Have any implement purchase regrets?

[HillStreet]

I have a specific example of the "used implement desert" out here. A month ago I had my son list my smaller rear blade(Land Pride RB3596) for sale on Craig's List( I've only scanned the list - never tried to list/sell). I put a pretty high price on it - was in excellent condition. Got a call that same evening - guy says he will pay the price and come get it in the morning. There he is - bright and early with cash in his hand. Wish I had half a dozen to sell. What little I've seen over the years is real trash and seldom even see that.

I have done the same thing in the past two years. Bought and sold box blade, landscape blade, York rake, post hole digger, wood chipper. I used all of them to where I developed the property and no longer need them. Sold all pretty quick.

 

[greggyy]

I have not sold any yet, keep finding ways to use different implements for other things than what they were designed for, am new to this, but at this point I would not let much go, I know what old cockies keep all the old implements.

 

[daugen]

72 inch rear facing mower on new F2690e Kubota mower is awful in wet grass, clumps like crazy.
Marvelous when dry, but in this coastal area, too much rain for a RD mower. Should have bought conventional.
Anyone want a RD six foot Kubota mower with 70 hours?...
It sure makes mowing around mulched flower beds easy, but half the time I have to go back and mow with my JD garden tractor
or I'll just leave a huge mess on the lawn. Have about 10 acres to mow, need a big deck. We have thunderstorms in daily forecast for weeks on end, the East Coast has been awfully wet.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Yep. Around here Indiana I was looking for a tiller. Used ones must be made out of gold the way they were being priced.

Same here. If it's for sale used here, it's either complete trash (and should be sold for scrap price), or if it's even remotely usable condition, they want brand new (or higher than brand new) price for it. I do scan the ads sometimes, but normally I end up buying new. No way in h*ll I'm going to pay brand new price for a used implement.

 

[greggyy]

is prob more to do with how the local dealers price things or what they actually paid new, even half price off new can be too much if there is a lot of wearing parts...brush mowers come too mind....

 

[dnw64]

72 inch rear facing mower on new F2690e Kubota mower is awful in wet grass, clumps like crazy.
Marvelous when dry, but in this coastal area, too much rain for a RD mower. Should have bought conventional.
Anyone want a RD six foot Kubota mower with 70 hours?...
It sure makes mowing around mulched flower beds easy, but half the time I have to go back and mow with my JD garden tractor
or I'll just leave a huge mess on the lawn. Have about 10 acres to mow, need a big deck. We have thunderstorms in daily forecast for weeks on end, the East Coast has been awfully wet.

That's odd. I've only used my rear discharge mower (Land Pride FD1660) on wet high grass once, but it did a marvelous job spreading out the clippings.

If you were closer, I'd probably take you up on your offer, as I could use a 6' one now.

 

[daugen]

That's odd. I've only used my rear discharge mower (Land Pride FD1660) on wet high grass once, but it did a marvelous job spreading out the clippings.

If you were closer, I'd probably take you up on your offer, as I could use a 6' one now.

Thanks, my LP seven foot finish mower on the back of my Kubota, which I mow roadsides with, has no problem mowing damp grass.
Must be something about this Kubota deck.

 

[dnw64]

Thanks, my LP seven foot finish mower on the back of my Kubota, which I mow roadsides with, has no problem mowing damp grass.
Must be something about this Kubota deck.

Now I see, the mower in question (F2690e) is a purpose built front mower. I just assumed it was a 3pt.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

daugen, have you tried different blades? High lifts, low lifts, Gator type blades, etc.?

 

[daugen]

daugen, have you tried different blades? High lifts, low lifts, Gator type blades, etc.?

no...and I just bought another set of standard blades, and looked at them. Very little lift...
Here's the problem, and it's already a serious problem with the standard blades, and why I believe they don't put high air velocity
blades on the machine. What is directly in the path of the output of this six foot mower? The mower's engine...
I have to air blast this thing clean almost every time I use it, grass gets stuck in every orifice.
The mower is out front and I'm sitting to the rear of the mower and the engine is right behind me.

I'm sure it's just standard Kubota engineering but this mower has never gotten over two bars of temp. Out of 8 bars.
Seems to have excess cooling capacity, which in this case may be a very good idea if one is blowing dirty material at high velocity
nearby. So if I keep it clean, it's not hurting anything but a rear facing mower on an outfront design machine has some serious challenges.
Sure makes getting around my many hundreds of trees easier though, the overall design is super, and since I can't use a ZT due to a bad arm,
was my only option for a diesel six foot mower. I just think I bought the wrong deck for it... but then we have had really unusually wet weather along the East Coast recently. Dry weather is coming I see.

So I might try the high lift blades, will ask about them at dealership. Thanks for suggestion. Problem is this dealer sells very few of these and has limited knowledge.

 

[tjkubota93]

no...and I just bought another set of standard blades, and looked at them. Very little lift...
Here's the problem, and it's already a serious problem with the standard blades, and why I believe they don't put high air velocity
blades on the machine. What is directly in the path of the output of this six foot mower? The mower's engine...
I have to air blast this thing clean almost every time I use it, grass gets stuck in every orifice.
The mower is out front and I'm sitting to the rear of the mower and the engine is right behind me.

