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My 853 has the Kohler diesel and is a little heavy for the 33" Zannon mower deck. This is a powder coated angle iron to counter balance (you have to look close!).

Installed an Exide AGM battery (FP-AGM51R). Stock battery died in less that a year. This prompted a cable upgrade (6 AWG) due to the SAE posts on the battery.

I'm anticipating the coming snow and using my 853 diesel with the Berta snow thrower. I am nervous about the exposed battery. My experience in snow blowing is that the snow can go anywhere particularly when it's windy. I upgraded my battery to an Exide AGM which just fits in the stock battery...

Here's another. Vibration activated hour meters for maintenance intervals. One on the 835 and one on the mower deck: There. I just exposed my "analness" towards service.

New here. But like most of my like minded forum friends - we love our mods to the things we love! Here are a couple of my simple ones to get things started: This is a 12 volt LED light that is super powerful for it's size. Need it for the snow thrower (the last pic is the switch):

Does anyone know where you can purchase one of these travel platforms in the USA? You can tow just about anything with it.

Anyone seen or made a leaf blower implement for their BCS? BTW - my BCS 853 diesel, snow blower, and lawn mower are on order!

Need some input on tire size. BCS 853 diesel and plan using it with the Zanon 33" lawn mower deck and the 33" Berta 2 stage snow thrower. The Zanon has this in the description: "adjustable-angle input shaft assemblies that can be adjusted to keep the deck parallel to the ground regardless of...

I am about to purchase a BCS 853 diesel. The description states it has a "standard differential with differential lock". What does this mean? How is this different than the smaller models that have "none"? The two implements that I will be using most are a lawn mower and snow thrower. On a...