Recent content by SteveHartman

Can't figure it out! New battery, New solenoid, New Starter. I figured, if the battery and solenoid were good, then the problem must be the commutator or windings in the starter so I bought a new one. Oh Boy! Twisted my brain, it did! First question: Does the 16HP B&S, when looking down...

LOL, MParr! My friend died and his wife sold me his TimeCutter for $500. I am 74, have Stage 4 prostate cancer, and am on a fixed income. If I could afford a 5' brush hog and compact tractor, I would have one. :) But I can't, so I don't. So, I must use what I have. Besides, my TimeCutter...

I also finally got why you cut the back out of the mower instead of the front. As you go over the grass, the front lays the grass down. Because the grass is longer than the length of the deck it stays down until after it passes the rear portion of the deck and then pops back up. By cutting...

Oh! Now I get it! If the grass, in my case, is over 21" tall, the deck lays it down and it stays down because the whole deck goes over it before the blades can raise it for cutting! That's why I have to go back and forth over the grass! After passing over the longer grass, by going into...

Well thanks for your input, Bert. In answer, I have gator blades on it already. As for renting equipment, I live 55 miles from the nearest town, which is Helena. But that 55 miles also includes a climb over the continental divide. LOL! I live out in the boonies. Your other thought confused...

Thank you for your reply. I'll check it out. :)

I live in Montana. I Have snow on the ground many times until June. My grass is a weedy style that's 3-4 ft high by the time it gets its first cut. My lawnmower lays the grass over when I run over it, and I have to continually use reverse and go back and forth to catch the top end of the...