Monday – Labor Day
Tried to start the chipper – no go! I had to take apart the carburetor, clean it, and reinstall it. Ended up with gas pouring out the carburetor throat. I did not set the float valve correctly. So, I had to take it apart again. Got the chipper started, but it would not run at full power. There are still issues with the carb, but as long as it is running, I’ll use it as long as it lasts. I chipped the pile of limbs I had stacked next to the chipper as well as two piles of branches I had stacked in the driveway that I had cut from trees next to the road and next to the driveway. Then the chipper began flooding out, so i shut it off, and turned off the gas valve from the tank. I probably need a new carburetor.
My neighbor has a hot tub. It is similar to this:
I don’t know if he has had it for a while or if he just got it. It is older, but still all there. He set it up a month or so ago but needed to get a plastic liner for it, which he got last week. He and another friend of his set it up, installed the liner and filled it up. When they set it up, they made no provisions to be able to get to the drain under the bottom, so, he needed to either empty it out, raise it up so he could access the drain and refill it, or try to simply raise it (lift it) wihout draining it. He wanted to just lift it without draining it, so he asked four other friends to come over this morning at 11 AM to help.
So, I took a shower at 10:30 AM, put on clean clothes and walked over to his place.
Nobody else showed up. they had all cancelled, so he would have to do this some other time. So, I walked back to my place and sat under the gazebo and read a book.
I promptly fell asleep and woke up around 1 PM and went into town to fill up my water bottles. I had about 20 of the one gallon size and 30 of the 2 liter size in the car.
After unloading the water bottles at Holowai, I got out the chainsaw and after struggling to get it started, I cut some of the small trees and branches next to the road opposite my property – making the road and the driveway more accessible. then i took the chainsaw over to the Ahi lot and cut some of the small trees on the Hilo side of the driveway as well as some of the branches overhanging the driveway. Then went to the southwest corner of the lot and used the chainsaw on clearing out more of this area. The chainsaw started acting up and over-revving. It would not idle and continued to run at full throttle, so I shut it off. It was 5 PM anyway and time to go start dinner.
TTFN
TropicalCastaway 