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  1. gtunney

    Christmas came early!

    Congrats and well done on the trade value. Merry Christmas everyone!
  2. gtunney

    The one thing that you wonder why you didn't buy sooner?

    My tractor! We built our house in 2002. I wish I had the brains then to go ahead and invest the money in diesel subcompact. I didn't get my X585 (technically a garden tractor) until 2016 and I lament not having bought something similar much sooner.
  3. gtunney

    New inventory at JD dealers?

    Also check Machinio, Tractorhouse and MachineFinder Machinio X738 listings Tractorhouse 4wd X7 listings MachineFinder Lawn&Garden Tractors
  4. gtunney

    Putting mower to bed for the winter

    Leaves dropped late here in my part of Massachusetts. Had to go out one last time yesterday to clean the lawn up. First, we had to move the last of our firewood in the house and then I did the lawn. Ended up doing half of it in the dark just with the tractor headlights. Neighbors probably...
  5. gtunney

    Is AB-1346 The Beginning To The End Of The GARDEN TRACTOR?

    If someone made a conversion kit for my X585, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Just swapping out the engine for an electric motor would be a huge plus and I think relatively simple. Wish I were an electrically smart guy as I would try to design my own solution.
  6. gtunney

    Just bought a B2400–wanna make it right

    Nice find. Looks good considering the age. After you get that leak fixed, here are some other things to consider. If a grapple is not in the cards for you in the near term for your tree clean up work, you might consider a tooth bar for the bucket and/or clamp on pallet forks. I got a nice...
  7. gtunney

    Chain hooks on Bucket or just use pallet forks? (For misc chain hoisting)

    Thought I'd post an example of using bucket hooks with forks. I had to move our wishing well over our septic candy cane pipe for repairs. These are from when we put the well back into place before repainting it.
  8. gtunney

    looking for an ideal garden tractor

    Solid choice! Congrats
  9. gtunney

    looking for an ideal garden tractor

    Any luck? I see the Yanmar add is gone.
  10. gtunney

    Tractor flip

    Holy crap! That guy has a guardian angel.
  11. gtunney

    Kubota or mahindra

    A nearby AgWay used to sell JD Lawn and Garden tractors and the whole Mahindra line of tractors. The Mahindras used to sell like hot cakes every year. Then two years ago there no Mahindras on their lot that spring. I asked what was going on and they said they dumped Mahindra because they had...
  12. gtunney

    looking for an ideal garden tractor

    Have you poked around on TractorHouse.com or MachineFinder.com for ideas? They link to used gear at dealers all over the country and sometimes have individual sellers.
  13. gtunney

    looking for an ideal garden tractor

    Consider an old X series JD. You can get a lot for under $10K. If I exclude my snowblower on my X585 (its selectable 2/4wd), I got a loader, 3pt hitch, 54" deck with 14 bushel collection system. I don't have the rear PTO, but it can be added and I would still have been under $10k. Cuts grass...
  14. gtunney

    Hooks on FEL Bucket

    I have three Ken's Bolt-ons.
  15. gtunney

    Removing front wheel bushings

    I remember going through this with my L118. What a pain.
  16. gtunney

    Noob question 4 wheel drive

    Agree with comments to read the manual for recommended operation. We have a 29HP New Holland TC29D with an HS transaxle. The manual states to use 4WD whenever doing loader work and pushing up the RPMs when operating with a load which I believe for that machine is a minimum 2500 with the rated...
  17. gtunney

    New Tractor Company as if we didn't have enough

    I have an interest in alternative power vehicles and tractors and ran across this the other day. Seems like they are on the right track. Solectrac Electric Compact Tractor Here's a decent video of their small ag tractor on a farm - Farmer and his Solectrac tractor video
  18. gtunney

    Moving Cordwood

    Add some hooks to your bucket - good source is Ken's Bolt-on Hooks and if you are looking for inexpensive forks, hit up Pallet Forks.com (Titan Attachments). I bought two sets of their 30 inch working length forks, one for me and another for my Dad. Easier to work with than some of the longer...
  19. gtunney

    My lucky day

    So very glad you are okay. Years ago when I was a teenager, I was helping my dad clear up some dead trees in our backyard. He'd cut and I hauled away the logs. One tree was about 50' tall and about 12' in diameter at waist height where my dad was cutting. The upper 15 or 20 feet of the tree...
  20. gtunney

    New fuel can feature

    This is probably the company you are thinking of: Soletrac electric tractors. John Deere is supposedly working on electric units and here is another company that is just starting out: Monarch Tractor. I, too, would love to have an electric tractor. My next road vehicles will likely be electric.
  21. gtunney

    Riding mowers with Tuff Torq K72 or K92 (or K90) transaxles-other than JD X500s/X700s

    But you can get to it without cracking open the transaxle case, correct? According to the diagrams I've seen, you can access it via a cap at the front bottom of the transaxle. So, while internal, it is externally accessible. The attached image from the current JD x540 product page As far...
  22. gtunney

    New member JD L118 Owner

    Hi all. Just joined after following a thread on K46 transaxle fixes. Glad to be aboard. :thumbsup:
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