Recent content by Perplexed

Let me say right from the start, I am NOT bashing Everlast! Having said that, I was looking online for possible choices in a plasma cutter that can quality-cut 1/2" mild steel. I'm not working with that thick of a steel at this time, but I can see where in the future that may happen, and I'd...

I've been looking at the various sizes of argon/CO2 cylinders being sold both on and offline, and got to wondering what size would best suit my needs. Is there a rough rule of thumb as to how many cubic feet of shielding gas one might use, say per linear foot of weld? Or is there another way...

Yesterday afternoon, I spotted a 5-gallon fuel container in the ditch near my house; when no one had claimed it by this morning, I went to pick it up. To my surprise, it was full of fuel! Must've fallen off a landscaping trailer or some such. It's one of the yellow diesel-marked containers...

OK, as I understand Ohm's Law (I = V/R), there's an inverse relationship between voltage and amperage. That is, the more volts, the less amps, and vice versa. Correct? And a plasma cutter needs more amps to cut through thicker metal - correct? Ditto for a welder, more amps are needed to weld...

I realize this is a ZTR mower and not a tractor, but I've seen people discuss ZTR's here, so I thought I'd give it a try... I have a first-gen Razor ZR52 ZTR that I inherited from my dad. It's about five years old, and has probably 400 hours on it now. The engine is a Honda 20-hp 4-stroke...

I've been pondering the concept of building my own pine straw rake, using some angle iron and flat bar steel stock that I have in my shop. I'm envisioning the removal of the blade from my rear scraper blade, and bolting up the home-made PSR to the lower edge of the scraper. That way I can use...

I've noticed on the CCY's that I've seen that the quick couplers for the hydraulic system are below the deck on the right-hand side, just in front of the rear tire. On the other make/models I've seen, the QC's were up higher, usually on the side of the vertical portion of the FEL's boom. The...

Recently, I bought a Hot Max 135 amp MIG welder kit, and it came with a spool of 0.030 flux core wire, so I decided to start practicing with that wire. I got two pieces of 3/16" mild steel - one was a sheet about a foot square, the other was a rectangular piece about four inches wide and eight...

I've seen several references on this forum about welding a piece of stainless steel to your steel work surface, and clamping your ground to that piece. I can see how the SS would provide you with a clean contact for the ground, but doesn't this mean you'd need to keep the work surface clean...

Recently, I emailed Everything Attachments to see if they sold ballast boxes on their web site, since a search failed to turn up that implement. The response I got ran in part thus: That struck me as an odd response, and faintly condescending. I wanted to check with you experienced folks...

Well, I would like to avoid causing one :D I have a CCY SX3100 that I'll be using this summer primarily to mow three acres of turf grass, using a Woods rear finish mower. I'll probably be mowing around sunset when it's relatively cooler, especially in July and August, and I'll probably finish...

I was looking through the various threads here and in online sales catalogs, but I'm not certain of the answer. If I'm looking for an implement that will see double duty for moving and leveling out dirt across small patches of land (say, 10-30' x 10' in spots) in the summer and for plowing snow...

I'll be in the market soon for a new Woods PRD7200. My local dealer quoted $2930 including tax :eek: I was wondering if it'd be cheaper elsewhere - can you folks recommend any dealers who can offer the same mower for a lower price, shipping included? Alternately, any suggestions for another...

The Mahindra dealership, which also sells NH and CCY, pointed me to the CCY SX3100 as being positioned between the Mahindra 2516 and 2816 in terms of size and weight, while being more powerful than the Mahindras. It's more like the 2516 where features are concerned (such as a 2-range HST), and...

I popped into the local Mahindra dealer today to look at their CUT's in the 25-28 hp range, and the dealer showed me a last-year-model 2816 HST and a current-model 2516 HST. I tried driving both around the lot, and liked them both. Of course, the 2816 is considerably bigger than the 2516. The...