Recent content by jeepman3071

The current equivalent to my 2000 345 is the X590, which lists for $10,400. o_O I'm sure it is a dream to mow with though. A cab tractor is the ultimate "no expense spared" option.

No need to have the ability to fix it, but certainly to pay for the repairs.

I do have an extractor I will use for certain machines and agree it does cut down on the mess by a lot. Flipping mowers really isn't too bad, but I guess my point was if I'm going through the process of changing any fluid in a piece of equipment, it will be with new fluid. If one is using old...

For $2000 it would be a good beater. Can't even buy a running car in my area for $2000. With that said, I would only expect to have it a year or two and then ditch it before it requires something expensive. It may not for a while, or it could start nickle and diming you.

Most people won't bother you, especially if you are at the edge of a lot out of the way. What you need to watch out for are those who feel it is their duty to enforce the policies of whoever owns that lot, whether they actually be affiliated with them or not. I live on a dead end street that...

Those are very nice machines. I prefer John Deere and Kubota over the others mainly because they are easy to service and have good parts availability. My Deere 345 garden tractor is from 2000, and has over 1300 hours on the liquid cooled Kawasaki. It's such a tank compared to today's cheaper...

We had a 99 Grand Cherokee with the 4.7L V8 when I was a kid. Used it to tow a camper and a utility trailer quite often. It went over 200k with regular maintenance before it was traded in.

Everything is on camera now. I'm fortunate I have a garage to work in and do maintenance, so many of my friends and family members who don't have a space stop by and either I help them or they do the work themselves. Around here the apartment complexes and auto parts stores don't want anyone...

A lot of small engines are a huge pain to change the oil on too, and you end up making a big mess. Fortunately a lot of my own equipment I have put extended oil drain hoses on, or have come up with creative tupperware sizes for drain pans to make less of a mess, but if I'm going to be going...

Yeah in that case I think a sub-compact tractor like a Kubota BX or Deere 1025R, or even something a size bigger like a Kubota B series (B2301/B2601 I think are the current models) would be best. They are comfortable to mow with and a swiss army knife as far as attachments go. I've owned my...

The sealed vs greaseable spindles doesn't really matter if they are the cheapest spindles China can offer. My Exmark has sealed spindles, and many commercial mowers do and get thousands of hours out of them. They use high quality bearings. The cheap junk spindles from Amazon and tractor...

I don't know how old you are, but even at 36 I'm starting to value the comfort of a machine to do a job over doing the job quickly. My grandfather has 20 acres, he mows about 8 of it every two weeks. He is in his 80s and really can't do it anymore. He has a Scag 61" zero turn that can go...

Vehicles are becoming more complex and expensive, that won't change unless people stop buying them, which also won't change when the loan terms keep getting longer. We have pickups now that have monthly payments higher than some mortgages, as well as 84 month and longer loans. Have sales...

New vehicles are good for the features and driving comfort, that is it. Neither of those vehicles I would have much faith in either. Have you considered the WK2 (2013-2020) Grand Cherokees? My father is on his second WK2 with the 5.7L V8, the first 2013 had just over 200k and his current 2020...

A setup like that will be over $20k now. I'd love a backhoe for my Kubota B series, but just the backhoe with subframe was $7,000.