Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

So did you find a model you like? How much do you mow?

The Deere dealer had some nice X570 models, but wow, sticker shock...$5,999. I could probably get away with an X300 series, I have been able to make my L130 go 12 years and 600 hours with nothing major, just a lot of minor nagging problems. I mow 3 acres, including some hill work and trails...some of it is a little rough. I use my tractor and bush hog on the fields.

Interesting I went by the Kubota dealer to get a fuel filter and they only had zero turn models on the lot. I don't know much about them.

 

[sam5570]

Good morning 33 degrees this morning, Got to get caught up on mowing today taking vacation days it works out good. My normal work week is 4 x 10 hour days so i vacate on thru and monday gives me 5 days off. I got to try to get to the creek and trout fish a little. The weather has been to bad to do any fishing so far everyone have a great day and be safe.

 

[wngsprd]

Same here, Sam, I need some trout fishing real bad.

32 here, frost should slow the grass a bit...only hitting 58 but sunny.

Off to the vet for a check up for Coconino...then maybe a quick trip to the mountains for a hike since I got my chores done yesterday.

 

[daugen]

Billy, for mowing grass, the X300 is fine. If you want to pull a heavy cart or use a rototiller with it, I'd go the X500 series. I've owned the 300 (actually it's immediate predecessor with the same Kawasaki engine) and now the 700 because I wanted diesel and I'm mowing 5-8 acres every week.
On the JD's, trick is to get the optional Michigan suspension seat they offer. Best 600 bucks you will ever spend.
I couldn't use a zero turn because of my bad arm with arthritis.
Bottom line is a zero turn will mow your lawn about a third faster. They just haul butt, if you let them.
I found the conventional riders which now have 16-18 inch turning radiuses to be more comfortable to drive, can do so
with one hand on the knob on the wheel.
I highly recommend the JD garden tractors. Big investment but they seem to last. Just like a tractor.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning! 45F @ 4:30AM. Partly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High near 65F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph.

David, you definitely get the globe trotter award for the week, maybe the month!

Glad to see us all back to one big, happy family. :laughing:

Looks like a front came through overnight leaving behind almost a quarter inch of what must have been a very gentle rain. Didn't even make enough noise in the downspouts to wake me. Or maybe I was just really tired from all of yesterday's driving.

Ended up going to Woodland, CA for the donor van, and indeed it was walled up on a back patio behind a fence. Not much to look at with almost every body panel somehow dented, but the pop top was OK, and all the camper interior cabinets and fittings were mostly unmolested. Easily worth the asking price, and the U-Haul trailer brought an anticlimactic end to the adventure.

I'll be back in town this morning to shop for food for the weekend wrench fest, hopefully getting back in time to maybe try out that flail mower. If not today then Friday, but too many things are stacking up to get 'em all done in one day, and the first guests arrive in the afternoon.

Hang in there, Friday's comin...

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 63° with cloudy skies and a brisk breeze this morning. Heading to 77° with cloudy skies, winds and rain. Tourist activities may be limited today. Yesterday was a good day for viewing Canyonlands NP. Lots of pictures of great views. Hard to pick one. So here is one of Shafer Trail. Specks on right side of tail are bike riders.
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Kev, drive sure looks good.
Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

your pictures are amazing Ron. The SouthWest has so many gorgeous scenes. Purple Mountain Majesty?

 

[300UGUY]

34 headed for 60 here. Finished taxes last night, now back to more enjoyable things! On my 2nd cup of coffee, the chickens are running around the pasture, the deer don't seem to mind their company. Need to add some salt to the softener, change the filters, check out some other things. Have a good one!

 

[rswyan]

32.3F and very sunny @ 07:30 ... high for the day predicted to be 58F, but I'll bet we beat it.

Hose and fitting order from DHH is in route and scheduled for delivery tomorrow. Should be grapplin' by the weekend, assuming I can get the painting for the brackets and the wiring for the diverter valve done here in the next day or so.

Ran down the path/trail behind the polebarn yesterday and found a large aspen of the neighbor's had fallen across the trail, looks there are at least two more standing and rotted, ready to come down. Shoved the one that was down off to the side as best I could.

Need to refill the bird feeders and check on the bluebird houses and clean them out.

And about a bajillion other things ...

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, safe, and productive day.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Okay, okay I am sorry I over reacted Thanks to wngsprd I thought it over. Guess I will hang. As for TMI when I see something too long to scan I will pass and anyone who sees me has the same right to just look over.
We have most of us had hard times. Ed that sounds like a bad kick you got. We lost our home in a tornado along with everyone else s on our street in 1990 and I lost three people I knew, One was a best friend but to loose a wife,,,,,,,,,WOW.
Enough said,


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Excellent! Welcome back! Case closed.