I'm sure it's just standard Kubota engineering but this mower has never gotten over two bars of temp. Out of 8 bars.
Seems to have excess cooling capacity, which in this case may be a very good idea if one is blowing dirty material at high velocity
nearby. So if I keep it clean, it's not hurting anything but a rear facing mower on an outfront design machine has some serious challenges.
Sure makes getting around my many hundreds of trees easier though, the overall design is super, and since I can't use a ZT due to a bad arm,
was my only option for a diesel six foot mower. I just think I bought the wrong deck for it... but then we have had really unusually wet weather along the East Coast recently. Dry weather is coming I see.

So I might try the high lift blades, will ask about them at dealership. Thanks for suggestion. Problem is this dealer sells very few of these and has limited knowledge.

Gator blades will last longer for the same money. Be sure to look at them.

 

[kneedeep]

This, CL junk

 

[Skip77]

When I bought my tractor I got a 7 foot Titan brand brush hog because I didn't want the added weight of the 3 gear boxes just to get the 8 foot. Now I have a only used once mower that I hate because it wont cut out the width of the tractor. We looked at the specs of the tractor width and thought it would do that but reality is that what looked good on paper doesn't measure the same it real life. I should have gotten the 8 foot or 12 foot pull behind.

 

[majorwager]

SKIP 77,

Believe an 8 ft rotary demands less hp than a 7 ft. Also many of the 8 ft models (Kodiak as Example) only utilize two gearboxes because the mower is actually offset in 3 point version. The cut improves w/ the 8 foot model.


TWO SPINDLES, 4 BLADES W/ A SHORTER STROKE DO NOT WORK AS HARD AS THE HUGE SWEEP OF THE SINGLE PAIR OF BLADES ON A SEVEN FT STUMP JUMPER.

Just look at the multi-spindle multi-blade format demonstrated by finish style mowers.

 

[drs1023]

This machine doesn't qualify as equipment, but the WORST garden tiller made is a Mantis. Bought new, replaced carb, then the engine under warranty. 10 hours use later and out of warranty, won't idle. 5 hours later, won't start. $50 repair later, it ran about an hour and I finally slung it into the woods. My next scrap iron run will include this piece of trash.
I don't use a skid steer enough to justify what I paid for mine. Same with my backhoe. I have 2 tractors but only need one on rare occasions. These last 3 items were "wants" rather than "needs". That's what I get for being raised on a 600 acre farm to my little 20 acres now.

 

[fried1765]

This machine doesn't qualify as equipment, but the WORST garden tiller made is a Mantis. Bought new, replaced carb, then the engine under warranty. 10 hours use later and out of warranty, won't idle. 5 hours later, won't start. $50 repair later, it ran about an hour and I finally slung it into the woods. My next scrap iron run will include this piece of trash.
I don't use a skid steer enough to justify what I paid for mine. Same with my backhoe. I have 2 tractors but only need one on rare occasions. These last 3 items were "wants" rather than "needs". That's what I get for being raised on a 600 acre farm to my little 20 acres now.

I have no equipment NEEDS!
I only have equipment WANTS!
I am almost 78, and have only 12 acres.
If I want it,... and I can afford it .... I buy it.

 

[sixdogs]

no...and I just bought another set of standard blades, and looked at them. Very little lift...
Here's the problem, and it's already a serious problem with the standard blades, and why I believe they don't put high air velocity
blades on the machine. What is directly in the path of the output of this six foot mower? The mower's engine...
I have to air blast this thing clean almost every time I use it, grass gets stuck in every orifice.
The mower is out front and I'm sitting to the rear of the mower and the engine is right behind me.

I'm sure it's just standard Kubota engineering but this mower has never gotten over two bars of temp. Out of 8 bars.
Seems to have excess cooling capacity, which in this case may be a very good idea if one is blowing dirty material at high velocity
nearby. So if I keep it clean, it's not hurting anything but a rear facing mower on an outfront design machine has some serious challenges.
Sure makes getting around my many hundreds of trees easier though, the overall design is super, and since I can't use a ZT due to a bad arm,
was my only option for a diesel six foot mower. I just think I bought the wrong deck for it... but then we have had really unusually wet weather along the East Coast recently. Dry weather is coming I see.

So I might try the high lift blades, will ask about them at dealership. Thanks for suggestion. Problem is this dealer sells very few of these and has limited knowledge.

As others have said, try high lift blades. You can't mow effectively in wet matted grass with anything but high lift in damp conditions is OK. Just remember the extra lift will pick up things like gravel and the garden hose. Even though you think you can go slow over the hose, I've learned multiple times that you can't.

 

[ranchito]

Bought a bush hog and used it once to mow down a small field. Since then, the ZTR keeps it under control. The best implement is a set of forks. I use them almost as often as the FEL bucket. I bring an empty pallet when shopping and unload with the forks at home.

 

[sixdogs]

And one attachment that i have rarely used is the Boom Pole. In my ignorance and hindsight I've seen that the FEL will do better in most cases. Boom Pole, too, just sits near the tree line....I've repainted it just for the hellava it.:confused3:

Cheers,
Mike

That's interesting because I've seen lots of boom poles over the years and never saw anyone use one. Most were stored with respect and under cover. Equally odd, I've seen quite a few that the owner painted--and still never used. The boom pole must be like the Rodney Dangerfield of farm equipment. No respect.