Recent content by X-man

6:25 AM, ready to work. This is how much snow we got, and how it looks on my car:

This is the hill that I get to maintain. If we had a ZTR I would be able to knock it out in 20 minutes, however we are stuck with the tractor, weed whacker and push mowers so it takes us approximately 1 1/2 hours to get it done.

Did a leaf removal job yesterday... in the rain.

This is really starting to piss me off. My lawn tractor, for no apparent reason, keeps blowing starter solenoids. The first (and probably the original) solenoid blew a year ago. No biggie. Well, the second solenoid recently blew about 3 weeks ago. Replaced it again. This third solenoid, after...

I'm really not looking forward to this coming Monday. I have to fire one of my workers. For the past 2 months that he has been working for me, he has always missed multiple spots on lawns when mowing them. Not only that, but he does a horrible job weed whacking. I'll have him go around the...

How do you guys handle lawns that are extremely dusty? I hate it because everytime I mow a lawn that throws dust like no tomorrow, I end up coughing like hell for a couple days after.

Do you ever have days where you decide that it is just way too hot to cut grass? Like for example, if it's 100 degrees Fahrenheit. And also when it is hot, what do you do to help stay cool?

For a lawn tractor like mine (15 HP), how much weight do you think I can pull without completely destroying my transmission? I do A LOT of hauling with my tractor, sometimes when I haul a load of dirt I wonder if I'm hauling too much weight. Just curious so I know what ny limits are.

Okay, so today I removed my muffler to try and confirm that it is the muffler that is shot on my lawn tractor (Still haven't fixed it from this past January), and immediately when I started cranking the engine (spark plug wire removed) gas started pouring like a faucet each time it did the...

Well, I'm almost ready for spring. :smile: My lawn tractor is ready for work (besides the muffler issues), had my mowing deck cleaned and the blades replaced yesterday. Air filters have been replaced on the push mowers, and I also fired up the weed whacker, ran smoothly. I think today I'm...

That post was from April of last year :laughing: This is what the lawns look like right now: I don't think the lawns need to be mowed yet :rolleyes:

This is what mine looks like

God, I hate this time of year...

This is what it says on my air filter cover: I'm pretty sure below-freezing temps is considered "Winter". :eek:

With the video I put on here, does it sound like my valves need to be adjusted? It was running perfectly fine yesterday, then when I started it today, it was making this noise. I don't know if it's either the valves, the cold (11°F), or something else. My engine is a Kohler Command 15 HP OHV...