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First field mow of the season

Good news

Yes, it got much cooler

Bees went inside, crickets and frogs started to sing. Pretty awesome. Really glad my daughter flew in from Boston for a couple days to see this!

Sunny and clear here in central Indiana... We are ready in the totality!

The EGR... Like eating dinner in a bar that allows smoking, when you aren't a smoker.

Most do not. They are common rail

Not so easy to delete with an ECM. The tractor will know it's not there and go into limp mode typically

The castings could probably be blasted and painted. Those rims look like total losses

My air conditioning comes from nature 🤣

Checking on my largest colony today. They are over-flowing the box. They swarm every year, so they may be a good candidate to split. Not uncommon to see 10 queen cells in there this time of year. I wish I had 20 colonies like them

If keeping it forever, why would resale even be a consideration? I'd pick one that would never need an emissions or ECU repair. Those can be 25% of the value of the tractor new. They also have enough electronics to make a dealer tool to read fault codes, a necessity. Currently I'm looking...

I actually like some battery equipment. I just bought a new FlowZone Typhoon for lawn treatments. It'll pump 100 gallons on a charge, capable of up to 115psi. I can walk a typical residential lawn in under 10 minutes with it. Easily 10+ lawns on a charge. On two batteries I can do a full...

If I had a small lawn, I'd consider one. Less hassle for sure. However one consideration is still battery replacement over time. In 5-10 years am I buying $3000 worth of batteries? Are those batteries still available? Or is the mower now a throw away? Battery tech moves so fast, Id worry...

I consider myself well beyond middle class... And no way on God's green earth Id be able to justify that expense. Somehow it would have to monetize.

The EV mowers being discussed have no suspension, and little weight... True that will result in a poor ride. I have suspension on my front wheels, and nothing else. Low tire PSI helps a bit, but it's no Ferris.

$48k? What the heck

Apples and oranges

That is a fact. Farmed, fed and chemically treated bees don't seem to carry the genetics it takes to be prolific, without a lot of human intervention. That describes 99% of the colonies being "kept". I've found the less hard I work at keeping them alive, the more colonies survive.

Finding swarms is fun!

The reviews I saw said the stated endurance was less than advertised. Also did the decals began to peel off after a couple months. I don't care about decals, but build quality becomes a question

When I built the shop a couple years ago I had them run 220 for this very reason.

This is the one where the previous owner installed a winch to lift and lower the 3-pt hitch. It is absolutely wild what people will do to solve a problem.

I am looking for a MIG for the shop. The HF units come highly recommend

His wife said he was a hack? Yup. What the hell

Are aftermarket batteries the same quality?

That’s a Kubota dual fuel LP and Gasoline engine. I fear sellers always “believe” it’s the cheapest fix possible, but they are unwilling to do it… because it’s more complex. I have no patience for people selling equipment that supposedly needs a quick/cheap fix… but are only willing to push...

I've never had steering control issues on a hillside with my ZTR. The south side of our home has a steep bank, and I mow across it with zero issues. Not sure if that is transaxle vs pump motor or not. I've never used a transaxle mower on my lawn.

It's like buying a stripped down L Kubota for the same price as a larger, fully optioned TYM or Kioti

You can say what you want. Truth isn't subjective.

Never said a hydro gear transaxle won’t spin tires on grass. There is a design reason commercial mowers use dedicated pump motors on each wheel, and not transaxles. Transaxles are more cost effective and more compact. Larger commercial mowers benefit from the dedicated pump units. Back to...

My X-One ZTR has dedicated Parker units on each wheel. The Raptor has a Hydrogear 2800 transaxle because it is homeowner grade. Hydrogear are less efficient, less powerful, less robust han dedicated pumps. However, drive line aside, the lighter units slip and slide on grades much more. I...

I have read reviews saying it isn't great on slopes. 15% grade is excessive. I've also read unhappy customer reviews due to software updates, and electrical errors making the unit unusable, requiring service to correct. It's basically a computer. It's connected via app. Lots of sensors and...

I've used a 653 pound Hustler Raptor XD... And it is not very sticky on hills. I have a 1350 pound Hustler XOne, and it sticks like glue to hillsides. Never used a battery mower, but certainly light and heavy ZTRs. That EGO weight is insanely low

Well, 3pt will always move up without resistance.

