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Re: First mow pics

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 6:55 pm
by dag1450
Sickle bar... Joe make sure you snap a picture of that beast!
And yes I clean the surface of the deck off after every mow. All that grass accumulates during the mow.

Re: First mow pics

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:21 am
by JMotuzick
I’ll try to remember, I did mow after work last night.... The first tractor was a 149 that is here for repair. I mowed for about 20 minutes and it started sputtering, it has some sort of carb issue and won’t run past 1/2 throttle. Onto the 1882, it’s always been hard Starting cold, I think the head gaskets both have gone bad. Sounds like a winter project. Onto the 1863 I picked up in late June, I mowed with it once, last night it made one pass and died, no restart. Next in line was the 1606 and it worker perfectly! It was getting dark, but it ran great for 45 minutes! I guess I’ll need to spend a day fixing dead cubs!

Re: First mow pics

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:16 am
by Tom Scott
I've been so busy since spring that I kept putting off looking at this thread. Finally went through it all this morning, sorry I was absent! Although dag didn't get any of the faces he wanted to go with the names, it was entertaining! Best quote from two pages worth:
Klapatta wrote:
Fri May 22, 2020 10:18 am
Hey. What is this green crap shooting out of the auger of my ground engagement thrower
"...auger of my ground engagement thrower"... I'm going to be chuckling at that one all day!
:beer:

Re: First mow pics

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:34 pm
by SWilliams
Missed this entire thread but just finished cutting the grass here.

Re: First mow pics

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:02 pm
by dag1450
Ok Steve...no excuses this year on this thread! Now you know it's here. I know Ny is a little behind the good states but... well that not your fault. I would guess I'm about week or two from kicking off the 2021 season. Wish me luck.

Re: First mow pics

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:15 pm
by SWilliams
Well the blower is waiting to be removed but that's only because I am putting the deck back together and they won't both fit on the bench. I'm hoping there will be enough grass by the middle of next week or so, it hasn't been warm enough to really get it growing yet.
Am also going to try out the 54" deck under the GT this year, not sure just how that is going to work, it doesn't look that different than the 317 48" deck, until you have them next to each other! The Amish neighbor had their "riding" mower out today. Actually looks like fun but I'd have a sore neck. They use one of the draft horses attached to a forcart that is pulling a 60" swisher. Makes for a long mowing machine. They tried to cut the ditch across the road but the poor horse kept sinking in deep.

Re: First mow pics

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 4:08 pm
by dag1450
Ok. So we mowed for the first time this afternoon. I had what looked like 3/4 of a tank of old gas in the 1872...so I thought I'm probably not mowing the whole yard So I should be fine. Well after about half of the yard wouldn't you know I run out of gas. I think it's the first time ever. Lol. I was kinda embarrassed.. that's right when I was like oh..I need a picture of the first time running out of gas...and the mow. Hey..Anyone else have this purple flower grass weed in the yard? It's starting to take over..I bet I have an acre of this stuff. I'm gonna have to do something. It'sCrazy!
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Re: First mow pics

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 5:35 pm
by BigMike
And at your age it I hope you had your cell phone to call for help.......that’s a long walk for gas.
:lol:

Re: First mow pics

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:37 am
by SWilliams
Well got everything ready and this happens....
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Re: First mow pics

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 10:58 am
by Klapatta
Tractor in storage all Winter. Ran it out of gas before putting it away. Saturday I pour in some fresh non ethanol and mount in a fully charged battery. The thing started right up and ran good. Sunday I go out to mount the deck. Turn key, nothing. Battery at 4 volts. An overnight cold snap killed it. It was over five years old. So that's that.
Anyway, mounted the deck and took a couple of test passes over the leach field. Looks now like I'm good to go.
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Re: First mow pics

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 3:53 pm
by BigMike
Not exactly the first mowing but.....
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Just when you think everything is going ok.
Luckily I still have some spare parts/pieces.

Re: First mow pics

Posted: Sun May 23, 2021 8:05 pm
by dag1450
Mike..with that coil mounted where you have it...your front drivers side tire will rub when you turn hard. You should probably move it up out of harm's way. oh...I liked how you got out of your thank you by sayin you saw derricks video earlier. Good one.

Re: First mow pics

Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 5:54 am
by BigMike
Actually it’s ok there because I can’t push and steer at the same time. :lol:
The good thing is that I knew right away, when it dropped the power wire got pulled into the grass screen and then lopped off.

Re: First mow pics

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:15 pm
by dag1450
So I started the 1872 for the first time this past Thursday and mowed a few high spots. This week I will need to get after the whole 9 yards here. While I was changing a few of the cars oil today I figured I better do this one too. So much for a factory cub cadet oil change. Yes that's John Deere yellow....and man does it look horrible next to our beloved cub yellow.
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Oh..and I thought I would pass along my newspaper funnel trick. There's no dropping the 60 inch mower for an oil change....so years ago I figured out a way to do it with ultimate cleanliness. Lol.
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Re: First mow pics

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2022 10:43 am
by Clank
Dave, I just did an oil change too! :beer:
Big Mike, I'd move the coil too.
I just put some really long wires on mine and that way I can tuck it in my shirt pocket.
No vibrations anymore, but things get interesting when it starts to rain! I can count every revolution! ;) :beer: