OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums General Discussion Forum Off Topics People must be waking up

I have always been able to pick up Victa Powertorques in good numbers for $15/$20 maybe pick up 4/5 at a time but over the last 6 months the supply seems to have dried up. I still have about 80 primer caps and needles so I'm still looking for quite a few. At least with me being able to modify the Powertorque inlet manifold to fit the early full cranks I can still chase early mowers to use on utilitys and slashers. All fun just keeping the Victas alive, one day they will only be in collections

Maybe I should have grabbed the four powerspeak mowers I saw in the garbage pile of a mower shop, in various states of completeness.
I grabbed two starters and a cowl. They probably have footage of me taking them off when I discovered a CCTV camera LOL.

Don't account on it Norm. They haven't caught on to the fact that manufactures are producing use it, break it, and then buy a new replacement yet. I can't even repair the walk behinds any more as it cost more then new replacements by the time I add an hour of labor plus parts.

I going to try to make another 7 yrs before I give up and try to make on my retirement benefits.

And Mowerfreak let me make a phone call so those Roos with flashing lights can come by to pickup you.

AVB I was talking to a mate of mine a few days ago and he was telling me he was a bit annoyed that his son kept coming over and borrowing his Honda mower and I know he is pretty particular with his Honda. His son had bought one of the cheapie mowers and it only worked for a short time . I was standing there looking at an old Victa from the sixties and I said to him that this thing would most likely run with a bit of work and was a far superior mower that any of the new cheapies would ever be but as it didn't have a catcher I didn't bother with them. The other thing it didn't look nice and pretty, but mechanically it would outlast 10 cheapies. Some people are waking up to the fact that the new stuff is just throw away and then they come looking for the older better quality stuff but they don't want to pay much for it. I would hate to be in your position trying to earn a dollar out of this repair business, just way to hard but I hope it works out for you, it is a tough gig.

I feel for him. Young people have no idea or appreciation for taking care of things, especially other people's, even if it is your own blood. I imagine it would be very hard to refuse your son, despite your better judgement!