Recent content by Ron of Va

Sorry Thunder chicken, I just saw your request.

I own the 54-inch Massey mulching deck. I do not recommend it. It leaves (pun) un-mulched leaves in the center of a swath. Note the photo where a single pass left a poorly mulched area. I also have a JD with a 48-inch mulching attachment. It does a far superior job of mulching. If you tow a...

Bought some armrests for my 2016 Massey 1720 TLB. There is a left and right, and you have to buy them separately. There is a knob under the armrest where you can adjust the tilt, up or down, probably an inch and half each way. They do not come with any assembly instructions, but assembly is...

I have one of these mosquito nets I wear over a large floppy hat when I am attacking a yellow jacket nest. Heavy sweatshirt, coveralls, leather gloves. It gets a little unnerving when you can hear and feel them dive bombing the netting, but I feel somewhat safe. Better than nothing, just don't...

I do my lawn with a John Deere GT235 fitted with a mulching kit on the deck. I pull a Sears lawn sweeper to sweep up the mulch leaves. I have been doing it this way for years. I now own a Massey Ferguson with a dedicated mulching deck (disappointed, but more on that later). When using a...

I covered a piece of plywood with a piece of leather, to strop my carving tool.

A metal rack converted from a Rocker clamp rack.

I made a welding cart for my shop.

I made a router table for my shop.

When you need a spanner wrench and don't have the right size.

The only way to know for sure is if you do as Axlehub suggests and see if the dealer will come to your home and demo the unit. If I had to guess, I would say the GC1720 would handle it, but it would depend on how big of bites you take with the bucket. It might also be technique, when the...

Congratulations on your purchase. I bought a GC1720 the first of the year, and I am quite happy with it. I also considered the JD 1025R, but I was concerned about the plastic hood, and other plastic parts. I had the plastic hood on my JD lawn tractor shatter in my hand during the winter...

One of the roots of a tree in my front yard had broken my concrete driveway and heaved it up to a point where it was intolerable to drive over. I decided to remove the broken piece of driveway, clean out the roots, and replace the driveway back in its spot. I took a few photos but not a lot...

Axle, In my yard from October 15 to December 1, every 4-5 days, this is the amount of leaves that cover my yard. No mulching deck will make these disappear. Mostly tulip poplar leaves as big as your hand. Sometimes it is worse after some wind and rain. I have to "Mulch and sweep" twice a...

Up date from the above post. Here is a photo of the tire with the more aggressive tread. Until I took this photo I did not realize how worn they were. I remove them from my first sweeper and installed them on the newer one. I still have what is left of the tire above my garage, and another VW...