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Thread: There are Too Many Engines in My Life

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    There are Too Many Engines in My Life

    I'm getting older, retired and don't really need or want that much ongoing maintenance in my life (not that I ever kept up with it anyway) and it's time to get rid of stuff. Like engines. It's hard to accept, but...I have too many engines.

    Cars, weed whackers, leaf blowers, foggers, tractors, RTVs, boats, motorcoach, chain saws, generators, mowers, seeder, sprayers, log splitter, half a dozen "someday" projects, engines from old equipment, etc.. And, in a few weeks a shiny new Mike Forte's 347 arrives.

    We have a big place for our area, 6 acres in an "equine" community, and a little vacation cabin in the NC Mountains (near Tail of the Dragon) that sits on 37 more. So there's more equipment for maintaining the grounds, and a number of duplicates between both places. But even then I'm surprised. If you haven't done it, count the engines in your life. For me it's 27. And something has to go before that 347 gets here. I'm thinking it's time to give my son some of this stuff. Weed whacker, chainsaw, blower....Yeah, three 2-cycles, that'll even out maintenance on a 347. LOL

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    LOL!!!! Wow never really thought about it but I have 15...16 when our 347 comes lol

    And then there are the COUNTLESS little nitro powered engines.....

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    I’ve heard before that you simply add up the number of cylinders and that number should equal your age. For example, if you’re 26 years old you might have two V8 engined cars, an inline-6 pickup truck, a 2-cylinder lawnmower and one each weed whacker and leaf blower. Total count on those cylinders = 26.

    Using this method, I’m a bit behind right now.... time to buy some more engines!
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    I'm in my mid thirties. I only have ten engines with about 5 of those being V8's. It does get a bit much to maintain at times, but I also take pride in having good running machinery.

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    Only have 8 now since we moved here 3 years ago, use to have 15 when we were in MA.
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    I'm 68 and can only count about 53 cylinders on the place. Oldest is a 100 plus year old "hit and miss" engine and the latest is a new weedwacker. Guess I'm a bit behind the curve.

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