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Ad yo put my ZD326 in the shop. Gearbox leaking profusely on the deck. 515 hours on it.

Those of you that run zero turns and other larger mowers, how often do you trade or replace your mowers? I know farmers and loggers that trade equipment every time they get close to warranty going out and I know others that run them till there is nothing left to run. Both seem to have reasons...

Was at my local dealer this week. Told him that I was thinking about another zero turn. He sells Kubota and Scag. We have been running Kubota two years and they are brutally tough. I told the dealer that I had heard that a Scag will. It Bahia grass better than the Kubota. He told me he did not...

Followed up on an ad on the local paper wanting someone to cut 9 locations scattered over like a 100 mile route. Cuts will only be once a month. All of them will be small areas compared to what we are used to cutting. One is probably 20'X20'. The largest is probably 50'X100'. How in the world...

What app do you use to keep your schedule? I am searching for one that allows for setting up a number of days. Like 10 days or 21 days. All I have seen offer the options of daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly.

Are any of you guys using one of the 30" walk behind mowers? We are going to need something like that very soon. We have been putting it off but it is getting to be obvious it has to happen soon.

Do any of you guys cut cemeteries? If so do you have any advice on bidding them? I have an opportunity to bid on one. A lot of the property does not have graves on it. A sizable part does.

Ok guys, give me input on COMMERCIAL mowers and your experience on cutting Bahia grass. We see various makes our Kubotas included that string it pretty bad after it heads out. What do you do about it to make them cut it? Even with new blades we see it doing this.

Have any of you ever tried the weed killer that is going around on face book made with vinegar? One gallon of white vinegar, 2 cups Epson Salts, 1/4 cup of blue Dawn dish washing liquid. The claim it is supposed to kill better than Roundup.

Tomorrow AM we start on a property that is 40 acres. It has a lot of trees on it as well. We cut it a while back and it took two full days. Do any more of you cut those kinds of properties?

Ave you ever cut a yard that you made a mess out of? We cut one week before last that I was ashamed of. It was the first time to cut it. Probably our last. It was a yard that it was obvious that they kept pretty short. I dropped the deck to 2 1/4" which is low. I have cut yards that low...

Not sure how hot it got today but felt like 90's today.

You guys who now smaller properties give me some input. Most of our yards are 1/2 acre to several acres. We are getting opportunities to bid some smaller yards. Give me some recommendations on a smaller all around mower. Possibly a walk behind or stand on ect. We run zero turns a 60" and a...

Do any of you guys have experience on foam filling tires on a zero turn? I have a ZD326 Kubota and we are constantly fixing tires. I ran them tubeless. Then put in tubes. Both ways we have had problems. I am looking at either foam filled or possibly tubeless and about a half gallon of Green...

Have any of you had a problem with the height adjustment getting to where it is not calibrated? It appears that mine is getting increasingly worse. I have not taken time to set it on a cement slab and measure the blade distance from the ground but it appears to be getting lower and lower as...

Did 400 hour service on my ZD326 yesterday. Parts and oil set me back $257.00. That included both air filters, fuel filters, oil and filter, trans filter, and transmission/hydraulic oil. That did not include the price of the hydraulic filter. It will probably be another $20. Bought it separate...

Am going to buy some handheld equipment in the next few days. I am strongly considering going with Echo. The reason being we run Kubota mowers and the Kubota dealer is now going to be the Echo dealer as well. We need one more string trimmer, an edger, and probably a pole saw as well. Any input...

I have a Merry Mac Lawn vac that we use at times to clean up parts of a parking lot and some other parts of a lawn at a nursing home we service. It works great after dumping the bag for a few minutes. Then the bag stops up with dust and it greatly restricts the air flow which reduces the suction...

Do any of you guys get hedge trimmers sharpened? I have two sets of Stihl trimmers and both sets do not seem to cut as smooth as they once did?

What do you pay workers in the Lawn Care Industry? Run a zero turn and operate a string trimmer as well as trim shrubs..

How cheap would you cut 30 acres of grass? It will be cut every two weeks till Fall?

The backing came off of my powerband on get deck belt on my ZD 326 60" deck this afternoon. It ran 330 hours. Wonder how many more hours I will get before I have to install a new one. I will get a new one within the next few days.

We were able to work two days last week. Right now it is the wettest I remember seeing it ever.