Certainly sounds like a clutch issue.

I've had a Polaris ATV for 6 years now to work around the property... It has served me well, but I've considered when it is replaced, to look at a larger CFmoto with power steering for the wife. Congrats on the new, ehm, tool

Batteries are about $3k.... And won't last as long as an ICE. That's a tough pill to swallow

Most construction loans aren't a lump sum up front. It has designated draws, to protect the lender. And usually inspections at each stage, in my experience. However, typically they give you the money for each step, up front. When we built our barn, we paid cash, but it was the same. There...

I've found that heavier mowers, hold hills better. I'll have to see what an EGO weighs 410 pounds A commercial mower that will hold hills, weighs about 1300 pounds 🤣

His car is quieter, so they seem louder?

He says it would cost him 3x more for a COMMERCIAL ZTR. Yeah, it would, because you bought a homeowner grade mower from EGO. Not sure how that is relevant

We don't have enough tax revenue to keep people buying them 🤣. Look at the deficit

Hardship withdrawal from 401s are up too. From the bottom up and middle out! 🤣

From Summit today https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/are-yall-still-in-the-tractor-business.475754/#post-6789695

One is a deduction, one is a credit. That credit is like taking a $40k deduction for the hardship of buying a new car 🤣

Some folks want to know, due to difficulty in getting responses from y'all. Let us know you are still out there.

I read a while back that they were going away. That post was promptly removed. So your post caught my eye. It would be nice if they would respond

People wouldn't buy them, and manufacturers wouldn't build them, if not for vast subsidies and legislation to cram them down on people. Didn't the administration just sign something this week regarding over the road trucking? We aren't going to take your guns... And we will never do double...

I just question why, if a technology is so superior... Why it needs billions in taxpayer subsidies to convince people to buy it, a long with mandates to force manufacturers to build it, and then more mandates to eliminate the competition. 🤔. It sounds so, freedomish 🤣

Maybe he can sell hats and t shirts to fund his legal defense 🤔

I saw the FDA got slapped for calling Ivermectin horse medicine 🤣. They have 20 days to remove data on the web and social media posts propagating that disinformation. Conspiracies. 🤣 Conspiracies today, are the facts of tomorrow. Just wait. Remember masks? 🤣

I like aviation chronographs. My last purchase was a Citizen Blue Angels Limited Edition. My son talked me into a smart watch, and I wear it most the time. I love real analog watches, but this watch is very handy and light weight

I mean TYMs will go routinely past 200 hours for a regen. Why so much variation?

I'll admit, we built a smaller house than most, at 1700sq ft. Our previous build was 3000, and we just wasted a lot of it. My shop space totals 3300sqft 🤣. Kids are basically gone, the wife needs an office, and my time is spent in the shop 80% of the time.

Holy cow. Ours, which includes the 40x60 shop and 30x30 detached garage, is $800/yr!!!

The funny thing about keeping bees in a horizontal hive is... The beekeeper doesn't do anything that requires education. General knowledge of bees is good, but as far as management practices... We don't manage bees. God made them to be independent... We don't manipulate frames, boxes, feed...

Where are the photos of the beast? 🤓

Even if a battery remains serviceable... It's ability to maintain the same endurance degrades on day one. The Greenworks batteries I have are a good example. If you use them for 10 minutes between charges, you'd never know the difference. If you are asking them to compare to a new one before...

I just park it in my shop. We used to use old motor oil at the farm, and it seemed to work well. We didn’t spend much time repairing rotted wood.

Oh, I guess it’s Keeping Bees With a Smile. It’s on my shelf. There is also a plethora of information at horizontalhive.com Im not affiliated with Leo, but I’ve learned a lot from him. And if you email him, he will respond within a day typically.

I will say, using horizontal hives is MUCH less physically taxing than using a vertical hive. I’d suggest someone wanting to use Langstroth hives, actually go do a hive inspection or honey harvest mid summer on one. One box can weigh 50 pounds. And, you agitate the heck out of the bees as you...

