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Ed, I have an acre of sweet gum balls each fall you are more than welcome to them. If you want or need them. Won't charge you a dime for them.

I'm not having problems with the deck belt, it's been changed before with no problem. It's the belt from the PTO to the deck drive. I've since found it and installed it. Works great.

Bought mine new in 2011 and have 544 hours on it and mow about 1 1/2 acres each mowing. Two belt changes is all I've ever had to do. Regular maintenance and greasing and cleaning and it's been a good one. Time is adjust valves but it's been a great mower.

My factory manual and everyone I've downloaded to check, shows deck belt routing but not the PTO routing. The link sgkent gave, did have a manual for a 2010 model, but not for a 48". It did have PTO routing for the 50" and I recognized it the same as mine. Got it on with no problem. I guess...

I have a 2011 Cub Cadet Z-Force 48" deck, model # 17BF3AGV010 SN1E311Z200067 with Kohler engine. I can't seem to find any type diagram of the belt routing for the PTO belt from the engine to the deck drive pully. Everything I look up shows the drive belt and deck belt as one. Mine has a deck...

I would think St Augustine grass wouldn't survive in your zone. It's mostly a zone 5 & 6. It does survive in the southern parts of zone 7. Zoysia is a great grass which is what I have. Slow spreading but wonderful to walk on and it's pretty tough with children playing on. It does go...

I spent 5 minutes explaining my Cub zero to my 6 year old grandson, me sitting on it and then him sitting on it. Cranked it and set speed control on low and he took off. I had him follow me as I walked all directions and circles in our open and flat yard. He doesn't mow, just drives. My wife...

Best thing to do with your batteries at the end of the season is to make sure they are fully charged and put them on a trickle charger all winter. I've gotten as much as 5+ years out of the Wallyworld batteries.

My son's Craftsman mower DLS 3500 hydrostat had a 20 HP B&S intek that throwed a rod through the block. I replaced it with a B&S 17.5 engine that I had. The deck belt pulleys are the same size. The transmission pulley on new motor is smaller than old pulley so the slack in belt won't turn...

My son's Craftsman mower DLS 3500 hydrostat had a 20 HP B&S intek that throwed a rod through the block. I replaced it with a B&S 17.5 engine that I had. The deck belt pulleys are the same size. The transmission pulley on new motor is smaller than old pulley so the slack in belt won't turn...

I once had a Tractor Supply Husky mower that if I didn't use the factory brand drive belt, it wouldn't pull a hill at all. Cheap belts worked on deck, but tranny belt HAD to be factory belt.

Tennessee has a University of Tennessee extension service for agriculture in nearly every county. Maybe Kentucky has the same. I'm sure any college that has an ag program could do soil tests. Check your Co-op stores.

You will have to enrich the soil with some sort of compost to break the clay down. Cotton gins or sawmills will have an abundance of rotten cotton hulls or seeds and sawmills will have piles of rotten sawdust. Each will either give it away or sell it at a reasonable price. Tip the loader...

Tits on a Boar hog ARE useful. The more tits on him, the better chance the female offspring will have more tits, which equals a better chance of feeding a large litter. We raised hogs when I was growing up.

I don't really care what you think about me. Those that come here to try and figure out their problem can be so frustrated that they don't think about that at first. A simple polite note asking would be a lot nicer. And yes, I've seen it many times they don't post the ID numbers, but don't...