@Jackalope your redneck ingenuity never ceases to amaze me. What's even more incredible, is that it's always on-point and effective! 
Zero Turns.
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Big_Holla
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Last tire I monkey fucked back onto the rim I swore I'd never do again!! Just replaced both front tires on the tractor last week, ordered both on Amazon and took to a local tire shop, $15 each to remove and mount. Thought that was a good deal!!
Getting the new one on can be worse at times. At least you don't need to worry about ruining the bead on removal. You do on the install. Nice work Joe.
So I was replacing a switch on the golf cart and messed up a muscle in my arm when I tried to flip it over. I'll leave the tire changing to the people who change tires. No need for me to involve myself with that kind of anger.
My buddy Josh came over and fi ished it up for me last weekend, lol. No flipping of the cart...
My buddy Josh came over and fi ished it up for me last weekend, lol. No flipping of the cart...
So I did 3-4 of our race truck tires by hand. That was great. Roughly 30 min per tire "if" they weren't rusted solid to the rim. Yeah. Screw that. I bought a tire machine. Not cheap but time is money. Dirt bike tires can be terrible too but I still do those by hand. If not for the sheet amount of tires and rims I have, I'd just spend the money to have them changed. I still can't do skid loader or backhoe tires but I'm happy I don't have to do those myself.
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May want to cut some slots in there. Zero airflow may drastically change how it cuts. (Maybe not. Every manufacturer design is a bit different.) If it isn't cutting worth a crap, try the slots. Might need to allow some of the grass to escape.
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It cuts pretty good. The biggest thing is I don't have to pay attention to discharge anymore. The OEM kit has a couple of pieces to round out the baffles under the deck but it's doing fine as is.
Your grass texture is different too. Thinner. More sparse. May never be an issue. And like I said, every manufacturer is a bit different. Some are designed to be sealed all the way around for mulch kits. Some need air or at least the ability to lose a little bit of the grass.
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Way thinner. Lush lawns like Ohio just don't exist here. They're green and all, but it's mostly thin bladed St Augustine. No surprise, you can see under the deck what the soil is, it's just hard packed sand.
My cub cadet zforce, 4 years old, is in the shop - brake seal shaft leak n - paid guy to mow he had a brand new Red Max
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Lots of companies jumping on the zero turn band wagon. Something like 42 of them out there.
Hit 8 hours so I did the initial oil and filter change. May not be much to many of you but its the first time I've done that on something I owned. Feeling accomplished and glad I didn't pay for as simply as it is. Put together the harbor freight lift talked about a few pages ago, worked really nice and allowed me to clean up the underside of the deck really easy.
Gonna ask here and on the blades thread. I'm going to order a spare set, OEM? or best replacement brand? Online or brick and mortar?
Gonna ask here and on the blades thread. I'm going to order a spare set, OEM? or best replacement brand? Online or brick and mortar?
ThatBuckeyeGuy
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I've always been a local brick and mortar guy myself through the years with my simplicitys. I'll do the same for my badboy with oem from where I bought the mower
ThatBuckeyeGuy
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By the way... Had anyone seen the new badboy tractors? They look sick I approve 
anyone want to buy me one ? I'll be the guinea pig
anyone want to buy me one ? I'll be the guinea pig