Mowing of the infield approaches, 50′ of outfield and parking area took place two days ago, the north 2/3 of the outfield will be mowed tomorrow fairly early morning (Sunday June 16) before the heat climbs.
NOTE: I will be at Flite Fest this week so no mowing is scheduled till I return, likely the next mowing will be a week from tomorrow Sunday June 23rd.
The GENERATOR surging issue has been addressed. It might return though. I would like state the policy for the club generator.
1) The club does NOT purchase the gas for the generator.
2) The club does pay for the oil changes and spark plug replacement whenever we actually change the spark plug (not yet) at 6 years!
3) The generator has been surprisingly reliable, but it DOES have some specific weaknesses which can be a real BEAR to address. The surging (constant idle up and down) issue which started at the Vets fly typically is triggered by dirty or stale gas or with water in the gas. For this reason I would like to ask members to NOT bring your gas can from the shed at home to fill the generator, older cans can have water or debris (even tiny particles can clog the jet) in the bottom and it does not take much water/debris to induce the surging. The Predator 2000 manual suggest using Stabil with every tank, but at the very least every fall before storage fill the tank with fresh gas and the proper dosage of stabil. Due to this finickiness I will be filling the generator every week when I mow and leaving a filled one gallon gas can in the generator enclosure. I will be adding the stabil weekly just to keep the surging from returning.
