Re: Wife helped mow
[Re: JEckman]
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05/22/24 01:42 PM
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dixie chopper zero turn!! worlds fastest lawn mower
The rifle has no will of its own it may be used for evil but there are more good men than evil men and evil will be corrected by good men with rifles.
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Re: Wife helped mow
[Re: JEckman]
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05/22/24 02:04 PM
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Crappiekiller
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Zero turn. Buy a commercial unit if possible, at $3500 that will mean it’s used.
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Re: Wife helped mow
[Re: JEckman]
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05/22/24 02:11 PM
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Green County Wisconsin
GREENCOUNTYPETE
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my only advice is , you know one day it will need spindles , go shopping so you know what your looking at for later
greaseable spindles would be nice , and even nicer if the user greased them.
I am working on one now 971 hours , not sure the spindles were ever greased , so all 3 need and are getting rebuilt , the good news only one bearing was in pieces of the 6.
if it were properly greased ever 100 hours I bet it would not even show wear on the spindles at 1000 hours.
if those spindles can't be rebuilt 535 each for the assembly , ouch
anything Toro commercial , you may have 5 toro dealers in a short drive but there is only a handful of Toro commercial dealers and they are the only ones who can sell toro commercial parts
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: Wife helped mow
[Re: Wild_WI]
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05/23/24 09:28 AM
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Northern Maine
Bruce T
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Got a new cub cadet zero turn, 60 inch deck 2 years ago at tractor supply $3300. Love it can mow 2.5 acres in about 1.5 hours That's my plan.
Nevada bound
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Re: Wife helped mow
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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05/23/24 11:20 AM
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Ky
jbyrd63
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my only advice is , you know one day it will need spindles , go shopping so you know what your looking at for later
greaseable spindles would be nice , and even nicer if the user greased them.
I am working on one now 971 hours , not sure the spindles were ever greased , so all 3 need and are getting rebuilt , the good news only one bearing was in pieces of the 6.
if it were properly greased ever 100 hours I bet it would not even show wear on the spindles at 1000 hours.
if those spindles can't be rebuilt 535 each for the assembly , ouch
anything Toro commercial , you may have 5 toro dealers in a short drive but there is only a handful of Toro commercial dealers and they are the only ones who can sell toro commercial parts
Green you can buy the 3 spindle COMPLETE kit for 62 bucks . WITH PULLEYS . Why mess with rebuilding.... DON"T get them from dealer. OEM spindles on amazon. If mower has 970 hrs they will last as long as the rest of it.... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NVL652F?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
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Re: Wife helped mow
[Re: JEckman]
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05/23/24 01:29 PM
05/23/24 01:29 PM
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Central, SD
Law Dog
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My wife mows anything that doesn’t move then has a puzzled look when she wrecks it, the deal is she mows and I fix the thing. She will attack a new spot without looking what’s in the taller grass it’s like powder puff mowing. It took some convincing to get her to turn off the blades when going across the driveway (but it’s such a short distance She says).
Long list of things she’s run over, ran into and also destroyed with flying rocks like this sliding door on the front of the house. I put a mulcher block on the deck and that helps with the rock throwing. One mower she drove up on my plastic truck ramps for some reason and engaged the blades making one a tad shorter.
Been running Toro mowers they hold up well for the abuse she gives them.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Wife helped mow
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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05/23/24 01:35 PM
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Turtledale
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my only advice is , you know one day it will need spindles , go shopping so you know what your looking at for later
greaseable spindles would be nice , and even nicer if the user greased them.
I am working on one now 971 hours , not sure the spindles were ever greased , so all 3 need and are getting rebuilt , the good news only one bearing was in pieces of the 6.
if it were properly greased ever 100 hours I bet it would not even show wear on the spindles at 1000 hours.
if those spindles can't be rebuilt 535 each for the assembly , ouch
anything Toro commercial , you may have 5 toro dealers in a short drive but there is only a handful of Toro commercial dealers and they are the only ones who can sell toro commercial parts
What type and size mower/deck you working on? $535 each is almost hard to believe.
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
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Re: Wife helped mow
[Re: Law Dog]
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05/23/24 02:24 PM
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West Virginia
DugK
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My wife mows anything that doesn’t move then has a puzzled look when she wrecks it, the deal is she mows and I fix the thing. She will attack a new spot without looking what’s in the taller grass it’s like powder puff mowing. It took some convincing to get her to turn off the blades when going across the driveway (but it’s such a short distance She says).
Long list of things she’s run over, ran into and also destroyed with flying rocks like this sliding door on the front of the house. I put a mulcher block on the deck and that helps with the rock throwing. One mower she drove up on my plastic truck ramps for some reason and engaged the blades making one a tad shorter.
Been running Toro mowers they hold up well for the abuse she gives them.
I am in the same boat. My wife loves to run over anything, she cuts grass like Stevie Wonder. I bought her a mower and spare deck because she tears the wheels off of them I have replaced 2 car window, patched a hole in the pool, a tie down strap, the sons slide( how she got one wheel up it), heat pump and a few dings in stuff. Those are all old Gravely 8000 series mowers.
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Re: Wife helped mow
[Re: JEckman]
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05/23/24 06:22 PM
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Iowa
CTRAPS
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I've got a buddy who says that when his wife mows, she hits everything but the lottery. That's funny, but he didn't say it in front of her!
Life Member: ITA, IBA & NRA. Member of SA, MTA, FTA & NTA
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