Most tractors worth having, will damage your lawn while mowing. Not only that, but higher center of gravity and narrow wheel base on a SCUT doesnt make it great for hills. A SCUT compromises in most areas. It doesn't do anything really well. It does most things ok. I've mowed some large...

Beekeeping with a Smile Keeping Bees in Horizontal hives I read those one winter and then began my apiary. I’ve never had a mentor

8 acres, 90% cleared. We till and farm more each year. We are looking for 25+ to retire on soon.

Wow. May want to educate them so the next guy gets a properly assembled implement

My cell phone works fine in my barn. It's metal and insulated. Honestly, I don't care to be bothered while I'm there. I'd prefer NOT to have a direct line to the house. If it's that urgent, walk the 400' to the barn. Funny, it's never that urgent

I don't know about other brands, but TYM has an easy external adjustment for fwd and reverse centering

Active noise reduction.

We poured a 40x60 floor in our barn two years ago, and cut joints every 10 feet. Not a single crack. I dont have a lot of suggestions. What a mess, sounds like this fella was overpaid. Our pad was poured within the confines of the walls. What sort of fly by night operation is this? If it's...

Id mow more than my 2 acre lawn with it, but I tilled the other ground and have it planted most of the season now. Saves time, fuel and crates some cash, about $3k per acre.

I grease once every couple years on my utility. Now, I also store it indoors on a concrete floor in a dry barn. If I need to ever replace a bearing, so be it... But that may be another 10 years

About 1.2/gal per hour. But at $9k new... Not sure the fuel offset for diesel would be worth it at 50 hours per year.

I have a 29HP fuel injected Kohler Command Pro on my 72" ZTR and it has been amazing for 6 years.

More swarm traps up!

But all those "valued" customers

I love how airports handle it… simply dump it into massive melting trucks and turn it back into water.

I ride Yamaha exclusively... Very interested in the new R-9

I'm an elitist, but if you don't have to shift, I don't see it is a motorcycle 🤣

https://www.portugalresident.com/insurers-admit-electric-cars-have-greater-probability-of-accidents/

I guess, autos are getting awfully expensive, which also creates a large insurance liability. As people purchase $50k plus cars, something is bound to change. As technology creeps into even the headlights and tail lights… $$$$. It’s called progress they say. And you’ll be progressively poorer.

And the UAW keeps pushing money toward the destruction of their industry

We insure three cars and three motorcycles for about $700/year. Now, we don't drive fancy vehicles, and have no tickets or accidents for 20 years. We just revisited our homeowners policy last year to add the new 40x60 shop, and the price went DOWN... Something like $700yr for the home and two...

Also, as far as fuel economy goes... If it takes you 2x as long to do the work, are you really saving anything? I can till an acre of clay on a gallon of diesel with 48hp. I can break open 5000sqft of virgin clay sod in 12 minutes. Time has a lot of value for me, because I spend so many days...

25hp on 15 acres. There are some smaller frame 48hp units on the market that would be powerful and not too large. Is a mid mount mower a requirement? That would be limiting. Is that to mow the lawn, or just acreage? If lawn, then, yeah, you'd need a subcompact to not destroy the lawn. HP...

Im aware. But I have to start somewhere

God loves even those who don’t return it. Even when we do, it’s a fraction of what He has for us. It is absolutely possible to love something that cannot return love. Receiving love, is not a prerequisite for giving it. In fact, love is something you do, even when it’s not returned. But...

New Yanmars are very tech heavy… I’m not certain an owner can do much aside from regular maintenance. All I ever hear is to shop the dealer, and have good dealer support. Ideally I’ll never really need my dealer, but he is there. I was set to get a Yanmar until I realized they didn’t have a...

Broke open another 4500 square feet of sod for a garden today. Two passes, 24 minutes. I’ll do a couple more passes in a couple weeks as the grass decomposes.

But you can nary find a Yanmar dealer in this country.

Tilled it today. It was sod, took 12 minutes to make one pass on 4500 square feet. I'll let the grass decomp for a couple weeks and work it again.

Burned a half gallon of diesel tilling the garden.

