What did you buy this week?

[Complete Turf Care]

Old AMCO 14' disk. Best I can tell it's 50+ years old. And in a lot worse shape than I thought. Most of the bearings are bad (there are 14). And the back axle was broken.

I am going to get the back gang fixed first, because it was in the worst condition with the broken axle. I paid the guy $500 for it. He was asking $1500, but when I saw how bad it was, I offered $500 and he accepted.

I found the bearings online for about $70 each. The AMCO dealer had them for $240 each. The axle and some of the spools are only available from a dealer, so those are ordered. I'll be at about $1600 in parts to get the back gang going. The other 3 gangs will only need bearings (I hope).

It also needs one new spindle for the left tire. I'm hoping to get it going for about $3000 or less.

The other problem is I don't have a tractor big enough to pull it.

 

[hayden]

You could flip the centers if you wanted to.
Nice looking machine even if it's green. hope it works well for you.

Yes, there are 16 different width positions, so no problem to change it.

 

[wander2039]

Canopy for what? Sched 80 will soften in direct sunlight

Maybe so.. did just fine today. Put together with stainless steel machine bolts vs glued. If it eventually fails I’ll get a metal frame made. Easy enough to remake.

If that doesn’t get everyone riled up I drilled through the rops to bolt the back.

 

[Hay Dude]

You could flip the centers if you wanted to.
Nice looking machine even if it's green. hope it works well for you.

I never liked the tires set that wide. Too afraid of snagging an old splintered fencepost or barb wire.
On the road, you’re at risk with cars or rocky embankments.
Also puts more stress on wheel bearings

 

[IXLR8]

Just ordered a MechMaxx stump grinder. I have over 20 stumps and wifely unit wants me to dig them up with my backhoe... I don't think I would live long enough, some of them are oak and over 25" in diameter.

 

[hayden]

I never liked the tires set that wide. Too afraid of snagging an old splintered fencepost or barb wire.
On the road, you’re at risk with cars or rocky embankments.
Also puts more stress on wheel bearings

I plan to narrow them up. They were just set really wide from the lease use for road side mowing. What I find a bit odd is that the wheels were set to full width, presumably for better stability of hill sides, yet there is no ballast, either liquid or wheel weights.

 

[Hay Dude]

I plan to narrow them up. They were just set really wide from the lease use for road side mowing. What I find a bit odd is that the wheels were set to full width, presumably for better stability of hill sides, yet there is no ballast, either liquid or wheel weights.

Previous owner probably wanted ballast only on one side (if it had a roadside mower). I was probably part of the mower set-up.

I do kind of wonder why they gave up on it though

 

[wander2039]

Wix 51715 and 51334 filters from RA. At 25hrs so going to start gathering the pieces.Mobil Delvac hydraulic is hard find around here.

 

[IXLR8]

The MTL RG-7 60" Grapple I ordered 3 weeks ago arrived last week and I spent the last two days getting it installed and working.

 

[ArlyA]

The MTL RG-7 60" Grapple I ordered 3 weeks ago arrived last week and I spent the last two days getting it installed and working.

Please post pics while in use and tell us how it's working for you.

 

[IXLR8]

Its working well, I posted a pic in this thread, although it is not a very good pic. I do wish the clamps would open a little more, but for the price it is well worth it. Clamps are only partially open in the pic. It is a little heavier than some of the more expensive grapples, but at 1/3 the price, again it is worth it. This is the first grapple I have had, I'm still learning how to use it best, but I am very happy with it.

Need a grapple for my tractor... help me spend some money. :)

Yeah those do look pretty nice. Everything that Michigan Iron does looks pretty nice. The "second stage" grapple lid is an interesting design too, but adds a lot of weight for minimal capability effect. Nearly double the price of an MTL, but competitive with most other offerings. Bob over...

www.tractorbynet.com

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Added this 2013 Kubota Z725 Zero Turn mower. Our Case dealer has been open since 1934. It's first couple years at the dealership. It served as a demo and then the last 10 years it's been at the dealership owner who is 77 for his personal use at his house and showed 433 hours. After a few hours of use, I'm very pleased. For the same $7K from TSC I could have had the new 25 HP 60 inch Bad Boy . Another $5K would have gotten me the 2025 Kubota Z726.

 

[Ortimber]

I bought a new Kubota SVL-75-3 track loader. So many things I can do with it. Mowing, trail maintenance, moving materials, the list goes on. The mower in the picture is my dad's, but is a bit too big, still works pretty well but it makes my machine front heavy.

 

[ArlyA]

I bought a new Kubota SVL-75-3 track loader. So many things I can do with it. Mowing, trail maintenance, moving materials, the list goes on. The mower in the picture is my dad's, but is a bit too big, still works pretty well but it makes my machine front heavy.

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Can I borrow it?

 

[aba4430]

Since we were getting tired of yanking out the watering hose from our attached garage and connecting it to another hose that was connected to the vegetable garden sprinklers a little ways off, I ordered the following parts to put together a 3/4" inlet wall sillcock for my better half:

Woodford model 30P-12
Sharkbite 3/4" tee
Sharkbite hose with shut off valve

Installed the Woodford faucet finally. Had to procure some suitable concrete and wood drill bits plus a close quarter tubing cutter. Went well; will replace the little bit of insulation removed.

 

[masseyrider]

Samsung OLED 77" tv.

 

[Ortimber]

Can I borrow it?

Lol, sure! I felt bad borrowing my dad's all the time, so bit the bullet and got my own. It's really a great little machine.

 

[grsthegreat]

Installed the Woodford faucet finally. Had to procure some suitable concrete and wood drill bits plus a close quarter tubing cutter. Went well; will replace the little bit of insulation removed.
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Funny, i removed all my house exterior outlets after the wife left a hose attached, the line froze and flooded my basement.

I installed exterior ground based frost frees in their place.

 

[MossRoad]

Installed the Woodford faucet finally. Had to procure some suitable concrete and wood drill bits plus a close quarter tubing cutter. Went well; will replace the little bit of insulation removed.
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Despite shutting off the inside valve that is 4' back inside the house, and the pipe is sloped down to outside, and leaving the valve on the outside of the house open, this spring, the exterior valve body had a crack from ice plug. So I installed a freeze proof faucet this spring. We'll see how it goes.

 

[mike0000]

Bought this today. Chased down a p0171 code on the wife’s 05 Accord, intake boot was torn causing a vacuum leak and a lean condition. Cost about $50 and it was actually in stock locally. Great car, rarely gives us any problems.