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Exactly and will not give a hourly rate till I have looked at. Been bit by that before.

 

I have 2 but both of mine are shaft drive garden tractors. Those little riders have K46 hydrostats are are only meant to mow flat yards <1 acre. They are famous for overheating and burning up if overworked or mowing hills.

If you want a Cub that will last look for the hump in the floor pan. That means it is shaft drive and has a very robust hydrostat and cast iron rear differential(aluminum if built before year 2000). If I were looking for another mower I'd buy another used Cub 3000 series. Shaft drive, auxiliary hydraulic circuit, hydraulic power steering and deck lift or a nice 2000 series.

Below are my XT3(similar to 2000 series) and 3240.

 

You'd cook that thing in a month. Try to find a nice used 3000 series. They also have shaft driven decks. The power steering is soooo nice. I always was sore after mowing 3 acres of rough fields with my manual steering wheelhorse and thought it was from the bumps. After getting my XT3 with power steering I found out the soreness was actually from sawing the manual steering.

 

Yep. After 20yrs of mowing 2.5-3.5 acres I went to mowing 1.5 with the XT3 and brushhogging the rest every 6 weeks. Saves me a bunch of time and wear and tear on my mower.

 

I can probably round ya one up if ya want me to start looking.

 

clamp on will work but you are not going to get the same lifting power you would from a dedicated fork assembly. You will also be limited by the strength of your bucket lip which could deflect over time. They do work for light work, brush, maybe logs if not too heavy but the camps are putting the load much further away from your lift point and how the numbers on the tractor are presented. Factor in the bucket length and now add forks.
Will they work, sure...... for the money and depending on other uses for forks, looking at a quick attach set might be a better investment. Im not sure what machine they are going on as you mentioned skid steer which has its own QT standard.

 

Titan is a hit or miss from what I see on the JD forums but ive been very happy with mine for what i need:

https://www.palletforks.com/skid-steers/pallet-forks/pallet-fork-attachments/

 

Just curious, have you thought about a set of hay forks for the front end. I have a set and use them for pallets, loading brush and all kinds of stuff. Also a lot cheaper than forks.
Generic pic as I don't have one on my phone

 

Mine are actually Bush Hog BS-2 Tractor-Mounted Bale Spears

 

Buy once, cry once, can't go wrong with that

 

I wouldn’t do it for any less, in fact I would charge more. I till a few gardens around town, some might not like paying the price but they also don’t want to rent or buy a tiller. No body gave me the equipment!

 

Nothing really to add, except that A) I didn't see a zero turn mentioned. They're a one-trick pony for the most part, (depending, I suppose) but I mow 3 acres in about an hour with mine. It's an older Ferris.

Also, I love the new avatar, gave me a good chuckle when I logged in this morning.

 

If they don't cut well you either aren't keeping after the blades or you have the wrong brand of mower, but good ones are very expensive

 

I bought a Great Dane zero turn with a 61" deck at an auction, long story short traded it for a nicer Bobcat zero turn with a 52" deck, couldn't stand either one of them. Neither cut well, had to mow a lot of my grass twice to get a good cut even with new blades. Recently bought a Hustler with a 52" deck but 7 more HP than the Bobcat and the Hustler mows circles around both of the other ones. The Hustler is used and I gave $4K for it, sold my Bobcat and Trac-Vac and another mower I pulled the Trac-Vac with and it cost me $425 to trade. I figure I have about $3K in the Hustler with all the trading I did over the last 9 years


Here it is with the vacuum system on and off.