Recent content by MagicMM

I would look toward the dealer availability and reliability.

I have no concern regarding the ROPS Police so I drilled more holes in the bottoms and lowered it. They are a "fit all" anyway and I ain't 6' 6" tall.

Used round hay baler belt.

I would suspect that algae is your problem. I would drain/clean the tank and always use a Biocide

Getting the carport done is looking good Brandi if you can keep Luke from lying down on the job. Will the chicken coop be like a "chicken tractor" with no bottom that can be moved periodically? I don't miss raising rabbits but I do miss the fryers. ;)

I am well pleased with having my hooks on three links of grade 8 chain and bolted to the top corners of the bucket. The chain allows them to swivel as needed.

Metal has been worn off to dull blades. Grinding only takes off more metal. I take my blades to a machine/blacksmith shop where they are heated cherry red and a trip hammer is used to hammer the cutting edge sharp. No metal is removed. I didn't find a video sharpening a blade but this is a...

7102 board feet of mostly 2X6 & 2X8 Longleaf Pine framing lumber that I sawed for a customer this week. I am approximately half through sawing this job.

Our hay was cut with a sickle mower, side delivery rake rowed it up, hay rake gathered it into piles, we pitchforked it into the wagon, pitchforked it up into the barn, and then pitchforked it to the back of the barn. Thankfully pitching it back down into the wagon and then to the cows was much...

I am well pleased with my 48" Thumb from Greens-Machine.com:

Don't buy the cheap pins, but rather use the ones labeled "heavy duty" etc. If you don't have to be careful to not snap your finger when you unlatch it, it ain't good enough.

Be sure to pick those fallen Pecan limbs up because a ZT doesn't like grinding up limbs. Bits of Pecan limbs will cause you misery with the belts/pulleys. I know, I have to mow around Pecan trees. :(

Did the OP give any indication that he would be mowing saplings??

Yes you can handle a single spindle 6" cutter very well as long as you keep sharp blades under it. The gear box rating will have no effect regarding your tractor's ability to handle it, and you certainly would not have to be concerned about it's strength.

Your limiting factors are your hp and your relatively small acreage. A 6' single or an 8' double is about all that your hp will handle, and the 8' is $$$. My situation is almost a duplicate of yours with a 45hp 1530 JD and a 54hp M4900 Kubota. I have a 6' single and a 3008 Bush Hog which is a...