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Mith

The Eccentric Englishman
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Im sure there are guys here without a need for a full size tractor like myself. Lets see ya pics of what ya got, lawn tractors, garden tractors, lawn mowers (ugh!)
Anyone use one of them push dealies here? Anyone mow their lawn with one of them biggun tractoes?
Lettus see em!
Cheers :beer:
 

bczoom

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Here's mine.
I got rid of the RFM on the tractor since the R1 tires left too many dimples in the lawn.
I got rid of the GT since it was a bit too slow.
 

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Doc

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Nice looking mowing machine! Looks a like an Exmark, but I can't make out the name in the pic.
What make and model is that ZTR Brian?
 

Doc

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I have a RFM for my Kubota Grand L3010, but it's in semi retirement. I bought a ZTR a year ago and it now handles all the mowing duties.

I bought the Scag Wildcat, 61 inch deck, 27hp Kohler Vtwin. It's a fun machine to mow with. However, when it's windy and you turn fast you can get a face full of grass. Sun glasses come in handy to keep it out of your eyes.

Here's a pic of it when it was new:

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Dargo

Like a bad penny...
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Nah, I think he has a unit from Country Clipper. Note the single joystick control. Since I learned on the dual stick type of zero turn radius mowers, and I have 2 of them, I'm going to act like I don't like the single joystick way of driving one. I mean, c'mon on, why leave your left hand out of having fun?! Where is the challange in that? Anyone can drive one of those after just a few minutes practice. Gees, that makes me want to know if they make a propane model. You know, that way I could take the mower deck off and my grandmother could have one kick ass wheel chair. :eek: :whistle:
 

Doc

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I don't have a current pic. She's put away in my pole building now crowded between Boats, a jet ski and the kubota with all the implements. I'll get another pic in a few months, maybe an action pic! :eek:
 

Melensdad

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Most of our mowing is done with the Ventrac, it is simply faster than the New Holland by a wide margin. But the heavier duty mowing goes to the New Holland. I no longer have the Befco finish mower shown on the back of the NH and now use a MMM with it. The Ventrac typically gets all the mowing on the 2 to 3 acres up near the house, and it gets all the slope duties. When the NH is used it is open field work down by the farm area and other treeless areas.

I still have a Cub Cadet, model 1862, garden tractor, but I now use that to mow my office/warehouse property. It simply is outclassed by the Ventrac in every measurable way when it comes to mowing, especially on the slopes.
 

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Doc

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Dargo said:
Nah, I think he has a unit from Country Clipper. Note the single joystick control. Since I learned on the dual stick type of zero turn radius mowers, and I have 2 of them, I'm going to act like I don't like the single joystick way of driving one. I mean, c'mon on, why leave your left hand out of having fun?! Where is the challange in that? Anyone can drive one of those after just a few minutes practice. Gees, that makes me want to know if they make a propane model. You know, that way I could take the mower deck off and my grandmother could have one kick ass wheel chair. :eek: :whistle:

Yep, I think your right Dargo. I didn't notice the joy stick, I was trying to hard to read the name. I never tried the joystick way of steering. I'm afraid I'd like it.
 

bczoom

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Dargo said:
Nah, I think he has a unit from Country Clipper. Note the single joystick control. Since I learned on the dual stick type of zero turn radius mowers, and I have 2 of them, I'm going to act like I don't like the single joystick way of driving one. I mean, c'mon on, why leave your left hand out of having fun?! Where is the challange in that? Anyone can drive one of those after just a few minutes practice. Gees, that makes me want to know if they make a propane model. You know, that way I could take the mower deck off and my grandmother could have one kick ass wheel chair. :eek: :whistle:
Dargo's correct. It's a Country Clipper Charger.

Yep, that single joystick is a real bugger as it takes about 3 minutes to master. Since the left hand has nothing to do, they put a beverage holder on the left side to hold your "spare" beverage. The first beverage just stays in the left hand.

I tried a Scag (Tiger Cub?) and a Dixie Chopper but neither could stay on the hills.

Dargo - to convert to propane, it's best to leave the deck on otherwise granny will be doing "wheelies" everywhere. :tiphat: :eek:
 

TOMLESCOEQUIP

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bczoom said:
Dargo - to convert to propane, it's best to leave the deck on otherwise granny will be doing "wheelies" everywhere. :tiphat: :eek:
Why not mount a KEG on the front for her ? Doubles as ballast & helps grandma make new friends as well.............
 

dyt4000

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A DYT4000 as in my avatar.

Also working on a project that was my grandfathers.....

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TOMLESCOEQUIP

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The old & the new........Sold the kubota (was 5' MMM) ........to my brother inlaw in Florida........the NH TC33D with a 6' MMM is barely visible behind it...it's the only picture of the new tractor I have at work.
 

