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This works folks!! It makes mowing the lawn tolerable. We use a type of fly paper on the back of straw hats but same principle. They go to the highest point first and are DONE! We don't go outside without our hats on in fly season.

Flies like noise too

Thank you! Great idea

The Horse Pal type trap is much better and doesn't require maintenance or soap.

Trying this to help our donkey.ill be back to tell my results. Thx buddy.

deer flies japanese beetles earwigs there awful this year it seems

I used to have a huge problem with deer flies. Then I painted my free range chicken's blue. Lo and behold, them chickens love deer flies. In no time, I had no more fly problems!

Good job

Deer flys seem to attack back of arms and finger tips…what to do…?

Great idea! I need to make a couple for our woodlot, but I will now be looking for some small 12v gear motors so I can run them off small solar panels. Thanks for the info!

Great video- thanks!

Enjoyed your use of the word lousy. Don’t hear it used proper very often.

Have you tried other colors?

This is the most well explained method from all I've searched about this generator thing. Thank you.

We have tree-based glue like that and the best stuff to remove it is actually vegetable oil, like sunflower oil.

Tell me more about the socket for starting a small engine

Have you ever encountered the greenhead fly from New England salt water marshes? Makes deer flies seem like tiny gnats.

Thank you excellent video

Shane-You seem to be the deer fly expert on youtube! I have deer flies in my yard. They seem especially drawn to the cypress trees there. Please give me your thoughts on this. Blue balloons tethered about 6 feet off the ground and coated with Tanglefoot and filled with helium. A little breeze would give them movement. Inexpensive to replace if they pop or deflate. If it's plausible I'd love to see a video of you experimenting with it.(I can't bring myself to wear a blue Solo Cup on top of my head)

WIthout my glasses that looked like Kill Dear Flies Without Loading Shells. HA!

Wonder if it works on the front porch when yer mother in-law comes to visit……🤔😳😳

Well....... Believe I also found a good use for all those Bud Light cans that NOBODY buys any longer!!!!

Also, so you don't have to adjust the cutting plate after grinding?

By reverse you mean reverse for the mower. Not the drill.

They just moved into hwere i live in the last 2 years. Never heard of or dealt with a deer fly prior. We just had horseflies. Deerflues are like horseflis on steroids. As soon as they land, the bite. Horseflies take a couple seconds first.

Insofar as I know, that tanglefoot stuff can also get a bird or squirrel on it and sticking so it can't get off. The beastie will die a slow death if there's nobody around to free it up. Let's be aware of that.

What about a stand that waves in the wind - maybe shaped like a person - and painted blue and covered with that goop - would that work to keep the little vampires off your property?

I keep seeing this stuff I'm afraid to use it because ours are around the patio and I have hums that are around to. I'm worried about the tiny birds will get caught in it. Do you know?

Video was great, but I built the trap (which was relatively easy) and it only captures Japanese beetles. Still getting harassed by horse flies at the pool. Any ideas?

Did I miss the part about the natural gas hook up?

Thanks for removing the mystery of how to sharpen a reel mower. My Craftsman mower had a much different system, but the fundamentals were the same, and after 20+ years of not sharpening the blades the thing cuts like new.

They are the bugs from hell !

Unbelievable the trouble we have to go through to deal with these SOB's! They can definitely ruin your day. FYI, my Aussie neighbor turned us on to tea tree oil to help with these and horse flies. It works. I put a few dabs on my collar, a few on the bill of my hat, and front and back of my shirt and it actually keeps them away...until you sweat through it, of course.

What does it look like on an older model?

In your opinion, Would a smaller one work for a pool area?

That was my problem. Spot on, thanks!

Simple to the point thank you

Where do I find the sleeve for the bolt in the video?

Got all the goodies and about to construct.... Any of y'all know how well this will work on the muther effing deer flies as we have BOTH and the deer flies are effing relentless!!!!!

Anyone put this to practice? What attracts the flies to the trap? Just trying to make sense of it. Why plexiglass?

Does this also sharpen the bedknife or is this a whole different process very confused.

I owe you! I have a 2000 863 I always new bob car is at the bottom of reliability and quality, but the dealer service plays the biggest part, they charged me for that and many othe things when I took ot in. It happened again 6 months later, I was about to take it back to them, even when. They told me they ware not going to do waranty, but I saw your video. Thanks !!!

i feel like i needed to know this was going to involve a torch, which I do not have :(

You made it look so easy that I feel confident in trying it. Thank you

Can I use a whitening toothpaste rather than valve grinding compound?

Well good job on building horse fly trap, but is there a before and after video showing that your contraption works? I need proof, no disrespect intended!

Thanks 👍

Thank you for a great review.

Wow, That is so simple compared to filling each one! I could get it sharpened by a sharpening service for $50 dollars. My local guy does about 50-60 a season. I went to drop it off to him his jig broke and he can not weld it back anymore! This is a great video in perfect timing! Thank you! 🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠

Great! Do you run the skid steer at a certain rpm when you push the button? My bobcat doesn’t die (or at least after more than a minute it doesn’t die)