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Cox ride-on mower throws belts.
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Jonno wrote: Max wrote: len garden wrote: On Sat, 05 May 2007 12:27:09 +1000, Max wrote: snipped g'day max, Yes well, that's probably pretty good advice, and I was wondering why he didn't get Cox on to it straight away myself. exactly! where in this planet do you rside, general area will do ie.,. nth/west nsw etc.,. if you are talking cox then it sounds like you are in aus'? I thought Cox was one of the better brands, what would you say were the most durable for a large block? We have about 5 and a half acres of fairly flat land but it's a bit lumpy with rocks here and there. no like all the tap-n-goes it is one of the cheaper makes, not know for long lasting durability with their slipping drives and many long belts. the most reliable rider mowers are the models with gear box or speed change mechanisms eg.,. rover rancher, snapper, deutscher, these models all have differential rear axles to help turning capacity, and with the speed selection means the motor doesn't get over revved to go faster over the lawn. and no slippy drives that the home handy man can' repair, years as a mower mechanic is a real eye opener. for that many acres you would almost be better off with a mini tractor up to 20 hp but not under about 18hp, you can get those mulching cutter heads that do a good cut, plus the tractor can do so much more than what a rider mower (rememeber they are a mower you ride on) can do. but at the very least look at the commercial quality riders, and reckon you would be wanting to cut at least a 4' cut even 5'. This block was deep ripped about 20 years ago, which brought a lot of rocks to the surface. The fella who owned it grew pumpkins on it one year, but the council stopped him after that. It's pretty good black soil on clay and basalt, and nearly everything we plant does really well. Except stuff that doesn't like wet feet. The last wet season killed a few things, as the soil holds water below about a foot down. now the rocks pose a problem unless yo can clear them you need to cut taller to miss them and the only cutter that will be reliable is a normal slasher type head if you went to a tractor? but rider mowers won't do well in rough conditions, again they are only a mower. for planting in those conditions use raised beds, see our page for ideas, and for trees that requier good drainage plant them in a raised manner that is don't dig too deep as you want the root ball or most of it above ground level and build up a round it creating a well. planting indemic natives will do better. We have mowed most of the block, first with a whipper-snipper then with a push mower, and moved most of the rocks that we could lift or roll, to the base of the trees. I think I would be welding some sort of bull bar onto the front of any ride on we bought. :-) again maybe rethink you application? riders don't tow heavy loads and they can push a blade but only loose sand say nothing else, tractors are designed for that as well a tractor can tow a trailer with a decent load in it. Thanks for your reply Len. -Max With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ Yes Len, we live in Ravenshoe, Far North Queensland on the Atherton Tablelands at about 1K meters of altitude. We usually get a good wet season each year, but the cyclones (Larry for instance) are only about half strength by the time they get here. Larry came straight up the gorge from Innisfail just missing us. We lost a few really big iron barks mainly, but this may be a good reason not to plant anything that can't get it's roots down deep, re your suggestion about planting trees above ground. As to a small tractor with a slasher and a collection of other handy implements, there is nothing I would like more! :-) Unfortunately, I am building the house at the moment, so all our spare cash (is there such a thing!? :-) ) is going into that. The house is 160 odd meters from the road and consequently the same from the power pole, water mains, and phone. Last week I helped our sparkie lay the power lines. One and a half hours work cost just over $5K and that's without even touching the house. Another 3 to 5K$ for a half-way decent tractor is out of the question at this point in time. Another factor that may come into play is the rate we are planting trees and other things, manoeuvrability may become an issue at some point with a tractor and slasher combo. At the moment though, we still have a lot of wide open space, which I have been mowing by hand now that the wet season is over for the year. At least the grass won't grow much in the next 6 to 8 months. So the main reason I was interested in the Cox is that John would let us pay it off, which would help not break the budget. But as you say, they are not a great unit to begin with, and with our rough ground may not last very long at all. Which only leaves walk-behind slashers. But even a half way decent one of those costs quite a lot. I went and looked at an old snapper the other day. The bloke wanted $500 for it. I know they built the first ride-on, but I didn't think this would be it! :-) It did have a newly rebuilt B&S motor, but it the mower it's self needed work. Looked like sh1t, but built like the proverbial brick dunny. My misses didn't think much of it though. This bloke rebuilds ride-ons, and I think he just keeps it to get people out there. ;-) He himself swore by Greenfields. I myself quite like rovers for reliability. But I was a bit surprised at the internal construction of the bottom end. What with the swinging balance housing and the plain metal bearings. Not very impressive, but surprisingly long lasting. I really don't know much about these mini-tractors you speak of though. Could you enlighten me a little on them? Like what is the difference between them and ride-ones? Btw, your website looks good. Lots of great tips on the mowers and trimmers page. Remain in light. -Max If youre on a tight budget, why not allow a few goats/sheep to graze for free for a while. I'm sure a farmer in the dryer parts of Queensland would love the idea. As well as this, $5000 for a sparkie? Darn it would almost pay for half a wind/solar system install. Keep it in mind... Jonno. G'day Jonno. We have discusses the idea of having some goats or something. I am not in favour of it myself, but Christine is. Chris has kept goats before. I have had a bit to do with them and imho they are hard to fence and love peeling the bark off trees. Also half of our weed problems come from people keeping and so feeding horses here. The horse feed brings is all sorts of really bad vines and other undesirables :-) I don't know anything about the feeding habits of sheep though. Again, our fences would need lots of attention. But some form of livestock is not something we have ruled out completely. Part of the issue is that not only cars but also ride-on mowers, tractors and the like go for about $1k more up here than they do down south. What you can get in Brisbane/Sydney/Melbourne for $600, people want $1600 for here. It sucks I know, but there it is. Our last car for instance, even with me flying down to Brisbane and driving it back, we still saved over $1k on something comparable from Cairns or Townsville. As to the power costing so much, when you factor in the price rise in copper over the last few years, three 200 meter rolls of 25 square mm copper cable (and the 40mm conduit), it isn't that remarkable. I actually got $200 off for helping him, and the promise of some casual work when he need an offsider. We will go down the solar/wind path when we can afford it. We are of course going to have solar hot water and gas stove and oven. Although a fuel stove with a wetback is another option too. All our appliances will be energy efficient, so running from an inverter wont be a big deal. Anyway, if we ever wanted to put our green power back into the grid, we would need the link to the mains. Actually we already have our own wind farm! Have a look here on google earth: 17 35 30.09 S 145 31 44.31 E Our place is over near ;-) the Millstream Falls marker. Remain in light. -Max The Chinese people I have found on the internet are keen to find a distributor for their 2 KW wind generator, and it also can connect up to the solar system its appears. They asked me to name a price but I wasnt enquiring for myself, so disnt go any further..If anyone wishes to get involved, drop me a line at www.aidplus.com.au.au.au Just take of the extra au's. Also, as an aside, for those who dont know, this news site is monitored on the internet by google. I did a search one day and found my emails all over the place. AAARGH..... So be carefull with your emai laddresses and other things. Big brother is watching.... |
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Cox ride-on mower throws belts.
