a truck, and a tractor, but lack funding....I'm out in the country, and got five acres to deal with, its hard to do with a push mower....btw, our mower died last season, I need another one....:D

An old girlfriend left it with me after it threw a rod.

:hi:

Would a 455 cubic inch lawnmower be overkill?

but I have 10 acre lot just outside a small town. My contributors to global destruction include:

1998 Ford Ranger (4 cylinder)
2003 Mitsubishi Galant (4 cylinder)
1994 Kubota diesel lawn tractor w/60" mower deck & snow blower
Several chainsaws of various sizes
Several weed whackers of various sizes
Several Roto-tillers of various sizes
Several water pumps of various sizes
Hedge trimmer
Power washer
Leaf blower (mainly used to stoke fires, but occasionally used for its intended purpose)
A couple of walk-behind mowers
Small outboard boat engine
Electric start Chipper-Shredder
5Kw Generator

Reviewing my list I know that it looks pretty bad, but I can only run one machine at a time and some of these machines haven't run in years. The reason for the various sizes is because it doesn't make much sense to get out a huge Stihl chain saw when the baby Echo will get the job done (plus I swear that damned Stihl gains 10 lb. every winter.) It's the same thing with the roto-tillers, why get out the big cast iron beast when the little 2 stroke Matis will get the job done (tilling a big garden out back is a different job from tilling the flower beds around the house.)


Regards, Mugu

encroachment of nature.

Sometimes it seems like fighting gravity. I would be defeated in a month without my machines.

Regards, Mugu

Wife and I have discussed just how long we can stay out here. By the time I'm 70 I may not be able to do it all. Of course, there's a lot that can be hired out, all it takes is time and money.

Utter piece of shit and gas hog, but I can't afford anything better.

07 Audi A3 2.0 turbo
00 V.W. Jetta
weed wacker, but its broken

I like the Audi best + it gets pretty good mileage

on edit: sheesh, what an idiot! I forgot my 03 Harley Wide Glide!!

(not mine, but drove on numerous occasions)
'83 Dodge Mirada
'92 Dodge Dynasty
'92 Plymouth Laser
'88 Toyota Celica
'89 Z28 Camero

(mine - teen years)
'67 Grand Prix convertable
'75 Grand Prix

(first marriage)
'80 Plymouth Horizon TC3
'92 Ford Explorer Sport
'88 Chevy Camero
'89 Plymouth Voyager

(mine & Oktoberain's)
'88 Dodge Shadow
'94 Geo Metro
'94 Fore Explorer
'99 Dodge Stratus

...and a couple of random mongrel riding lawnmowers (18hp) that my step-dad owns.

2006 Toyota Tacoma
1999 Mercury Tracer
2007 Susuki Burgman 400 Scooter
1994 Toro lawn tractor
Craftsman push mower
Echo Chain saw
Echo weed trimmer
1987 Evinrude 9.9 hp Ouboard

My computer
a flashlight
a razor
the fireplace

Kidding! :)
We have a 95 Dodge Dakota 4 cyl and a 98 Chevy Cavalier 4 cyl.

2007 Mazda CX7
Lawnboy mower

1965 Chevelle 300 Deluxe
2000 Nissan Quest
Black & Decker 6.25 hp lawn mower
Black & Decker lawn & leaf blower

...that's all.

2007 Chevy Cobalt (daughter's car)
2006 Chevy Equinox (Mrs. Ironflange's)
2007 Chevy Avalanche (mine)
Some sort of Chinese generator from Wal-Mart (yeah, yeah, I know)

Nothing else gas-driven. No outboard (no boat), no chainsaw (no big trees), no mower (no grass).

Best vehicle I ever owned, what a trouper he was. We got past the need for having a minivan anymore, so he got put out to pasture. Replaced it with the 'Nox, another great vehicle.

The Squareback isn't running right now though.. a neighbor is trying to replace the wiring harness.

car around. My son has a neighbor across the street with a cherry restored one.

but at this point, I'd be happy just to get it on the road..

though they are incredibly simple engines when you can get to them.

My wife's 04 Accord V6 Low Emissions
I drive a 99 Durango in the winter, and ride a 750 Nighthawk in the Spring, Summer, and Fall
Riding Mower
Snow Blower
weedeater.

NW Ohio here, but luckily have only needed to fire it up for one storm. We have had quite a bit of snow, but only a couple of inches at a time, not one big storm like last year.

of what I want to be able to do with my new Kubota: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzoBRq9yxw0