Recent content by bainbridgematt

Anyone know of an alternative bagger for the D130. I know the BM21888 is the JD version, but the reading I've done in a number of places says it is really terrible. Now maybe those folks didn't have high lift blades or something, but I don't want to spend $350 to find out they were right :-)

Here are the left, right, and right where the deck is really near the tire now. There don't appear to be any bends anywhere on the frame, and the deck doesn't appear to have any dents on it either. Note that the camera might not be quite parallel to the ground but the front edge of the deck is...

So my wife was mowing the yard the other day and decided to mow the field that I never mow. In the process of doing so, she hit a the short riser pipe from the septic line (it's short enough to get under the brush guard but not the mower deck). We've got a D140, and she hit it going full speed...

So I am performing my 7.5 hour service on the mower and have managed to do everything but tension the belt. I tension it as show in the manual, but I still have a lot of slack. It says to tighten it until there is almost no slack left. I can't even get close to that. I'm afraid the belt has...

I know I've just got a lowly D130 (for now;)), but I am servicing it and have to go buy a grease gun tomorrow. Does anyone know the size of the zerk fittings for the grease gun (both wheel hub and spindles)? I want to make sure I pick up the right gun and grease! Thanks!!!

Anyone know if there is somewhere to get soft copies of Deere Owners manuals? My fianc馥 bought be a new D130 and I like to keep soft copies of all the manuals I get for major things around the house (washer, fridge, cars, etc.). However, all I can find on the deere website is a link to...

Hi all. I am purchasing a house this fall and we are looking at getting a garden tractor and snow blower attachment. The driveway is about 350' long and we live in Northeast Ohio so we get our fair share of snow. The yard to mow will be about an acre. Our budget is probably something less that...

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