Sharpening blades and changing oil in the Hustler today to mow 🤣

Each of those 8ah batteries is $300, and out of stock 😳. So Id need 6 to mow my lawn… so $1800 in batteries. That’s the cost of a 27Hp commercial engine, that I could run for 20+ years honestly, at 50 hours per year. Over time, a few years, those 6 batteries wouldn’t mow my entire lawn… I...

I have several 80v GreenWorks tools, and after three years of light homeowner use, the batteries are noticeably degraded. I bought a tool from them with a battery recently, and it lasts about 2x as long, same amp hour. Still love the tools, but the batteries degrade at a noticeable rate.

I wouldn't blame Covid. Consumer spending has been wildly high since the shutdown, as folks were flush with cash. That recovery era saw huge increases in personal spending, but yet somehow a successful business went **** up while still being backlogged 6 months with orders. 🤔

I love my Branson, but I'm pretty sure my next tractor will be a 100hp Farmall from the 70s. Funny how you live life trying to get away from your beginnings, and in the end, you just want to go back.

Debt can be a real risk

You can legally build firearms without serial numbers.

Very nice

So 75% are in for emissions issues. Interesting.

It's nice to see Branson didnt paint over all the filters like other brands

I gotta mow in a couple days.

They lied to your face on Jan 22nd is all I can say. You weren't a valued customer, and that is obvious. If you were so valued, they would have refunded your money.

Right, he bent them like everyone else, misuse. That is the point. It's not brand specific, it's operator specific. My comment about my bikes is relevant to the post I was responding to, where a diesel with ECM and DPF was compared to simple fly by wire technology. I dont see any posts about...

You mean bent cylinders are common on Kubota? Or all major brands with poor operators? https://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/threads/loader-cylinder-rod-bent-on-my-2020-kubota-l3560.52962/ Not all new vehicles have a diesel with DPF and ECM to limp it. My motorcycle is throttle by wire...

Rewarding bad behavior... Has never solved a problem

I mean, why leave the TYM family? Arguably TYM has the best engine control setup of any manufacturer... Their non ECM mechanical diesel engines are in a class by themselves. They also beat on weight, lift capacity and lift height on the loaders. I will admit, the LS tractors I tested before...

Hard to track without serial numbers 🤔. I'm fully aware of our anti Constitution establishment

Well, in Canada they don't believe you have the right to protect yourself with a firearm either. Nutcases

This design was specifically made to accommodate bees. Langstroth was specifically made to accommodate maximum honey production, even at the cost of bees natural tendencies. Every year our survival rate far exceeds our friends who use langstroth hives... But they still cling to the type of...

Barricade. Very cost effective and long lasting. 16 oz will cover an acre for $20 for 5 months.

Nice beehives!

Now you just need a hydraulic top link!

So, these are horizontals... So the entire box is insulated when it's built. A 4" thick wool stuffed pillow is placed above the nest, which encompasses 7-10 frames, or about half the width of the hive, over winter. At the end of the nest is placed a 3/4" thick divider board to separate the...

The nest should have substantially more insulation above, than on the sides, as they would in nature. If not, condensation will build up above and that is a recipe for disaster. Ventilation is ok, but in a tree, they don't typically have multiple vents. Bees actually propolize openings to...

Good thing we are hiring more IRS agents 🙄

I plan to keep my little Branson for a very long time.

I took that day off work as we are in the totality.

Our hives have 1.5" of insulation in the walls, on three sides of the nest, 4" above the nest, and one cold wall. This forces all moisture to condense on a cold wall, and not over the bees, thus freezing them. We can get puddles of water in the bottom of the hive, but it never falls on the...

Massive nectar producer. It's a cash crop

I wear noise cancelling earbuds on the tractor and listen to music. I wear hearing protection with a lot of power equipment in fact. You can still avoid hearing loss by taking precautions

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/xr4140h-error-code-f31-s29-and-warranty-lesson-learned.414281/ Sounds like a cheap $200 fix

Prayers. It's hard to see the men we thought were invincible, become human. On this path now with my father, and it's hard to accept

It can. I've seen a number of bent loader cylinders

Beauty

It is a place for bee swarms to take up camp, so I can bring them to my apiary.

