Recent content by PaulL

Do you need it? No. Will there be some things you do where a heavier tractor does more damage / isn't quite right? Yes. Will it make you happy every day you drive your new tractor / do a thing the LX couldn't have done? Probably. But only you can decide that. If you can afford it, have space to...

No real choice. If you're thinking about an L vs an MX, then you need the MX. It's bigger and better, and not much more money. I'd go the MX5400 (instead of MX6000) before I went to the L. Not that the L's a bad machine, the MX is just better. Go 4wd and HST. Unless you're doing long stretches...

Amusingly, in NZ it turns out it's very very easy to re-register a trailer. In NZ you need a "warrant of fitness" every year for a trailer that's over about 5 years old. Mostly they check the bearings and hitch, the brakes if fitted, and look for rust. But it turns out you can reregister a...

I have to say that I've had massive value for money from my lifetime membership. :-)

Wow. Reminds me why NZ is the lowest cost producer of animal protein in the world (lowest carbon too). Because we just don't get those extremes. Every day is an open station day. Middle of winter I might see zero with a frost, but usually I just need a jumper. Middle of summer we get some days...

That's pretty weird. Jiggle it / lube it / tap it a bit? It should just spring back, so one of the ball bearings or something has hung up a bit or it's gotten sticky.

My brother-in-law has a Massey 135, my mother has a Ferguson TEA. The 135 is a diesel and a reasonably nice machine whilst still being vintage (I'm old enough that I have trouble with tractors from the 70s being vintage.....but they are). The TEA is the same age as my father was (1948), and a...

If you want a tractor for fun (i.e. you have a perfectly fine M7060 that can do the job, you are doing this because you think it'd be fun to have a different machine) I'd be looking at some sort of vintage machine. Because if it breaks you can just use the M, and the duties you describe don't...

You definitely wouldn't want an add-on (3ph) backhoe. Digging limestone will work it pretty hard. The subframe attached model will do better, perhaps with a ripper on it rather than a bucket. And work slow. But ultimately @fried1765 is right, a mini-ex will do that kind of work way better.

Yeah, I'd sort of like a backhoe, even though I'd use it only once or twice a year. The reality is that much of the trenching I do I couldn't get the tractor to anyway. For straight and narrow trench in open spaces, a chain trencher (ditch witch) is way faster....

Probably need to make a new thread rather than adding to an old one. My thought is that lots of people don't have proof of ownership in the way they seem to be asking. I'd go visit them in person and explain the situation. You have an owner's manual with the serial number written on it, your...

That's an opinion, not a fact. If you're just being deliberately argumentative, then fine, that's the internet I guess. You clearly either didn't read the list of things I was doing (that a zero turn can't do), or you just didn't care and want to argue. I'm not in the habit of telling other...

People keep saying that. I disagree. People have different experiences. I can take my deck off in 1 minute, and put it on in 2 minutes. I've had this discussion many times, so I even made a video of me doing it. It's like anything, practice helps, and so do some good tips. I can do it without...

Lots of reasons people might want to have a belly mower. Not everyone is the same. Plenty of people like to tell people to buy a zero turn, or buy a cheap riding mower. But just because it works for them, doesn't mean it works for everyone. I mow 5km of roadside with my B2601 and belly mower. I...

It is. But it's 72 inch and very heavy duty. It'll take way more punishment than any box store rider will. If you're dropping the money for an LX with a cab, the mower isn't really that much more.