Max wrote:
Actually we already have our own wind farm! Have a look here on google earth: 17 35 30.09 S 145 31 44.31 E Our place is over near ;-) the Millstream Falls marker. Remain in light. -Max Jonno wrote: The Chinese people I have found on the internet are keen to find a distributor for their 2 KW wind generator, and it also can connect up to the solar system its appears. They asked me to name a price but I wasnt enquiring for myself, so disnt go any further..If anyone wishes to get involved, drop me a line at www.aidplus.com.au.au.au Just take of the extra au's. Also, as an aside, for those who dont know, this news site is monitored on the internet by google. I did a search one day and found my emails all over the place. AAARGH..... So be carefull with your email addresses and other things. Big brother is watching.... I have a mate Geoff Thomas, ADVANCED WIND TECHNOLOGIES in Kuranda who sells all sorts of solar, wind and associated things as well as installing and maintaining stand alone and grid connected power systems. http://www.iig.com.au/wind/index.html I will send him your post. He may well be interested. I have just found out the reason nobody keeps sheep around here. We have lots of spear grass. The seeds of which, as the name suggests, get into the wool and then under the hide of the sheep, causing infections and even death from blood poisoning. Not a nice way to go. As a usenet denizen of many years standing, I am well aware of the fact that all usenet posts are propagated far and wide. Only my earliest few dozen posts of 8+ years ago have my real email address (which is now long defunct) without at least a little munging. These days I don't even bother making it un-mungable (if there is such a word :-) ). If someone wants to send me "back mail" they only have to ask for my email address and I will be happy to supply an un-mungable address, just like you have done above. You may have noticed I didn't supply the exact map cords for our place above, either. Thanks for your suggestions Jonno. Remain in light. -Max -- What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work? A stick. -- NetscapeMozilla SuiteSeamonkey The proud tradition continues! All in one internet application suit. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seam...seamonkey1.1.1 |
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Cox ride-on mower throws belts.
Jonno wrote:
(lots of snipping gone on here g) The Chinese people I have found on the internet are keen to find a distributor for their 2 KW wind generator, and it also can connect up to the solar system its appears. They asked me to name a price but I wasn't enquiring for myself, so disnt go any further..If anyone wishes to get involved, drop me a line at www.aidplus.com.au.au.au Just take of the extra au's. Hi Jonno. I sent this snip of your post to my old mate Geoff, who owns AWT www.iig.com.au/wind/index.html and got this reply. Geoff wrote: Hi Max, no contact from that person, mind you there are a hundred companies in China making Wind generators, but the main problem is knowing whether the representative who approaches you is actually part of the company or operating from his bicycle and his mobile phone, or perhaps his friends mobile phone. Gets difficult. -Geoff This is Geoff's email address: (same deal with the .au's) AWT is just a one man show, not some large company. I have know him for about 15 years. He is a good bloke, and has been selling solar and related gear for much longer than I have known him. At the moment his smallest wind generator is 30KW, and his largest is 1MW. Have a poke around his website. Remain in light. -Max -- I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. -- NetscapeMozilla SuiteSeamonkey The proud tradition continues! http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seam...seamonkey1.1.1 All in one internet application suit. |
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Cox ride-on mower throws belts.
Max wrote:
Jonno wrote: (lots of snipping gone on here g) The Chinese people I have found on the internet are keen to find a distributor for their 2 KW wind generator, and it also can connect up to the solar system its appears. They asked me to name a price but I wasn't enquiring for myself, so disnt go any further..If anyone wishes to get involved, drop me a line at www.aidplus.com.au.au.au Just take of the extra au's. Hi Jonno. I sent this snip of your post to my old mate Geoff, who owns AWT www.iig.com.au/wind/index.html and got this reply. Geoff wrote: Hi Max, no contact from that person, mind you there are a hundred companies in China making Wind generators, but the main problem is knowing whether the representative who approaches you is actually part of the company or operating from his bicycle and his mobile phone, or perhaps his friends mobile phone. Gets difficult. -Geoff This is Geoff's email address: (same deal with the .au's) AWT is just a one man show, not some large company. I have know him for about 15 years. He is a good bloke, and has been selling solar and related gear for much longer than I have known him. At the moment his smallest wind generator is 30KW, and his largest is 1MW. Have a poke around his website. Remain in light. -Max Thanks Max. |
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