Lets, um er, talk about, well, you know, the facts of life.

Now that I have your attention, the fact of life I want to talk about is the general safety guidelines we should all follow when doing maintenance work on, and while operating our outdoor power equipment.

Now that spring has sprung pretty much everywhere, and many of us are getting the lawn care equipment out from their long winter's nap, we should all take time to think, and review what needs to be done to get our machines ready for the upcoming months, and to keep them running like they should for a good long time. And, to take even just a moment to think about the safe operation of those machines while we, our family members or friends might be using them.

I invite everyone who has a tip to jump right in and share it with the whole MLF family. None of us are immune from making mistakes, forgetting something, getting a little lax maybe and overlooking things, or taking things for granted.

Let me start off with this one:

Every machine came with one at one time. It's probably right where you left it last, back in the junk drawer, bottom of the tool box, up on the shelf in the closet. Hopefully you know right where it is and can get it out to read any time you think of it.

Maybe you lost it, or that used piece of equipment you picked up from the yard sale down the street didn't have one with it. Most manufactures offer free down loads of them online. If you don't have one, do your best to try to find one.

And read ALL of it. Even the seemingly mundane safety warnings at the front. Read the maintenance schedule and recommended products to use when doing the maintenance and follow the manufactures recommended procedures.


So, um, yeah, like I was saying, about the facts of life kids. Who else has something to add?