It's an IronCraft. I've run 6 acres of dirt through it in 12 months and it's been solid. Broke open an acre of virgin clay sod with it. Very heavy, solid. It's the UM-72 model

Easily 13 from 11 gallons, at PTO speed, which is all I really do with it.

I actually grew up in MI

Traps going up!

400 pounds of fertilizer down. 40 gallons of pre emergent. Field tilled. And swarm traps up. We are WAY ahead this year

Yeah, the old 826 and 5088 stacks were never red 🤣

Nice looking tractor. Sorry to hear the troubles. Do you use FWD a lot?

Good idea. I bought one to ride a new motorcycle home one cold November... In a snow storm 🤣

Amen

I did the same.. I did need hydraulic restrictors to slow the cylinder and stop the chatter when there is a heavy load on the top link as it extends. Seems pretty common.

400 pounds of lawn fertilizer down, and now 60 gallons of pre-emergent (Barricade) The leftover bags of fertilizer make a great counterweight

Well I tilled an acre last week using 540E, topped it off today, and it burned about 1.1gal/hr Not bad! Everything on the unit is working as advertised. The bolts were marked at the dealer, and they are all still snug. No error codes yet! Oh, wait, we dont have computers 🤣

Good question. Educators have a pretty powerful lobby. See Covid closings.

I spent my childhood years on open station Farmalls. We bought the cabbed 5088 when I was 16. As a kid, I loved the cabbed tractor, I felt like one of those wealthy farmers, and listening to music was easier. When I bought my own tractor, I chose an open station due to tree lines along my...

We fly a lot of ICE folks to and from cities with large meat processing facilities. I know this because they have to come introduce themselves when they board.

AI is already programming them… through the little devices they hold in their hands. Carefully curated content. It is true there is no truth to them anymore, because their truth and world view is carefully constructed by an algorithm. Again, the designers of this technology have a great...

The heroes of the pandemic... One taste of electronic learning was all it took for them to realize they didn't have to engage. Their jobs will so easily be filled by AI. Which is frightening, but let's face it, they have helped it along.

No, this will also have an acre of phacelia

This field will be an acre of Lacey Phacelia

Seed bed, look aight?

Make a couple passes, and the shoes will continue to sink in the soft soil… you’ll get 8” deep likely. For this reason I don’t set my shoes very deep. I like to make a couple passes anyway.

Shrinkflation!!

Inflation isn’t a problem, but man things are so damn expensive 😂😂

It's available on the TYM website. I downloaded mine there.

Congrats on the 5520. Can't wait to see it at its new home!

There are certainly a plethora of alternatives to debt, if one is really committed to not incurring debt.

Amen. Amen

I see so much confirmation here 😂

I’d say “service” is dealer specific and not brand. A gentleman just posted last week that his local JD dealership won’t look at his new unit under warranty because he bought it at another dealership. My local TYM dealer ordered the tractor, delivered it and received not a dime until I wrote...

During the Jurassic period, CO2 levels were 500% more than they are today. That's why the dinosaurs drove EVs.

How heavy will this mower be? On our ground, one reason I don't even have a flail mower for the fields, is that most of the year the clay loam is so soft, Id destroy it. I'm better off with the ATV and trail mower setup. This to say a subcompact with a backhoe and mower sounds like a lot for...

Plannig 1500-2000 stalks

It is a voracious grower! It will grow if you just toss it on the ground

Amen. Sheep are being led to slaughter

The pedal adjustment is really easy too, if you have an owners manual which is available on the TYM website

To be fair, the Kukje diesels usually go 200+ hours before a regen. They are not like the green and orange units in that respect. Though I feel like they are the only ones still requiring a parked regen.

I learned recently from some dealer support folks that on my unit, a cross reference is a bad idea. The factory filter bypass rate far exceeds most aftermarket hydraulic filters, so not to substitute. Thankful to those on this forum, Asteral, and my dealer for being acutely aware of this need...

It’s a fallen world. All is going precisely as prophesied. He overcame however. This place, isn’t the destination.

Good news... It's rare. Bad news, you have it. Is it a straight throw lever, or H pattern? Also, TYM as adamant that the the tractor must be in neutral with parking brake set for regen

Yeah the pump is engine bay left, and external. Not painted.

