Recent content by GinNB

No,t hat's not really needed. With all new blades and mower should be balanced unless it's been damaged somehow. There are some rare mowers that have an unbalanced shaft that balances with the stock weight blades but not others. Most are balanced with any type of knife that fits. I've had shafts...

Thanks guys. I ended up finding an alternative duckfoot/scoop type blade that I'm going to try after they come in on Monday. Hopefully they'll work because the price of original equipment knives is insane ($37 Cdn each). It takes 30. I can redo a much larger flail mower for half the price with Y...

I bought a used Land Pride FM2160 flail mower and it's time for new blades. It uses a scooped "duckfoot" blade when I'd prefer something like a Mott/Maletti style rock blade (two Y knives hanging from a swinging D-ring) but the dealer says there's only that one option available. Has anybody...

4 pages into the thread and I was still hoping the OP popped in with something concrete. This needs to be pinned at the start. LOL

First thing- use the recommended grease. Second thing- give it maybe one squirt per day. Don't overgrease. It'll push out the dust seals and help dust/crud get back in when they go back in place. Three- make sure it's in balance. Missing teeth are hard on bearings and the main mower frame. Four-...

I've got a homemade one that plugs into 240 but has a standard 120 receptacle on the other end but only uses one hot leg, so I can get 120v in emergencies for welders/chopsaws/whatever that I can't blow a breaker on easily. It's a bit unorthodox but as long as you don't melt your equipment down...

Look on Amazon. I got a Warfox plasma cutter a year or so ago for a stunning amount less than a comparable Hypertherm. I think it was $240 Cdn plus a couple of large packs of consumables and an air dryer. Well, 2 air dryers. The first one disappeared in transit. LOL Got everything for well under...

I came to suggest operating the fuel solenoid manually if possible but LouNY had that covered. Good way to get you out of a bind short term, or save $600 or whatever Ma Deere wants for a fuel solenoid if that's the problem. Lots of other good suggestions too. Poking around the electrical...

I run regular Rotella 10w30 per the owner's manuals in my Kubotas. 15w40 works fine as well but not in the winter. I just run 10w30 year-round so I don't have to worry that someone jumps in something that had summer oil when it's minus a million to clear a driveway or something. I'd change the...

I've got a couple of flail mowers where "land plane" cutting height is recommended by the factory. They do a phenomenal job on land just levelled with an excavator and tend to shave off the tops of undisturbed knolls a bit and deposit the dirt in the low sections. They'll even shave off moss so...

I'm pretty sure it's been covered, but "it depends". Trailer brakes? Traction? 4WD engaged? Hills? Wagon or trailer? Try it conservatively in your usual conditions and work your way up. Easy rule of thumb with lots of traction "here" is wagon weight = tractor weight is a good load with no...

I know a couple of fellows who wanted to "race" tractors down a long and VERY steep paved road. Both topped out around 20mph but one guy cheated by popping it in neutral after hitting high idle. Scared the living crap out of him as it sped up downhill WAY past what the twitchy steering was...

No Crocs at work for me. I like my feet in one piece. Crocs are for putting the dogs out back to do their business. And when did Crocs become "high end" ish? I remember them in the dollar store a half dozen or dozen years ago.

Flails are nice for some things but a heavy rotary is hard to beat in the big stuff. My Woods rotary BB7200 is rated for a 4" stump. If I'm mowing big bushes and trees I take that, not a flail. That said, a flail can work if you're in creeper. And not all flails are created equal either.

If it's angled up then you're more likely to thump the stump with the body of the bucket and it'll ride up and over while still giving you the feeling of impact. If you hit a stump with the blade at the lowest point then you're pretty much guaranteed to fetch up the tractor unless it's a small...