Up for this month is my recently restored air compressor unit for a Bolens Power Ho. I found it a couple years ago, it was pretty decent so I put it in the corner figuring I'd do a refurb on it because I was hoping to find a restored or refurbished walk behind to fit it to.
So I asked about purchasing a members walk behind that happened to be a Super VersaMatic , not refurbished, needed a little work but we live pretty close , Mike (case 442) is a great guy and he agreed to let it go. Timing is everything right , so I'm leafing thru the latest Lawn & Garden Tractor Magazine and in the classifieds is a refurbished VersaMatic not that far from home, I contact for pictures and it turns out it's member Dennie's unit depicted in our gallery section , off I go ,meet Dennie another great GTtalk member and as we BS turns out he worked construction and we had several mutual acquaintances. Dennie's Versa is a gem ,he also has a refurbished Power Ho but not for sale at that time ( I mention because...) So we make deal, load it up and now I have a nice refurbished piece to attach the air compressor to. I also have to pick up Mike's because a deals a deal and can you really ever have to many Bolens ?
I give the air compressor a going over , roll out Dennie's Versa , it won't fit... roll out Mike's Super, won't fit... contact our astute Doctor of the Bolens brand Brian (Bolens 1000) send him a bunch of pics, he said ' well you can quit buying VersaMatics , it fits a Power Ho... shucks... Hey wait a minute member Dennie has a sweet Power Ho better yet no implements and it's close by. My hope is to play the sympathy card and talk him out of it, worth a try.... gone, just missed it.... oh well.
Last week or the week before or the one before that I find a Power Ho on CL , close enough to get in a day, make the trip, secure it and this weekend got it running , slapped the A/C to it and pumped away
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