Recent content by gtunney

Congrats. Look forward to seeing your new rig.

There might well be a video out there on doing this. You can find videos for just about anything these days. By the way, welcome to the forum Matt! Be sure to update us on your final solution and stick around and don't be a stranger. No doubt at some point you'll be able pay back in the form...

Well, if it is still stuck after the oil application, it should certainly burn...

Small property (6 acres) and small machine (X585), I'm averaging 60 hours per year mowing a half-acre lawn, hauling firewood, moving stone, grading, and snow blowing.

I should have qualified that as LS makes NH compact tractors.

LS makes New Holland tractors, too. You might see if you can find the matching New Holland and see if New Holland will sell you a manual.

Interesting find. It actually appears to be pretty good condition with the exception of the seat dirt and nest. Is the right front tire flat? I wonder if maybe it hasn't been sitting as long as you think. Or whoever has been cutting the yard has been cleaning out the tractor bay periodically...

The only companies that were selling real garden tractors in recent years were Simplicity and JD and those machines cost way north of $3k. Simplicity dropped their top unit with 4WD, the Legacy. JD still has the top tier X700 and entry tier X500 series. My own unit is the earlier X585...

Congrats on your purchase. I suspect that will be more than adequate.

Congrats and well done on the trade value. Merry Christmas everyone!

My tractor! We built our house in 2002. I wish I had the brains then to go ahead and invest the money in diesel subcompact. I didn't get my X585 (technically a garden tractor) until 2016 and I lament not having bought something similar much sooner.

Also check Machinio, Tractorhouse and MachineFinder Machinio X738 listings Tractorhouse 4wd X7 listings MachineFinder Lawn&Garden Tractors

Leaves dropped late here in my part of Massachusetts. Had to go out one last time yesterday to clean the lawn up. First, we had to move the last of our firewood in the house and then I did the lawn. Ended up doing half of it in the dark just with the tractor headlights. Neighbors probably...

If someone made a conversion kit for my X585, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Just swapping out the engine for an electric motor would be a huge plus and I think relatively simple. Wish I were an electrically smart guy as I would try to design my own solution.

Nice find. Looks good considering the age. After you get that leak fixed, here are some other things to consider. If a grapple is not in the cards for you in the near term for your tree clean up work, you might consider a tooth bar for the bucket and/or clamp on pallet forks. I got a nice...