I bought an app called Planimeter that tells the area and perimeter of any property. It looks like it will be a big help to estimate yards.

We could use a new walk behind with a bagger on it. We have an old Snapper that we bought off of Facebook last year used. We will use it only a minimal amount of the time. It needs to be one we can use without the bagger as well. Since we normally cut large areas with zero turns this is...

I bought a set of G3 Gator Blades for my 326 Kubota Friday for $38.16 including tax. They came from a parts house called Covington Heavy Duty. That sounds like a cheap price. I have not found another source locally to buy them.

How many of you guys take credit cards with the swipe thing on your smart phones and which company do you use? Right now I have the Paypal system. I can swipe a card anywhere or I can e-mail an invoice and there is a link on the invoice that the customer can click on to pay me from. I have...

Yesterday I went into the outdoor sports place a few miles up the road from me. Lo and behold they are an Echo dealer. I have not nought any Echo equipment because the other dealer up the road does not have a mechanic full time. This guy has full time mechanics. I will have to give echo a try...

Had a guy from California call me yesterday wanting me to cut grass on properties he was managing for $10 per cut.

Cut my first yard Saturday. Hope,we can get to work a good bit this week. Got three more to get this week so far.

I can not remember my password to this forum. I have tried unsuccessfully for two days to go to the link to retrieve my password with no success. I am logged out on my Ipad and my phone. The only way I am on is because my laptop remembers the password. I even went to the link and asked the admin...

What are the Pros and Cons of having an LLC when in the lawn maint business?

I have a telephone interview Monday to possibly get some Safeguard work. I have heard so many stories I don't know whether they will be a hood thing or a dad thing for me. If they hire me I think I am going to give them a try.

How do you find your password? I wanted to add my I Phone and can't remember my password.

I have a Craftsman lawn Tractor. The tag under the seat says 917254323 or that is what it looks like. Serial # is 1219S01550. This machine does not have a sign of a break on it. I tried in the past to adjust them. At that time if I adjusted them any you could smell that they were getting hot...

We added an EB 802 RT Back Pack blower to our equipment this week. After two tanks of gas it appears to be a great asset to our business.

I went into my local dealer today to purchase a backpack blower. This is the oldest dealer in our part of the country that sells handheld lawn and garden equipt. They sell Stihl, Huskvarna, and Shindiawa. When I told him what I was hunting he immediately went to Shindiawa. He said that it was...

I know a guy that had one and used it to deliver Mulch. He would buy a large dump truck load of mulch and then use that trailer to deliver it to people. It holds 2 Yards and dumps it's self.

Here is a load of Longleaf Pinestraw I had a guy bring me loose and I baled it for resale.

How many of you use equipment with 12 volt actuators on equipment? What do they do?

Thought this video might interest some of you as you discuss zero turns on slopes since it is normally a hot topic. ZD 331 mowing steep slope. - YouTube

Here is a video of my Pinestraw baler. Pneumatic Pine Straw Baler - YouTube

Here is some video of my Pinestraw rake mounted on the front of my Craftsman Tractor. PineStraw Rake Discussed video - YouTube

What kind of oil would be correct for an air compressor like this? It came with a bottle that filled it up but it did not say what it was. Also how often would it need changing. JobSmart® 1.4 HP 10 Gallon Portable Oil Lubricated Horizontal Air Compressor - Tractor Supply Co.

Broke down and ordered one of these to rake PineStraw with. Hope it does as good as it appears it will. Yard Tuff Acreage Rake Dethatcher — 60in. Path, 6 Tine Reels, Model# ACR-500T | Dethatchers Rakes| Northern Tool + Equipment

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Has any of you got any experience with building rocket stoves or rocket heaters? I am fascinated by the concept and want to build one for a camp heater. Possibly even build one as a fireplace insert.

Proof is on the pudding. Does a great job. Already paid for itself. Tomorrow it should be dry enough to bale again.

Do they still make a bow for chain saws? Had a guy asking me about them recently. I have not seen one for sale in a lot of years.

I bought a 5500 watt Briggs generator the day after Hurricane Ivan in 2004. It ran almost non stop for over a week till we got power back. On a couple of other occasions we have used it for a few hours at the time. I always tried to keep Stabil in it when I put back in storage. Since we have had...