Said good bye to an old garage reliable tonight by scrapping out our first snowblower that served us well for 18 years before it died at the end of the 2015/2016 season. We bought a new Husquvara this season so the old Yard Master was just idle metal sitting around. I'll try selling the wheels and maybe the plastic auger at our upcoming rummage sale, the wheels should go quick, there's a good amount of life left in them, might try the light on ebay. I'll take apart the engine at a later date, mostly cast aluminum so no need throwing that in the steel shred pile. The rest will go to steel place a few miles down the road to return again as steel in somebody's new washer or some other consumer product. And the metal cycle starts again!
I posted this last night to my FB page. My brother was the only one who acknowledged it. I suspect most of my FB friends (many from high school days) think this is really weird. I'm sure most would just throw the old machine out and hope the trash guy would take it or post a craigslist ad for someone to pick up. Nothing wrong with the last option although they miss the opportunity to gain knowledge about a process few have dealt with, its just an abstraction to them. I guess its their loss...
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