My tractor mower finally gave me enough headache so went on a hunt for a new mower. Ended up with a Gravely 460. Have to say, this is a pretty manly machine!
I've got 4.6 hours on it, and something's up with the PTO. Mower runs fine but PTO won't engage. I'm going to have the shop pick it up this week and we'll see how this turns out. Visually everything seems fine, I didn't want to start digging into it too much since it's essentially brand new. Disappointing that I've had a hiccup so early in this relationship but I'm not even mad (so long as it gets squared away easily!).
I've got some pretty high grass and cactus here that my old mower couldn't even drive through, this thing is great... I put the deck up like for transport and run the blades and it'll get things in pretty good shape so I can see if I want to run through it again lower.
Here's an example of things going from pretty bad, to something I can work with now.
I was mulling over the 160 vs the 460 and felt compelled to go with the larger mower, and seeing the way it manhandles the areas of my land that have never been maintained before I think I made the right decision.
Anyway, thought I'd say hey and post a couple pictures!
I've got 4.6 hours on it, and something's up with the PTO. Mower runs fine but PTO won't engage. I'm going to have the shop pick it up this week and we'll see how this turns out. Visually everything seems fine, I didn't want to start digging into it too much since it's essentially brand new. Disappointing that I've had a hiccup so early in this relationship but I'm not even mad (so long as it gets squared away easily!).
I've got some pretty high grass and cactus here that my old mower couldn't even drive through, this thing is great... I put the deck up like for transport and run the blades and it'll get things in pretty good shape so I can see if I want to run through it again lower.
Here's an example of things going from pretty bad, to something I can work with now.
I was mulling over the 160 vs the 460 and felt compelled to go with the larger mower, and seeing the way it manhandles the areas of my land that have never been maintained before I think I made the right decision.
Anyway, thought I'd say hey and post a couple pictures!
