Good to know. I missed out on one last month. I'm not in a panic for one but am going to move in that direction if the right one comes along.
My Big Lawn Mower!
- Thread starter Shawn T. W
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I pull mine off to sharpen, but having the decks folded up , makes the job so easy. I have a few sets of blades and simply swap the dull blade with a sharp one. I can sharpen old blade at my leisure.
My formerly big FDR2584 on the LX3310 but not so big on the L5460.
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@S-G-R that's an interesting top link connection, I noticed mine popped up out of the top QH hook and folded back twice when mowing the other day ... I figured it really only needs to be in the hook if I want to raise the whole mower ... But thought I might put some kind of restraint to hold it in ...
I don't remember if the two flat plates came with the mower or with the quick hitch.
I adjusted the gauge wheels down 1/4", then went out to mow, I like how it's cutting better now ... It's about 5" tall, was 12" - "15" or so before I started today ...
It's a "big lawn"!
Cooling off tonight and tomorrow, was in the 60's today, but calling for 20° by Monday, so this is the last mow of the season ... I still gotta mow the other side of the creek, but ran out of daylight ...
It's a "big lawn"!
Cooling off tonight and tomorrow, was in the 60's today, but calling for 20° by Monday, so this is the last mow of the season ... I still gotta mow the other side of the creek, but ran out of daylight ...
You might need a bigger mower than that!
Really nice set up though and good to see you enjoying your "new" tractor.Is that Danny Herman trucking? Looks like a company that understands the purpose of life! The support and projects are amazing.
Takes about 4.5-5 hours to mow my 14 acres that I mow with this, the 1.5 around the house, I like shorter to make it easier for my cats to spot mice and snakes! That's only the front "half" shown ...You might need a bigger mower than that!
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Yes it is, been driving for them for almost 12 years now, originally looked for a property up in Johnson County, TN, but eventually moved here, they have a terminal nearby ...
I got out back across the creek today to finish mowing ... "Found" the 1st rock since I lowered the deck ... It scuffed or dragged out a pretty big rock, about 8"!
I think the front lip of the deck snagged it, and started to roll it up and out, then it was all over ... Was actually not a bad hit comp to some I shattered with the brush hog! You can see a bit of orange paint in the purple circle, looks like only 2 mild hits with the blades circled in red ... It's now out of the way!
Over all a good day to mow, mid 60's and sunny ... Done for the season!
This use to be just one big pasture, the owner I bought from got it from his par that lived to the south, the guy that bought that a few months before me just runs cattle on it, it looks like this on his side of the fence! I've picked up lots of rocks on my side, shattered a few too!
I think the front lip of the deck snagged it, and started to roll it up and out, then it was all over ... Was actually not a bad hit comp to some I shattered with the brush hog! You can see a bit of orange paint in the purple circle, looks like only 2 mild hits with the blades circled in red ... It's now out of the way!
Over all a good day to mow, mid 60's and sunny ... Done for the season!
This use to be just one big pasture, the owner I bought from got it from his par that lived to the south, the guy that bought that a few months before me just runs cattle on it, it looks like this on his side of the fence! I've picked up lots of rocks on my side, shattered a few too!
This summer it went dry!
So ... I "cleaned it out"!
Busted up some of the sandstone!
Widened it up a bit ...
Then we got a little rain, and it filled up! It's only about 16" deep here.
I'm hoping the grass will grow in where the pump is sitting in the "creek crossing" before the spring heavy rains, and hopefully hold it in place, it was a natural "high spot" that I widened and cut the banks back so I could cross ... As my little tires couldn't climb the other side! One other summer it dried up too!
I've ordered a pair of 4,000 Lb rated 3 point forks for my L5030, as I can only put about 50 gallons in the above front tote, and the little trailer gets really wobbly over 125 gallons for watering my trees ...
Creek looked like this when I "discovered it", the day after I bought it almost four years ago, I didn't even know it was there!
Looked like this yesterday ...
I had a big wash out (creek) going through my field, and to hay the area I had to make a loop around to get to both sides. I took my little dozer and pushed in both sides and smoothed it out, then seeded it with brome seed. The rains that caused the wash out now stay on top of the ground and goes toward the pond.
I finished the back field today that I didn't finish two days ago ... We had a wet and stormy day yesterday, got 1.04" of rain ...
The creek was flowing good.
The 90" deck has just enough overhang to trim over the edge of the bank...
In some places where it was damp grass and thick, the grass clumped up some ...
But over all a nice day to be out !
Poor tractor hasn't had a wash and wax yet this year though ... I still need to tint the windows too!
