Tom love the way u talk and tell us what and what not to do whil working on different equipment. It really helps me out. I’ve learnt a bunch’s of hints and tricks. Thanks so much Me good friend Mr Doby
Trying to decide on the gravely ztx 52, ariens icon 52, and toro timecutter max 54. Tired of puttering around on a 42 inch husqvarna ts 142. Takes forever. Any suggestions?
When you said railroad, I thought of a video I watched about a RR engineer showing the diesel in a locomotive he ran. He said they hardly ever changed the oil. I think the engine held some huge amount of oil, so he said they would just change the giant oil filters, and bring the level up the full mark by adding however many gallons it had consumed. Until time for a rebuild, all they had to do was change the oil and fuel filters ever so many hours, and top off the oil with 5 gallon drums of motor oil. It will be a while before the government makes the railroads go 'green' (electric). Imagine that construction project. Maybe they will have battery cars behind the engines, and change them every so many miles, instead of running all that overhead wiring. Toyota claims it will begin selling a car with a 750 mile range using solid state lithium batteries they have perfected. That will change the world, if it works.
I got the 2023 Gravely ZT x 42 with bagger (not power bagger). It's AWEFUL !! I do NOT recommend this one! The mower blows grass, leaves, debris all out of ALL sides of the deck including in front which goes RIGHT into your face and eyes as you drive forward right into it. It's absolutely awful. I was advised by the dealer to slow the mower engine/speed and that will fix it and it did nothing! The bagger is the 1st time Gravely did their own and it's AWFUL. The bags are WAY too behind the mower so if you're driving along side of a structure/wall or fence, you can't just turn away from the structure normally b/c the bags are so far behind the mower, turning normally, the bags crash up against the structure. Literally the only good thing about the Gravely ZT 42 is the Kawasaki engine and looks. The deck adjustment hight control is lame and I often can't see the numbers when adjusting while mowing. After getting nowhere with the dealer OR with Gravely, I sold the mower after 1 season. I bought an other brand zero turn with Kawasaki engine altogether and it works as it should so, finally I have a normally functioning mower again that doesn't spew debris out all sides and front of the deck and the new one I got has the normal suction into the bagging system. What a headache but finally on to mowing lawn as I should. The Gravely ZT X 42 is a cool looking mower and has some nice things like adjustable seat, visible gas level, cell charger BUT, what good are those things if the mowing functionality is awful?? Very glad I sold it but I really--REALLY would have preferred that it worked well and that I didn't need to sell it. My new zero turn works great, thankfully but, what a pain to get a brand new Gravely only to have to sell it and get an other brand.
