(660) 555-0173. Call or text, text is better, I'm usually under a deck.
Current turnaround: about 2 weeks. Spring was a zoo. Thanks for your patience.
I fix small engines. I've been doing it a long time and I do it right. If your machine won't start, won't stay running, or is making a noise it didn't used to make, bring it out and I'll get it sorted. If it isn't worth fixing, I'll tell you that too.
What I Fix
Push mowers
Riders and zero-turns
Tillers
Chainsaws
String trimmers
Snowblowers. Bring them in JULY, not November. Every year I say this.
Generators
Pressure washers, reluctantly
What I Don't Fix
Anything with a battery bigger than your fist
Mopeds. That was one time.
Marine outboards. See Lonnie at the lake.
Rates
Diagnostic
$25, applied to the repair if you go ahead with it
Shop rate
$65/hr
Blade sharpening
$8, or $12 for mulching blades
Pickup/delivery
$20 within 15 miles
Parts are at cost plus a fair markup. Cash or check preferred. I take cards now because my daughter set it up, but the reader lives in a drawer and takes a minute to find.
How It Works
Call or text me. Tell me what the machine is and what it's doing, or not doing.
Drop it off at the barn, or I'll pick it up if you're within 15 miles.
I look it over, usually within a few days of it getting to the bench.
I call you with what it needs and what it costs before I touch it. No surprises.
Tips From The Bench
Ethanol-free gas. I can end half my business by telling you this: ethanol-free gas. The station on 65 north of town sells it. Pay the extra fifty cents.
If it's going to sit for more than a month, either run it dry or put stabilizer in fresh gas and run it five minutes so the stabilizer gets into the carb. Gas that sat all winter is the number one thing on my bench.
Change your mower oil once a season. It takes ten minutes and less than a quart. Nobody does it and everybody should.
A dull blade tears grass instead of cutting it. If your lawn looks brown and frayed a couple days after mowing, that's the blade, not the mower.
Check the air filter before you bring it to me. If it looks like a dirt clod, that might be your whole problem. New filter is a few dollars at the parts store.
Chainsaws: if you're pushing on the saw to make it cut, the chain is dull. Sharpen or replace it before you burn up the bar and the clutch. The saw should feed itself.
About
I fixed engines and equipment for the county for 22 years and opened this shop in 2015 when I figured I'd rather work for the neighbors than the highway department. It's just me out here, which is why the turnaround is what it is, and also why the work gets done right the first time. The dog's name is Carburetor, Carb for short, and he will greet you. He's friendly. He's also loud about it.
Hours
Mon-Fri 8 to 5, Sat 8 to noon. Sunday is for church and fishing, not always in that order.
Finding the Place
I'm about six miles southeast of Sedalia off Route Y. Come down the gravel drive past the mailbox with MILLER on it and head for the pole barn with the green roof. If you hit the creek you went too far. There's room to turn a truck and trailer around by the barn, so don't worry about backing out.