Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

PJ, there's a lot of hardware there, and if their base is diesel, well, yeah. Lot of expensive steel.
I'd like to go back five years and see what the same machine sold for then. It's been around a while.
It could have a Kubota engine or something really good in it to justify the cost.
Those axles have to be strong to handle all that leverage from the super wide track.

I had an elderly doctor friend who needed one of them for a field on his farm. I mowed it with that Gravely because of its low CG, needed on one side of field where it went up a fairly steep hill.
I'm a real chicken when it comes to tractors and slopes, don't like them at all. I can see if you live near the mountains, like my brother does, he could use a mower like this for steep mowed areas on his VA property just near the Appalachian Trail. He uses an old Kubota front deck mower, also very low CG. Well thankfully now he pays help to mow.
We are getting too old for this hazardous stuff. Level ground is good. Tricycle wheel front tractors with bush hogs on steep slopes are not. Those tractors can be killers and I've seen
it with my own eyes. So if it keeps you safe, and you can afford it, yeah I'd spend the money if I had slopes I had to mow.

M7040, have fun poking around. Hope they have something interesting to look at.

 

[daugen]

Short day at work
it's about time Thomas...they've been working you too hard.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, a quick Google search tells me you probably won't be looking too long at those mowers. "Base models starting around "$39k" ... Ouch.

That's a dear price, but the tractor was more.

But after seeing this, there are better solutions out there. Wouldn't take but one ride like that to park the thing for good.

At least it didn't flip.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .04 inches rain.

Grass was wetter than I like but I managed a couple hours mowing late in afternoon yesterday. Hopefully get some more today.

Need to get my catchment hook back up now the gutters got a rinsing. Not that involved, just put my two inline filters back in place.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

81F and a mix of sun and clouds @ 13:15, HI 83F. Heading up to a high of around 84F for the day.

Woke up at 04:00, spent some time looking on Amazon for wire clamps (like a ground wire clamp for multiple wires) to hook up electric fence. Didn't really find what I was looking for. Fortunately was able to go back to sleep.

Got three bags of mulch put down yesterday on the back border of the northwest planting bed The Woman recently weeded. It's almost done except for one little spot.

Also brought down a bucketload of screened compost and got it spread out behind the west planting bed to cover some tree roots. Then ran over it with the Cub to tamp it all down.

Four buckets of vegetable waste taken up to the compost pile and dumped.

Took the Stihl blower up with me and got the grass blown off the Cub while I was at it.

After I came back down I took the dump cart around back and hosed it off, along with the 4 buckets.

Terminated another chipmunk for the neighbor lady.

Got 4' tall chickenwire cage woven together for the west peach tree.

Did some string trimming along the driveway, plus around both peach trees.

Momma deer and three fawns out last evening browsing in the upper field:

Agenda for the rest of today:

Hose off Cub and refuel it. Pretty sure it is due for the another oil and filter change + air filter cleaning (350 hours)

Probably dry enough in the garden now to do some more planting.

See what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday ...

 

[m7040]

The Maugansville Ag shop was a large Mennonite operation with a building for hardware and supplies geared for repairs to maintain tractors and farm equipment and then a separate building for repairs of hydraulics, PTO, gears and bearings etc. Prices looked good and they had supplies not seen in the usual shops such as Tractor Supply etc

 

[m7040]

I am trying to recover from hurting the shoulder using a pole saw. Those saws are fairly heavy when used in the extended position and I am not as strong as in my younger years. Ordered a set of rubber exercise bands in order to strengthen the muscles. We will see how it goes.

 

[sodamo]

Paul, which charcoal do you use?
I get Royal Oak, Hardwood lump at our HD

Best wishes for the wife

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The Maugansville Ag shop was a large Mennonite operation with a building for hardware and supplies geared for repairs to maintain tractors and farm equipment and then a separate building for repairs of hydraulics, PTO, gears and bearings etc. Prices looked good and they had supplies not seen in the usual shops such as Tractor Supply etc

Down by RR tracks? I have a boom cylinder needs a repack on the seal.

 

[Popgadget]

I have used Royal Oak and B&B lump, but have settled on Kingsford Hardwood Briquettes. It’s very consistent and I get great burn times, the Brisket that I just did went 17 hours and I never opened the firebox, I had to snuff the fire when it was finished.
I do add a few chunks of smoke wood, but I’m thinking even that is a waste of time.

Thank you for the well wishes. She is home and asleep, minus one disc.