Yeah, probably can't. The selling point for me to buy a TYM/Branson, was the lack of computers and sensors. It's a mechanical tractor. They are the only ones left. Everything else is CRDI and run by an expensive ECM

Today, feeling "convicted" means someone else is at fault for making you reflect on your own failures. Responsibility and conviction run counter to elevating yourself to a god in your own life.

People who spend hours on tiktok

The human brain is no match for AI. Social media is nefarious. There is a reason Google and Meta engineers dont allow their kids near what they created. The Social Dilemma is a great documentary. Anyone who thinks their brain is going to beat the persuasion of AI, has already lost the...

Birds have a shelf life of 24 hours in my barn. Only had three ever make it in, but in 24 hours the issue resolved itself. 😂

Wow. That's a terrible turn of events. This unit is the one folks have also had recurring issues with the steering being sluggish with a loaded bucket, and Yanmar is still working on that issue to my knowledge

Buckwheat adds A LOT of organic matter and the roots break up compacted soil.

Clay loam, it was pretty hard to break up last year... But then I grew two crops of beautiful buckwheat on it and it's really easy to till this year. This till was about 2" deep to uproot weeds. I'll till again in a few weeks just prior to planting phacelia

I'm looking for a good corn planter. I'd love a JANG, but don't know if it's worth the premium

Best bang, probably not orange or green...

That was one thing I ran into when looking at Kioti. They had a lot of already faded paint and rust on the lot. This during the Covid buying blitz? The other dealers had tractors on the lots that looked new... They all sat outside? Anyhow, great buy, enjoy the unit.

And loaders, and possibly attachments

Got a little ground tilled yesterday. I love spring.

Also, not claiming that the Bad Boy versions are exactly the same as a Branson/TYM unit, because clearly they are not.

I dunno, my Branson has been rock solid. I frickin love this tractor. 90 minutes to till an acre? I’ll take it. I basically use it only for PTO work. Now, I do care for it really well too

Took a quick look in on our bees yesterday and wow, they have A LOT of honey left from last fall. Probably 15-20 pounds per hive! They went into winter with maybe 35? Incredible how little they use in these hives over winter.

Well, the T25 is a sub. I misspoke, the 2610 is also a sub

Heard great things about the T25, which will run a mid mount mower. The 2515 is a great unit, but no mid PTO.

Worked it, and aligned the headlights

Tilled an acre today. 540E made quick work of it. Love this tractor!!

Even though it’s green? That is Bull Sh%@ that another dealer won’t look at it

Absolutely. As I age, I’m also not really into lifting supers…

I’ll admit, we are outliers in the US in The way we keep bees. In Europe and Russia maybe not so much. The Langstroth hives and ways were developed mainly for commercial beekeeping and honey production. I find Langstroth inspections brutal on the bees and beekeeper

Sensors and computers... Tractors from the 1970s wouldn't be running today if they had them

Yeah, I have two colonies, from the same original colony, that swarm every year. They fill the hive by mid April, and cast huge swarms. They have been on property since we started. Never treated, never fed, just amazing strong bees. These are the colonies I wish to split. They have good...

Yeah, I’m certainly leaning toward a synthetic oil. I use it in basically every machine I have. It looks like most non store brand oils, meet the specs.

There is only one queen. Colonies make new queens every year for the most part. They will raise 8-10 in fact. However, when the first new queen hatches, she goes through the hive and kills the remaining queens before they emerge. I’m simply taking queen cells and placing them in a new...

Iseki makes more than just the engines… they engineer a lot of the newer tractors. That’s probably on reason

Delvac is nice and affordable. I know it matters… but you know what I mean. There are many high quality fluids.

Except it appears that oil is no longer manufactured

So, I’m gearing up for the first service this year on the 4820H. It may be a smidge early in hours, but 2 years in I feel like doing it. So, I have Rotella T6 for the motor, but I came across Triax Agra UTTO XL fluid for the transmission. Also considered the Shell Rotella HD oil. Does it...

Taking brood and nurse bees and typically some queen cells from a strong hive, and creating a new, nucleus hive.