Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Great story, Bird. Think I was about that age when I got my 1st bike, one of the small 20 inch. My Dad got it some where and laboriously torn it down, painted it red and silver and rebuilt as I impatiently observed and waited. I was as proud of that bike as any of my friends that had a store bike. We lived in a trailer park at the time, lots of friends. The fact that my Dad actually did this for me was just as important as the bike. Years later it was passed down to my brothers.

 

[toppop52]

Nice ... :thumbsup:

Yeah ... those are pretty slick ... I have seen similar setups on other brands ... possibly Walkers ... ?

Looks like the vac portion is driven off the mower.

They tend to be a little smaller capacity-wise than what I would want ... but entirely suitable for a lawn service company or home owner that's doing smaller yards.

To give some idea of the difference in size, the dry weight on that Locke unit I posted the picture of is (supposedly) 1540 lbs ... that's only 200 lbs shy of the weight of the tractor I'd be pulling it with ...

With a 3.5 cu. yd. capacity, and a full load of compacted green grass clippings, the load in the Locke alone would weigh near 2500 lbs.

FWIW, I tried to call Drew on Monday ... it went to voice mail.

Hope he is ok.

I wasn’t going to use it for bagging grass, I mulch mine, I only mow 2.5 acres. I was going to make a rear lift for one of my garden tractors, I honestly don’t remember exactly what I had in mind! LOL

 

[jbrumberg]

Checking In:

Miss a day or two and ………..

I am hoping to see a Drew post soon. Extra +’s.

The past couple of cold and rainy weeks really messed with my mood state, and I started thinking about the good ol’ Prozac days; but Spring and weather finally came to my rescue. Morning lows in the mid 30ºF’s to low 40ºF’s and afternoon high temperatures in the high 50ºF’s to low 60ºF’s without rain got me moving. Spring takes a long time to show itself around here and when it does it's like Mother Nature hit*the switch (except for my apple trees). I’ve been fortunately pretty busy since last Friday’s non weather event here. Sunday evening Brogen escaped and spent the next 5 hours cavorting about. Fortunately he returned unharmed (and so far no lawsuits). It was a sleepless night for me and it took him 2 days to recover from his night on the town. Monday I weeded and mulched our herb and flower and got all the stonework around the herb and flower gardens back in place. Tuesday I got the rider going once I disassembled and reassembled the air intake grill to remove an active mouse nest. Nest, mom, and cubs were moved to a better location w/o harm or injury, I had no leftover parts, and I started to mow the “lawn.” And this morning I pruned the peach tree, lubed the tractor, fueled it up, and swapped the box blade for the tiller. The tiller is all adjusted, and hopefully tomorrow the PTO shaft will hook up without too much drama. Hopefully I can maintain the activity and current mood state.

Ted- I still intend to create my own social distancing in the supermarket/pharmacy. Does the newly established USA Space Force have a uniform?

I hope that everyone is having a decent day.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[toppop52]

Jay, good to hear from you!

I’ve texted Drew, we will see what happens. His cell phone went to voicemail when I tried calling. Not liking this.

 

[jbrumberg]

Jay, good to hear from you!

I’ve texted Drew, we will see what happens. His cell phone went to voicemail when I tried calling. Not liking this.

Thanks for attempting to connect.

 

[rswyan]

I wasn稚 going to use it for bagging grass, I mulch mine, I only mow 2.5 acres.

Two and half acres is looking pretty good after the last couple of years with these wet Springs and Summers ...

I was going to make a rear lift for one of my garden tractors, I honestly don稚 remember exactly what I had in mind! LOL

I'm entirely familiar with how that works ... on a personal basis ... :thumbsup:

 

[Buppies]

RNG one continuous stream of red muddy water straw is holding back the mud. Have today and tomorrow for more heavy rain looking at about 7 to 8 inches total since Monday evening

 

[Buppies]

Thanks wngsprd learn something new every day

 

[rswyan]

After going out and raising the loader and then pushing the bucket back and forth, I'm seriously reconsidering my previous assessment:

The floppiness may be almost entirely due to internal leakage inside the cylinders due to worn seals ... which would be just fine with me.

I'm going to hold off on doing anything as far as bushings go until I've replaced the seals and hoses. FWIW though, the length on the bushings for the rod ends of the curl cylinders appears to a skosh over 2.25" ... and a .75" length on the loader frame itself would work.

A couple more hours in on the tank maintenance, still more to go though ... have run out of drawn water at this point.

Temperature here has dropped back down to 60F so I'll probably just stay down here at the house and keep at it and get it done ...

 

[rswyan]

RNG one continuous stream of red muddy water straw is holding back the mud. Have today and tomorrow for more heavy rain looking at about 7 to 8 inches total since Monday evening

Geez ... hope it lets up for you guys down there ...