Monkeying around in Shultzie's garage

[jack casey]

Exactly. When I lived on Long Island (lower NY) the snow would come down heavy and wet but the air temp and ground never really got cold for too long. I can see that the Gent from Pearl River probably has that same scenario. So, you can away with Ags. But where I am now, ice cold, hard rubber, would just chatter over a hard pack ground that's hasn't seen as high as 5 degrees in weeks. When the ground is that hard, you need cutting steel. Sometimes even they won't bite in enough. Added weight or not.
The pic shows 4 link V chains. I added to them, they are 2 link now.
Even the backhoe needs chains for when we get the real snowfall

I shud have been more transparent and must agree with Tony. Coordinates in Pearl River are 41 degrees N and 74 degrees W, not freez-ass where he lives now. I hated the nuisance of taking chains on/off and mowing with chains just brings lotsa dirt in the shed. So, living in a temperate zone, for the last 23 years I used them Carlisle's at 10+ psi (no more) and 160 lbs out back. In 2019 we had a mammoth storm of 25 inches, my 12 HP Elec-Trak moved it, no skids. I shud also say that our driveway pitches 3" to the street.
Cheers and Merry Christmas, Jack

 

[BHAM]

On yet another note.....
Charlie I think you need to be contacting Anheuser Busch on behalf of all of us here about these new beer cans. Yeah it's good to salute the farmers, but why just the ones that drive those green tractors?
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Don’t you ih people drink Budweiser ?

 

[-CӞ]

I shud have been more transparent and must agree with Tony. Coordinates in Pearl River are 41 degrees N and 74 degrees W, not freez-ass where he lives now. I hated the nuisance of taking chains on/off and mowing with chains just brings lotsa dirt in the shed. So, living in a temperate zone, for the last 23 years I used them Carlisle's at 10+ psi (no more) and 160 lbs out back. In 2019 we had a mammoth storm of 25 inches, my 12 HP Elec-Trak moved it, no skids. I shud also say that our driveway pitches 3" to the street.
Cheers and Merry Christmas, Jack

Elec-trac = full-torque right now, vertical torque curve !!!

 

[kshultz]

I replaced the blades on the zero turn. Has anyone used these on there mower? These are a little thicker than the stock ones. I hope they hold up better.

 

[PACub100]

I replaced the blades on the zero turn. Has anyone used these on there mower? These are a little thicker than the stock ones. I hope they hold up better.
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Good grief man!...you got every penny's worth out of those old ones...

 

[kshultz]

Yeah, my wife is pretty rough on blades. LOL

 

[jbratton]

Yeah, my wife is pretty rough on blades. LOL

You’re that type of guy? LOL

Just kidding!

 

[kmcconaughey]

Those look like the old Gator mulching blades. I've used them before, they work great. They really chop up the clippings and turn dry leaves to dust.

 

[Eric Wittersheim]

The Gator blades didn't cut well on my Ferris ISX800. I swapped back to stock and got a much better cut. I haven't used the Gators on my Cubs.

 

[RAllison]

I replaced the blades on the zero turn. Has anyone used these on there mower? These are a little thicker than the stock ones. I hope they hold up better.
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My blades look like that after every season,lots of sand and pine needles. I have a set of mulching blades on the way for my o-turn as well, curious to see if they wear any better