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    Pictures from a skid steer mowing contractor

    @Lineman North Florida thank you for posting your truck and trailer. It's interesting to know how you guys transport your equipment. Both you and Haydude are very generous to take time to allow us to "ride along" with you during your day We all appreciate it!
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    The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

    This is why I respect you, @Hay Dude It's easy to do it in early spring, and when you are fresh at it. Harder to do it when tired. Definitely respect your hustle, and thank you for being generous with your time to share your experiences with us!
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    The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

    There are safety training videos on youtube where they take a scarecrow and lay it's arm on the PTO. It spins and shreds that thing in seconds! Any time a new person comes around, we show them those videos. They stay back for sure!
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    The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

    Funny different perspectives you see, making you wonder what they are thinking when they see you running the equipment. It's rare to see a passenger train on these rails, so I took a pic. . . Then noticed some were taking a pic of us mowing!
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    Pictures from a skid steer mowing contractor

    Charlie, thank you for posting that. I'm trying to get better at stepping back and realizing how fortunate I am. Keep up the good work!
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    The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

    If you make a pigtail to a 7 pin plug and use the hot lead (and also a ground) then your could use your inverter on any tractor, truck, or SUV that has a 7 pin harness. It would be totally portable.
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    The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

    This is one place technology is getting much better. Inverters are better and more affordable than ever.
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    The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

    Fellas, let's all read that line again. Seems this could apply to more than stiff legs. Could apply to solving many of life's problems
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    The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

    Showing my age to say the tree in @Hay Dude 's pic makes a perfect plumb bob.
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    Struggling with MX5400 purchase — could get MX6000 for same price. What would you do?

    I'm jealous of you Kubota guys! Around here, all the John Deere dealers consolidated into a mega group. There is no shopping around any more if you're green.
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    55-60 HP CHOICES

    Great advice! One thing mechanics have been saying is be careful and avoid tractors that will become an orphan. If a company changes hands and stops supporting certain models then you might have problems finding parts.
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    Equipment buying negotiation strategies, haggling stories sellers, etc.

    A fun story in case @haydude or any of you are looking to negotiate a quad. As kids, my older brother found an ATV in the classifieds (this was before the internet). Brother wanted to take the ATV for a test drive but the seller was skeptical. Brother looked at me and said, "i'll leave him...
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    Equipment buying negotiation strategies, haggling stories sellers, etc.

    I love how my Uncle negotiated buying a baler listed at $14,000. The buyer let us know that several people had been out to look at it. Uncle told him, "I have $12,000 with me, and then you can stop playing baler salesman." This really helped the seller imagine the next few weeks of dealing...
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    1990 Ford 3910 fuel tank valve

    Thank you for sharing your project. I love hearing stories like that.
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    1990 Ford 3910 fuel tank valve

    @Str8 6 and @Tinhack I've enjoyed and learned from the back and forth on here. Would you advise a person to buy a Ford 3910 for brush hogging? Found a 2600 hour, two wheel drive that appears to be in good shape. No front loader, which is actually a plus for me as I really only want it for...
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