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Personally, the fewer engines I have to maintain the better. Storage costs money to build, insure, and maintain, and keep critters out of. Batteries, engine oil, coolant, belts, and filters all need replacing due to age. Metal rusts, plastic embrittles. Depreciation costs. Live minimally...

I'll take them on the "old lady" side, loose and wobbly--that way they can pivot throughout the range of travel.

We taxed and regulated ourselves out of being competitive and/or affordable. Someone else will happily eat our lunch.

Hydraulic Quick Coupling Pressure Relief Tool (this one is for a Pioneer/Poppet QC, but they're available for flat-face also): https://www.amazon.com/Original-Hydraulic-Coupling-Pressure-Decompression/dp/B0BRTB5W4B

I just ordered a set from Messick's. If I have a heavy load out front and a weight bucket or heavy implement on the back, I do not want a 3-point structural failure and resulting twisted tractor frame and smashed implement because of it. With Messick's there's a company name and reputation...

@jaxs : If you don't mind me adding to what you said, "Go slow." I've gotten in a few tippy situations due to needing to be at odd angles to move large stones, and other than keeping the loader low, the tractor was kept at a very slow pace so that if anything started to go wrong it could be...

Apparently there's a not-yet-available Artificial Intelligence robotic mower with dual-layer blades (that's new) for better munching (mulching), I do not see robotic mowers as viable given how small the blades are verses the expected rate of wear for a reasonably sized lawn, but I could be...

@jaxs : Thank you for bringing that up; it's sound advice like yours that kept me from adding spacers given my tractor is often used to lift heavy loads and has a weight bucket out back; so far I've found ways to work around the BX narrow stance, and if that changes I'll get spacers (thanks for...

I suspect OEMs select the best blades for the widest variety of mowing conditions, safety, blade lifespan, etc. and that for certain mowing applications some aftermarket blades do better than OEM, and conceptually that makes sense that some blades do some things better than others, even if it's...

Honda commercial mowers come with X-type blades standard (for mulching). Generally the OEM picks the best blades for the job, mower deck design, and price point; pretty much everything else is a fad that fades in 3 years. X-blades work, but the material flow under the deck has to handle the...

From the writings of other members here: UDT2 is needed because it keeps the hydro unit cool and properly lubricated, without it the clutch plates can prematurely expire and that's over $4,000 in repair costs. The front end carries a lot of load and is sized properly for the weight, but only...

Meh, good reading for the noobs like myself.

I'm new to all this, so throwing this out there as I'm looking at grapples myself... My understanding is SSQA adds 100# (or more) of weight (for both sides of the connector) and pushes the impliment out is it 4"? Doesn't that result in a 15-20% loss of lifting capacity, which on a BX is pretty...

Thermostat wire is 24 gauge, possibly 22 gauge in some instances; you made the wire the fuse. Standard automotive wiring is 14 gauge stranded oil-resistant wire. The wire is stranded and oversize due to vibrations breaking non-stranded and small wire. Plugs should be waterproof, connections...

I'm pretty sure the people in the official USPIS video are real because they look and sound fake. 😂 Plus the video looks real because it conveys almost no useful information, just tells viewers what to do, which is how the U.S. government operates. First hit on YouTube provided the answer...

Now that you have a bigger cart you can buy a bigger grapple. 😂 Maybe pull the center support off so the tiller sits in the hollow, then build a small brace on the hookup side of the tiller so when you roll the cart under the tiller from the side the brace is just below the hookup and supports...

My tractor is in a detached building without a heating or cooling system, the building's environment is 60-100°F 80+% humidity. The tractor is used one to two weekends a month. What dosage of Soltron would you suggest? (I have little experience with diesel engines.)

There is now a "deceleration flap" on the input side of the soft box and "deflector flap" at the back, both of which seem to do a great job of protecting the outer material from damage. Sticks and stones are going to be hard on the unit regardless, buuut it's not like the mower blades will fare...

$6,000 is a lot of money, and four wheel drive requires more maintenance and therefore additional ongoing expense, but the traction compared to diff-lock alone seems about 3x more in my experience doing bucket work and traversing wet hills and soft ground. I was in the woods last weekend and a...

I stopped watching TV years ago; the dramatization of someone else's life pales in comparison to the sh!+ I do. :ROFLMAO: While at the dealer i looked at a B and an LX... I'm so happy with what the little BX lawn tractor does I can only image what one of those does. BUT, I'm working on...