[AT] ZD28

[Claude]

Just wanted to comment on the Kubota ZD28.  I have one and it is very stable on steep ground.  On a very steep side hill it will slide before it feel "tippy".  Up and down hill is not as good, but with common sense is ok.  Downhill the rear wheels will slide, as will most mowers.  Up hill the front can get a little lite, but it takes very steep ground.  As far as stability is concerned, it is as good as any mower that I have had except for a Craftsman that had dual rear wheels.  I love my ZD28 and use it to mow my lawn, barn yards and sometime pasture fields.  That little Diesel engine is fuel efficient.  FYI, I have an almost new woods 6' finish mower that sits in the barn, a bush hog (that I hate to use), a cycle bar mower, a disc mower that I have put taller shoes on to mow 4 inches high.  The disc mower gets most of the pasture mowing, but if it is not too tall I use the ZD on the pasture.

Claude
East Tennessee hills

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> On Nov 2, 2013, at 9:14 AM, "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
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> John you forgot to comment on how "good" that crushed up dog fennel smells. 
> lol
> 
> Charlie
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 7:33 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] A message for Ralph
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> My uncle plugged the beater on his 6620 Deere with green dog fennel while
> cutting wheat one June. He tried rocking it, reversing it, finally burnt up
> the belt. We went to help get it going the next morning. Carried every kind
> of hand, coping, keyhole, and tree limb saw we could think of along with a
> couple sharp butcher knives. It was raining that morning, so coupled with 90
> deg. heat, it wasn't fun. Three of us took turns going inside to work on it,
> took about an hour or two to clear it. That was a new weed to us that from
> then on was scouted for and then sprayed.
> 
> John Hall
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Dean Vinson
> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 5:29 AM
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> Subject: Re: [AT] A message for Ralph
> 
>> there was one memorable day that I spent part of an afternoon
>> and evening laying inside the combine on the straw walkers with
>> various hooks, saws, and finally a "sawzall" cutting flax straw
>> out of the plugged beater. Not something I ever want to do again.
> 
> I remember you saying flax straw is very tough.  Did you ever read the old
> "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip back in the late 80s or so?  One strip had
> young Calvin's dad laying on his back with his head under the kitchen sink,
> attempting a plumbing repair, with assorted tools and parts laying nearby,
> while Calvin read from a home-repair manual:  "Step 1. Consult this list of
> handy expletives."
> 
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
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