My Big Lawn Mower!

[big bubba]

you mention 8' finish mower. will this be drag or 3ph type? might pay attention to the mower weight in regards to 5030's lift capacity. are you on slopes? my hd 8' twin spindle weights 2000#, but a finish mower may be much less.
am sure you're aware that a finish mower is limited in the grass/brush height cut compared to a heavier duty hog. enjoy the new machine.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Thanks that's all covered, with pictures after post #1

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Have an L5030. It has never seen wax, lol. But love the tractor. I got it for dad to use on the farm, he only used his old 8N and ford 600. He was rough on it. We use it to bush hog about 50 acres of old hayfields and pasture. Our land too steep to go very fast.

 

[dnw64]

The Monster Maul! That thing is almost as old as you are! And the best splitter I ever used this side of a hydraulic one...

Remember that thing Dad bought that worked like a vertical log-splitter, powered by a sledge? It made a real racket, and at the end of the first (only?) day we used it, old Sy Brewster came over to find out what all the hullaballoo was about...

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Yeah, now that you mentioned it, I do remember, nice things was I didn't have to try to hold a wedge and wack it with a hammer, but not sure it worked any better ... It was noisy though ...

Not sure why I have them, but I have a few wedges and sledgehammers, besides the monster maul and chopper I ...

I've thought of getting a small wood stove to put in the garage to take the chill off on really cold 10° or colder days when I'm home, the chimney the pellet stove goes into is inside the garage ... I've been accumulating wood, tried to give it to neighbors, but they never come and get it ... I hate to burn it on a brush pile ...

The brush I pile up to burn, the oak logs I carry with the BH, I've been standing them up against another tree I need to take down, before it falls down!

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I adjusted the mower down today, it's cutting about 5" now, and I like it there ... Grass was 12" - 15" tall today, final cutting of the season.

Mid 60's, but the end of fall, tomorrow it stars cooling off, and Monday calling for only 20°!

Just before the sun went down, it came out for a few minutes ...

 

[dnw64]

Mid 60's, but the end of fall, tomorrow it stars cooling off, and Monday calling for only 20°!

Coldest I've seen so far is 24!

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Coldest I've seen so far is 24!

Chilly!

 

[Shawn T. W.]

I got out back on the other side of the creek today and finished mowing ... "Found" a mostly buried/hidden rock! It scuffed/dragged it out, and I wacked it!

My guess is the front of the mower hit it and rolled it up out, first rock I hit since I lowered the mower ... There's a little orange mark that matches the paint circled in purple ... Looks like it took 2 hits with the blades

A nice mid 60's sunny day!