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July 2012 my wife tells me ,we need a Gator or some type machine of course I ask WHY !! Answer for the grandkids OK Long story short , she ended up buying a JD Gator 550 S4 ,,their new light duty Gator ,4 seater. Since buying it we have added a windshield and a full cab enclosure and just...

I've used that before ,and yes it does work. I was taking ibuprofen till I went to the Emg room then Dr gave me a prescription for pain and swelling. Brin Worst thing about 2 mo ago pulled the tendon between the wrist and elbow. I was just getting better than that, and now hurting between...

Sat evening had hooked up car trailer to tractor to do Christmas luminary . Just started to walk around my tractor cart that had the sand loaded on foot caught the tongue of cart and down I went . Landed on both knees , more on left knee than the right, plus on concrete, and instead of going...

Roy congrats on new job .Sounds like your heading north to VT and not to WV. Sounds like the realtor should be able to cheat your right I mean treat you right hahaha. Have a save trip back to Pa ,know about the packing and moving Thanksgiving week. Daugher and SIL moved 5 yrs day before...

Since the wife bought the gator suv 550 s4 we've been kicking around which windshield we should buy. The first one from Dot Weld Offroad is a split windshield that seems like the split is 2-3" below the top of the grap handle on passenger side. The other one is from ATV-UTV Accessory...

:) Last 2 evenings had my first mowing with new 1026r and 60"mmm. Will have to say it can shoot the grass out the side discharge and leaves a very nice cut lawn. Very impressed with both tractor and mower. While mowing last evening I had a 1500-2000' driveway I needed to cut both sides , so I...

Arrived Wed afternoon and already have about 5 hrs..Pretty nice machine. Dealer called us on Thur and asked how we liked our JD Limo, there name for this 4 seater. Rides very nice, distance on a tank of gas seems good. Only have a hr meter . Just need to think ahead where you want to turn or...

:)Ok 1026 arrived this afternoon, and I know where are the photos ? Well here are a few the grandaughter took while Tom ,from dealership and I checked out the new ride. Just finished adding my wheel weights and made one pass with mower. Must have been made before the RIO ,could back up and mower...

Thanks in advance for all replies.. Just wondering the other evening while sitting on 1026R at dealers I think I seen a true temp gauge (not a idiot light) in the dash. Then after getting home and looking a JD papers it looks like a guage on there photos. So to the owners of the 1026R my...

Well went and looked at 1026R,fel ,bh and 60" mower this evening. Liked the feel of using the fel and bh ,very smooth action on bucket and boom moving left to right ,up and down. NO jerking motion like the 2305. After figuring out how to swivel the seat much nicer than piece of garbage that...

Just wondering ,,with outside temps near 95 for last 3 days I was mowing with a x585 with appx 580 hrs. Noticed after mowing for about 4 hrs tractor had a slight miss to the engine. I was guessing this miss was coming from a defective gas cap. When I turned off tractor after leaving it sit and...

While mowing yesterday ,everything working fine. Had mower set to cut at 3 1/2 " I was mowing close to a concrete pad and hit the corner of pad with mower. Made a lap and noticed a lot more grass was coming out of mower . Also noticed mower cutting a lot closer to the ground. Used hyd lift mower...

Went to my Chiropractor last Thur . While there he tells me 4 weeks ago his father (82) was out using the farm tractor. He pulled up to the gate got off tractor to unlock gate. We know that part of the accident. Dr was telling me he thinks his dad left the tractor in N because it is just almost...

Thinking of trading in my 2305 ,fel,bh,54 mmm, quick attachment for blade and snowblower and driveshaft for snowblower. Tractor has just shy 600hrs.. If I would do this thinking about buying a 2320 ,to get more ground clearance.. So just wondering what I might recieve for trade in.???

Putting a liftmaster opener on Wayne Dalton door the door is a new install in a new home ... Everytime opener raises door the drum pawl will engage and then door will not come back down My question is the counterbalance cable causing this... seems right side of door when all tension is out of...