Tractors, Mowers, Chippers, Trailers, Chainsaws, Generators, Driveway Erosion Control, ETC.

I have a 60 hp tractor with a loader and a wheeled skid steer. They both have their purpose, I use them about equally. If I had to choose only one, I would keep the tractor. A tracked skid steer would be a game changer though.

 

oooooh yeah!!

a tracked skidsteer with hi-flow & a forestry mulcher..... yeah man wouldnt turn that down if it was in play money range.

then you can pick up side jobs clearing ground for people & bring money back in.

https://youtu.be/C7bZ1NTkg68?feature=shared

 

as much as i envy you fellas with tractors my modest self is very greatful for having a rad neighbor with a 3 series and box grater. he's cheap. 10 yards was over 700.00

 

50$ for 3hours work. (hes a perfectionist) i thought was gracious. good neighbor buddy too but he wont work for more.

 

$50 for 3 hrs tractor and operator means he is doing it to be a good neighbor

 

agreed. and he refused that too. sold his uncle a trailer and he thinks he owes me. free tractor help...twist my arm.

 

Well invite him over and grille him some steaks or something, he is the kind you need to keep around

 

we have same grille traegers. he just hooked us up for watching his boys! gf loves it. super win all-round.

 

THIS & THIS........

a good neighbor is worth a LOT of money. at the same time a good neighbor doesnt want your money..... but should always be offered.

well done on both of you!

now about that not having a tractor=== if you live rural & have a property to take care of? tractoring is a way of life.

 

Should be more like $150 for 3 hours work. He's being a very nice neighbor.

 

with diesel costs 50 an hour is still a great price. i would love to buy a tractor but cant afford one. my 4x4 atv with trailer actually does most things i need.
if not my other 3 neighbors have- kubota excavator (moved/placed boulders), massey ferguson with box grate (does entire lane) and deere 3 series with box, post auger, and brush hog. (dug my pond and shaped creek bed).
guess i have it more than good.

 

What's up with Ariens these days. I bought an Ikon XL42 ZT because I wanted a quality machine that would last me a very long time. Almost right away I came across questionable engineering and design decisions, such as the engine oil drain that comes out over top of the drivetrain; essentially it is impossible to drain the oil without making a spectacular mess. I bought a suction tool. Thanks Ariens.

The latest thing that has me scratching my head is the battery. It never really turned over all that vigorously, and several times in cold weather I had to jump it. This season it was getting noticeably worse so I decided to change the battery. I was always curious as to why it was so small anyway.



I live near East Penn Manufacturing, which makes Deka batteries, and which has an outlet store on the factory grounds. I went over there with my dinky Ariens battery in hand and they matched it up and I walked out with a new one. Surprise! It was about as good at turning the engine over as the old one. So I checked out Ariens factory replacements and they're still selling the same little dinky thing I got from Deka (for more money).

After some more digging I discovered that the Ariens installed battery isn't really made for use in something like a garden tractor; it's made for use in power supplies, battery backups, that kind of thing. I can't even find a CCA rating anywhere -- because that's not what it was designed for.

BUT WAIT. Ariens holds this dinky little thing in place with a bracket, and on that bracket is a label.



Okay Ariens so what you're saying is, a person could replace the dinky, inadequate little battery with another one of the same size and output, OR a person could put a proper battery in there? As it turns out, yes a person can. However one has to first get a bunch of stuff out of the way and rearrange some other stuff, and then one has to re-invent the battery hold down because the dinky battery hold down no longer works. But, yay, the proper, adequately ampy battery does actually, eventually fit. Thanks Ariens.

 

how frustrating man.

 

neighbors with tractor skills kick ass. im buying a stack of pizzas as long as cash doesnt work.
in 2 days he spent almost 4hrs getting it perfect. i didnt even need a rake. now hes doing the entire lane with box grader. gf needs to babysit more if this is the result. 3025 deere does great!

 

I know Airens is the homeowner brand of Gravely, they have 3(maybe 4) product lines and they definatly range from low grade homeowner to heavy duty homeowner/light pro duty. I admittedly dont remember which product line is the heavy duty one though. One person on my street has the cheap one and it works for his 2 lot city yard but its clearly not made for heavy use.

 

What cc engine? Just about any twin will need 250-300 cold cranking battery. That 15/50 oil is thick and drags down a starter.

 

Evening Kirk you still in CLT.?

 

Yep. Camping like a rockstar at crown cove.

 

You there for the holiday season or longer?