Recent content by jjp8182

Depending on how big of a concrete driveway you have you may need to look at getting/renting a couple different ones. The first one I bought was a Simpson Powershot 4240 that puts out 4gpm at 4200psi which worked okay for cleaning concrete with a spray nozzle (don't want to use too narrow of a...

This. When my wife and I first got married she was trying to convince me to sell my tractor. Now a few years later and her having seen/understood it's use and I don't think she'd let me sell it now if I wanted to sell it -- at least not without some sort of a replacement plan to get something...

...and showing up with 80k+ truck and a dedicated lawn maintenance trailer (that costs I don't know how much). Yet there are people willing to pay ...... in some cases past the point where it'd be more cost effective to in-house the lawn care (even/especially for small lot home owners that...

Have been using one of these: https://www.homedepot.com/p/FILL-RITE-12-Volt-12-GPM-1-6-HP-Portable-Fuel-Transfer-Pump-with-Standard-Accessories-RD1212NH/309814956 - for last 1.5-2(?)yrs. Got it while trying to make the best use of a grocer's fuel discount program since it combined with...

I think you partially answered your own question with "...as much as a 75hp tractor" -- without a finish mower. So considering for example a 12ft+ mowing width; a PTO-driven trailed mower can be >$20k (haven't bought one, but have looked at the prices out of curiosity before) ...and any flexing...

I hear you on that - though passing new laws doesn't do much if they aren't enforced. Several years ago I was going to pick up a trailer I ordered and on the way to the manufacturer I passed a spot where an AL State trooper had pulled over a pickup pulling a mini-excavator with a bunch of...

Same here. I keep a bottle of Blue Monster thread sealant and role of Blue Monster tape on hand since they're suitable for use with many types of fluids/gases -- and all the ones I work on around my property (which largely eliminated the need to keep multiple different rolls of tape around -or...

Pretty sure they aren't going to have the customer demand to create a 6 month backlog anytime soon - especially only selling for local pickup. If they they get through the legal issues intact they probably won't be far from totally starting over from scratch (plus whatever IP they have/retain...

1. Rent Excavator/compact track loader/dozer as needed + use tractor for supporting tasks as needed (pallet forks, bucket, grapple & trailers can all be used to minimize how much driving the slower dirt working machines need to do). 2. same as #1 3. same as #1 4. rent excavator or buy tractor +...

Not real familiar with them, but what I have seen I've gotten the impression they largely rely on measuring the hydraulic pressure at the lift cylinders and doing the calculations as to what that translates into total weight being lifted (possibly minus the attachment weight depending on...

Essentially the places where gas engines would have issues, and finding/using an outlet can be a pain (if even possible). A big part of what drove me into trying a battery string trimmer in the first place was the impracticality of leaving a running gas string trimmer strapped to my tractor...

Never got rid of my gas ones even though I don't use them that often. The battery string trimmer is just so much easier for my most frequent uses - where it's usually intermittent trimming around mailboxes and sign posts while I'm mowing. Just a lot easier/quicker to stop the tractor and trim...

Just a thought, but it might be worth paying attention to how ditches & right of ways are maintained (with regards to mowing) in your area by the local & state governments. ....in this part of the country it's almost exclusively done with tractors and either batwing rotary cutters - or other...

Not a #2 pencil, but: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/0315191630-jpg.694417/ 😇 (for reference the upper grapple tines are ~3/8 inch thick) It's a bit bigger of a stick than I tend to just to mow over, but picked it up with the grapple tines for fun after doing some larger...

Given how much information it s already here I'll just a few thoughts/observations from having transitioned from a riding mower to a tractor on about ~3 acres (with a garden of similar size to yours) several years ago: - a larger/heavier tractor won't always tear up the yard more than a...