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  1. 28th November 2010, 02:58 PM #41
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    Always wondered why they put lights on lawn mowers. Never powerful enough to be of any use and who wants to cut their grass at nightime anyway ?
    Good choice though. I bought a JD ride on for our 5 acres 16 years ago, its done a lot of hard work and it's still going.

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  2. 28th November 2010, 03:02 PM #42
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    Quote Originally Posted by dullbird View Post
    Slunnie why did you buy this at that price and not a second hand tractor? or is a tractor impractical?
    Hey Dullbird,

    I cant recall what I was thinking at the time, but it predominently gets used in the house paddock, along the driveway and around the paddock paddocks fenceline. Its a mower rather than a slasher and so gives a really good mow rather than a course slash cut. Around the house it has cut mowing down by about 5 hours per mow. I was going to use it to mow the paddock out too but there are too many rocks to hit and admittedly a tractor or stock would have been better, it just didn't turn out that way. Old machines are crappy anyway and I have enough crap around here - I also wanted something that I could manage (it goes into the garage in front of the Disco) and something that wasnt go to give me grief. With the JD X340, I just turn the key and it just works everytime.
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  3. 28th November 2010, 03:05 PM #43
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeanoH View Post
    Always wondered why they put lights on lawn mowers. Never powerful enough to be of any use and who wants to cut their grass at nightime anyway ?
    Good choice though. I bought a JD ride on for our 5 acres 16 years ago, its done a lot of hard work and it's still going.

    Deano
    I've used the lights a few times. Just when finishing a mow and the I'm losing the light. I've also been bogged at home and used the JD's lights so I could see what I was doing, and the other night while out in the paddock trying to find the dog. They don't throw a heap of light but it fine for a mower.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeanoH View Post
    Always wondered why they put lights on lawn mowers.
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    That's wot your LED work lights are for... would be an awesome light for a mower...
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  5. 28th November 2010, 06:29 PM #45
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    Quote Originally Posted by bee utey View Post
    That's wot your LED work lights are for... would be an awesome light for a mower...
    Absolutely. It's funny, as I was writing my mower lights comment I had exactly the same thought. But heck, if I put decent lights on the mower I'd never be able to appeal against the light and knockoff early for a beer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bee utey View Post
    That's wot your LED work lights are for... would be an awesome light for a mower...
    That's where mine will be going shortly .
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  7. 28th November 2010, 06:45 PM #47
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    Hi Slunnie. A bit of gratuitous advice for the JD if I may be so bold. It might sound silly, but make, steal or someway fabricate a nudge bar for it. The time will come when you'll doze and plow into the missus' favourite lump of greenery. Not an issue in itself, apart from appeasing the missus which can be a very painful/expensive exercise, as the JD is plenty tough enough. But what happens is the pretty plastic engine cover gets damaged, especially the tilt bits at the bottom front and their connections to the cover. These plastic bits are bloody expensive and if you dont fix them properly you end up with an occy strap around the bonnet holding it on (like mine) which looks pretty bad on a $8K+ mower. Fabricate something and hang it off the front, it's well worth it. JD might even have one for it as an accessory. Apart from the plastic bits I've found JD spares and consumables reasonably priced.

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