One of my buddies from work asked me the other day if I wanted a free lawn mower and I said sure. I got to his house tonight and it turns out that it was a John Deere 108 riding mower. I asked him if he was sure he wanted to give it away and he said that he got it for free about 6 years ago with the intention of fixing it up but never got around to it. He even gave me a brand new battery for it. I probably wont need to use it for the next 6 months so I have plenty of time to get it running. Its in a lot better shape than I thought it would be for a 26-32 year old lawn mower. Just thought I'd share.

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That's cool Earl, makes smoking while mowing a whole lot easier :-)
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That thing's got at least another 20 years in it. Good winter project to rebuild it.
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Yeah it does.

I'm looking forward to making it a pretty fun winter project. I've never really worked on small engines before so this should be a great learning experience.
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I'm sure if you need it you can get your hands on a how to book for this.
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Probably
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Get it running early Earl and you can rig up a plow to the front and be the envy of your neighbors this winter.
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Very cool. :-) :-)
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My dad and his dad both retired from John Deere after 30+ years each.
So, to say I'm biased towards JD is a bit of an understatement. I bought a new x300 in Feb and retired my STX38 that was built in 1993. I don't know how many hours the STX logged over the past 18 years but I'm sure it was many.
I love the 100 series mowers like that one, a little bit old school, easy to work on without all the new safety crap they put on the newer ones. Reminds me of the models we had as kids. Good luck with the project and keep us updated. :-)
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