On this side hill if I tried to turn up hill while moving, the rear tires would slide sideways a bit ... I was waiting for this spring to see how it would handle the soft ground and if it would leave ruts, as it slid last fall too with the 1100 Lb mower on 4 casters, since I had no problems with ruts so I decided to add some water to the tires ... Roughly a quarter full so about 16 gallons or 130 Lbs for now ...
The creek was flowing good.
The 90" deck has just enough overhang to trim over the edge of the bank...
In some places where it was damp grass and thick, the grass clumped up some ...
But over all a nice day to be out !
Poor tractor hasn't had a wash and wax yet this year though ... I still need to tint the windows too!
On this side hill if I tried to turn up hill while moving, the rear tires would slide sideways a bit ... I was waiting for this spring to see how it would handle the soft ground and if it would leave ruts, as it slid last fall too with the 1100 Lb mower on 4 casters, since I had no problems with ruts so I decided to add some water to the tires ... Roughly a quarter full so about 16 gallons or 130 Lbs for now ...
I got home for a few hours this afternoon, I lowered the finish mower 1.5" to cut at 3.5" and took it out to mow the front field which I had mowed last Tuesday, we had over an inch of rain on Wednesday, and 1.61" over Friday night ... The grass had grown 3" from the 5" I had cut it too ...
I like using the mirrors to keep me close to the fence ...
Heard this strange noise, and turned around and saw this! It's actually a rock that the front lip must have hit just right, and it pushed it forward and down into the soft soil ...
I dug it out and will fill it in later, rock was moved over to a fence post for now ...
I was mowing "stripes" albeit not very straight ones ... And if I turned too sharp the front tire would scuff up the grass ...
I'd rather just mow around and around, but I like to change the pattern now and then to put the tire tracks on different ground.
I like using the mirrors to keep me close to the fence ...
Heard this strange noise, and turned around and saw this! It's actually a rock that the front lip must have hit just right, and it pushed it forward and down into the soft soil ...
I dug it out and will fill it in later, rock was moved over to a fence post for now ...
I was mowing "stripes" albeit not very straight ones ... And if I turned too sharp the front tire would scuff up the grass ...
I'd rather just mow around and around, but I like to change the pattern now and then to put the tire tracks on different ground.
I got the rest of the blades sharpened today, and went out to mow the back field, almost 2 weeks, and grass is 15" - 17" tall!
It was a bit rainy, but I was home today and not due home for another 2 weeks!
I got to try out the wipers!
Even with the 130 Lbs of liquid in each rear, it still is a bit squirrelly on a down hill turn ... Will probably add more ...
I heard a huge noise, and looked back, another ROCK!
You can see the orange paint where the front of the mower kicked it up to get wacked by the blades!!!
Even with the 100 Lbs of liquid in the front tires, they would still scuff up the grass when turning sharp, so I went up to the barn, and added 495 Lbs to the front! Now tires don't scuff!!
I'm not sure if it's related to the extra weight on the back, or the 3/4" of rain, or both ... But the R1's can make a mess in short order, this was in 4X4 and rear axle locked!
It IS steep, but never had that problem before, but never mowed in the rain before either ... There were quite a few "squishy " spots!
It was a bit rainy, but I was home today and not due home for another 2 weeks!
I got to try out the wipers!
Even with the 130 Lbs of liquid in each rear, it still is a bit squirrelly on a down hill turn ... Will probably add more ...
I heard a huge noise, and looked back, another ROCK!
You can see the orange paint where the front of the mower kicked it up to get wacked by the blades!!!
Even with the 100 Lbs of liquid in the front tires, they would still scuff up the grass when turning sharp, so I went up to the barn, and added 495 Lbs to the front! Now tires don't scuff!!
I'm not sure if it's related to the extra weight on the back, or the 3/4" of rain, or both ... But the R1's can make a mess in short order, this was in 4X4 and rear axle locked!
It IS steep, but never had that problem before, but never mowed in the rain before either ... There were quite a few "squishy " spots!
Such a nice property to mow. 130 lb in a rear tire doesn't sound like much at all. My MX rear tires are 17.5-24 and hold 600 lb of Rim Guard each. Even with water they'd hold around 475 lb.
My Ford wears R1's. It's the lightest tractor I've owned and it marks up the grass more than My L4240 that has R4's when the ground is soft.
My M6060 has R1s, and when the ground is even remotely soft it's goodnight and good luck. Who needs a disc when you have R1s. The R4s are definitely kinder to soft ground, but they have the traction of poop in a goose. OK, they're not that bad but you get the idea.