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Mith

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Brian, nice looking CC! Is that a Massey GT I see peeping in on the left of the first pic?

Bob, is that Ventrac hydraulically driven? It looks like there is a belt exchange in the pivot, maybe thats just for the deck or is the wheels on belt trannys too? Do you have any other attachments for the front to go with it?
 

bczoom

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Mith said:
Brian, nice looking CC! Is that a Massey GT I see peeping in on the left of the first pic?
Thanks Mith.

That's a Simplicity Soverign. Great GT but just a bit too slow for my mowing desires.
 

Mith

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I use a pair of AYP made 12HP 36'' mowers and a Wheelhorse 412-8 for rough stuff, a 212-5 sits in the shed being modified and a 112-6 is being made into a tow behind, and I only have 2/3 acre lawn :D

Comon MTF guys, I know you guys have some shiney ones youre dying to show us :D
 

DAP

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I mow with:

John Deere LX288: 18hp gas Kawasaki V-Twin, HST with a 4' mid mount deck. This thing is commercial grade. Nothing has broke on it after 150 hours of cutting finish lawns and horse pastures.

Does the 1/4 mile in 9 minutes flat. Much better than Junks' BX.


:thumb:
 

AndyM

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My main mower is my New Holland TC18...
 

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XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq

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Craftsman GT 5000 with Ag Tires, rear wheel weights, and filled front tires. It mows the nice lawn. Not the best quality of cut but good enough and it has earned it's keep.

For a while I also pulled a Cycle Country 48" tow behind mower offset behind it to cut the fields. Worked pretty good (8ft swath) as long as the field didn't get too long. Got to clean the tow behind and sell it now as I don't use it anymore.
Mahindra 2615 Gear with 60" rotary cutter for the pasture stuff now. No problems with the long stuff anymore.
 

Mith

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Doug - does the LX series have the 4WS? Pretty good lookin tractors too!

PB - how do you like the filled front tyres, does it stop the side slip in fast corners? Been looking for something to prevent that and dont have the moeny for ags right now
 

XeVfTEUtaAqJHTqq

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Mith said:
PB - how do you like the filled front tyres, does it stop the side slip in fast corners? Been looking for something to prevent that and dont have the moeny for ags right now

I was having wheelie problems on some of the steeper hills so the front weight helped a lot. I've added so much weight that I've really slowed the mower down a bit. I'm not sure what side slip is but I can still get some good slipping going when the grass is wet.

I have to be careful with the AG tires as they can do some damage. Now that I've got the "real" tractor I'm thinking of switching back to the lawn tires and trying that for a while. I think the weight made the most difference.

Filling the front tires was pretty cheap and easy. I just used Windshield washer fluid.
 

DAP

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Mith ... naw on the 4WS ... not even power steering actually. It's first 4 years of life however, I cut 3 acres of finish lawn and 3 acres of a rutty dimpled cratered old hay field that would spin your kidneys around. Had to go slow and it would take about an acre an hour like that. But the thing never broke, stalled, got stuck, nuttin, just kept runnin and runnin ... now with 160 hours and since I moved to less finish lawns at the new digs ... it is merely a pasture ornament now.

I paid about 4900 USD for it in the spring of 2001 and I expect to have it for many many more years.

A beast of a gas 2wd 48" inch deck mower it is.
 

Carm

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Well, This here 880 Oliver Diesel with the bush hog handles the fields



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The Cub handles other mowing chores
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Then there is a Craftsman GT and an old MTD that manages the lawn. If all goes well, I will have a Farmall A with a Woods 59 mower as well!
 

GaryE

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Mith.

After searching for a picture of my GT5000 I realized the only pictures I had of it were in the background of some pictures I took of my dog after he had surgery. I guess I need to take some more in the spring. For now this is all I have.



Gary
 

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dzalphakilo

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bczoom said:
Here's mine.

Brian was on of the people who gave me the info to look at this mower that I didn't even know existed.

I owe him a big thanks on that one (got the same one).

My father used a my neighbors twinstick before I bought one, and being over 70, those twin sticks wore his shoulders out after a short time. With the single joystick, he can ride it all day, no problems except his rear when he goes to fast.

Pic is of the deck raised which takes less than 5 minutes to accomplish.
 

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Chief

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John Deere 4410 with mid mounted mower for the big areas and a John Deere F525 for the smaller stuff and steep slope areas. Last week I completed finish mowing the back hillside pasture which was about 35 acres. It was real slow going because the old thatched undergrowth was so thick and keeping any eye out for rocks. Took just a tad over 30 hours by the hour meter.
 

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johnday

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DaveNay said:
Lawn no problem, it was the roof I kept having touble with.


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So that's where Bill and Jethro got off to! Dave, you're one lucky guy!!:a1::D:beer:
 
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