Roy
Platinum Member
You don\'t know what you\'ve got till it\'s gone
(My apologies to Joni Mitchell for plagiarizing her song for the title). While my Kubota is in the shop, waiting for a new and improved (hopefully leak-proof) secondary fuel tank, the rains kept on coming. That meant the grass kept on growing. I couldn't delay it any longer, had to pull out the 1989 lawn tractor to do the cutting. I haven't used it since last October.
Much to its credit, I only had to put in some gas; she cranked over first try and the engine ran great. But alas, the rest is only sadness.
I cannot believe I contently used it for 11 seasons. I don't remember it being so slow. I don't remember the deck being so narrow. Which adds up to I don't remember taking so %$!& much time to cut!
My arms ache. A machine one-forth the weight of the Kubota took 10 times the effort to steer (no PS ). And then there was all that shifting. I couldn't cut a section of a hill, forgot that the lawn had to be bone dry (no differential lock, much less 4WD).
Upon returning to the garage, I noticed the snow shovels hanging on the wall. Glancing back out at the driveway, I cringed at the thought that I use to remove the snow by hand.
Once you've moved up, you really can't go back.
(My apologies to Joni Mitchell for plagiarizing her song for the title). While my Kubota is in the shop, waiting for a new and improved (hopefully leak-proof) secondary fuel tank, the rains kept on coming. That meant the grass kept on growing. I couldn't delay it any longer, had to pull out the 1989 lawn tractor to do the cutting. I haven't used it since last October.
Much to its credit, I only had to put in some gas; she cranked over first try and the engine ran great. But alas, the rest is only sadness.
I cannot believe I contently used it for 11 seasons. I don't remember it being so slow. I don't remember the deck being so narrow. Which adds up to I don't remember taking so %$!& much time to cut!
My arms ache. A machine one-forth the weight of the Kubota took 10 times the effort to steer (no PS ). And then there was all that shifting. I couldn't cut a section of a hill, forgot that the lawn had to be bone dry (no differential lock, much less 4WD).
Upon returning to the garage, I noticed the snow shovels hanging on the wall. Glancing back out at the driveway, I cringed at the thought that I use to remove the snow by hand.
Once you've moved up, you really can't go back.