Man am I beat up tired, tonight...

Diydave

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Equipment
L2202 tractor, L185f tractor
Oct 31, 2013
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11
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Gambrills, MD USA
Mowed for 8 hrs on the junk kubota with the 4' bush hog. Might as well have been mowing the surface of the moon. Large corporate campus in Owings Mills, Md subcontracting for a national maintainence firm. Bumps everywhere, had it in 2 hi, on the flat, 'bout shook the front weight rack off. An hour before the end, I hit a piece of concrete re-enforcing wire, it stuck in one of the rears, only went around 2 or 3 times, heard it scraping the wobbly ole fender...

Pulled it out, finished up, looks like it's still holding air. Went to start the ole faithful Isuzu NPR, and got nothing, not even a click, and the hazards weren't working, either. Got out, took a look, saw one of the hot wires on the batteries was loose, tightened it up and made my way home. I don't know what huret more, the bruising from the tractor ride, or the same thing from 2 trips around the left side of the brawltimore beltway... Anyway, any landing you can walk away from:D:D

Sorry no pics, not able...
 

Tooljunkie

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Equipment
L1501,home built carry all, mini plow blade.
May 13, 2014
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Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba,Canada
Yes, my little kubota is kinda rough. My 9 acres is not the smoothest terrain so it gets a little tiring. Air seat is coming soon.also my home built harely rake is in the works.
Wheels first, 11r22.5 on modified wheels. Confirmed with machinist that what i want to do is a good idea. He owes me, so it will be cost efficient.
 

Corney

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Equipment
L1500DT, front end loader, mower, tiller, snow blower
8 hrs on any small tractor is hard on a guy! It finally rained hers so my weed lawn grew about 8" so it took me 8 hrs last Sunday to cut about 3 acres with out JD garden tractor. Man I was beat up after that!

Believe it or not The most comfortable 8 hrs I have spent on a small tractor is my steel seated 51 Ford 8 N?
 

sheepfarmer

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Equipment
L3560, B2650, Gator, Ingersoll mower
Nov 14, 2014
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MidMichigan
8 hrs on any small tractor is hard on a guy! It finally rained hers so my weed lawn grew about 8" so it took me 8 hrs last Sunday to cut about 3 acres with out JD garden tractor. Man I was beat up after that!

Believe it or not The most comfortable 8 hrs I have spent on a small tractor is my steel seated 51 Ford 8 N?
I believe it! From my memory of the marathon manure loading episodes with the 8N what used to hurt were the legs from standing on the brakes pedals to get it stopped, and the stiff clutch spring. And I was a lot younger then. The Bota shakes me around pretty good, but easy to stop!
 

skeets

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Equipment
BX 2360 /B2601
Oct 2, 2009
14,711
3,595
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SW Pa
awww quit yur whinnin,,, ya could have been out with a push mower doin it,,,, :D