Reply With Quotehuskys, deers , goats , all fine.... if you're starting a zoo , but if you want to cut the grass I'd go for the mower
Wizard
SubscriberRung up the bloke who I brought my second mower off (mtd yard machine), now I have only had it ten years and he has the hide to tell me no warranty, what the hell is going on there, like its only twenty years old.
So its either a goat or a new mower, been looking at huskys and john deeres, husky has 5 years warranty ATM. At this point they wont sharpen the pencil enough, have to take them a pencil sharpener tomorrow and see how that goes
Any one got a goat for hire
cheers
blaze
ChatterBox
Subscriberhuskys, deers , goats , all fine.... if you're starting a zoo , but if you want to cut the grass I'd go for the mower
Get a nanny goat or three... Milk every morning and night, put milk on cereal in the morning and make yoghurt out of left overs, same in evening... Unless of course you want cheese or any other dairy product...
Before you know it, lawn will be making money instead of costing you... Oh and you could sell product to neighbours...
Fresh goats milk anyone...
PS, lawnmower is a continual cost... makes more sense to own goat....
PPS, the young kids taste good too!
Master
SupporterI just bought a Rover (Haven't seen any oil leaks yet!), also a 5 year warranty.
Tom.
1996 Disco 1 300TDI manual - Lucille a cantankerous red head! :D
1997 Disco 1 300TDI Auto - sold
Master
Thats like what the man that bought a rabbit said: no babies yet........Originally Posted by BathurstTom
I just bought a Rover (Haven't seen any oil leaks yet!
Tom.
TopicToaster
My 12 year old Defender still doesn't have any leaks!
(Could it be a cheap Chinese copy?)
YarnMaster
SupporterYou need the best fencing known to man for goats. They are bastards to tether ... and somehow always get off. If you manage to tether them well enough they will be a nice tasty chained down morsel for any wandering dog packs (yes been there and one all of that). They are also very fussy eaters. They like a bit of eveything. gorse bush, blackberries ... sometimes grass. Mostly though, the neighbours expensive fruit trees and grape vines (they sure are good for neighbourhood relations).
seeya,
Shane L.
Proper cars--
'92 Range Rover 3.8V8 ... 5spd manual
'85 Series II CX2500 GTi Turbo I :burnrubber:
'63 ID19 x 2 :wheelchair:
'72 DS21 ie 5spd pallas
Modern Junk:
'07 Poogoe 407 HDi 6spd manual :zzz:
'11 Poogoe RCZ HDI 6spd manual
Swaggie
100% agree. Goats are escape artists particularly those small Angora goats. You need real good fences and taller than ordinary fences. Those little buggers can stand on top of a fence post and laugh at the goat-herd. The young ones can walk along a top wire. Goats like any other grazing animal prefer good going and don't really thrive unless they get some good tucker. Supplements are good. Whilst they eat roughage like blackberry they prefer better. People use them to get rid of blackberry by eating it until the roots no longer send up shoots. You do have to fence or tether goats on the blackberry or they will go off to better food. Fatten them up on good pasture with a bit of lucerne hay and barley as dessert. A roast leg of young fat goat is bloody delicious.
URSUSMAJOR
Master
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Sure it's not out of oil?
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Master
SubscriberI do a fair amount of work servicing outdoor power equipment and it is surprising how useless some mowers are if you try to cut more than the nature strip.
It depends on what sort of grass you are wanting to cut. If it's short any sort of mower will do but once you get into longer grass they will struggle.
I had a fairly new Rover Raider (MTD/Dongfeng) mower in that kept destroying the deck belts due to the poor design. In the end I had to modify the belt engagement system and alter the idler pulley location to prevent the belt shredding.
John Deere mowers are very good for established lawns but as with most mowers including the cheaper zero turns, once you try to cut cape weed and tall grass they leave strips of uncut grass as the blades don't time.
The best mowers for heavy duty work would be either Greenfield or Cox. Unfortunately they are incredibly expensive in regard to their poor turning circle and small cut width but they'll out perform any other in the rough.
REMLR Registrant No. 436
LROCV Member No. 1703
1976 RRC Suffix D
1979 Series III GS FFR
1980 Series III GS FFR with a Perentie RFSV tub
1991 Discovery 1 3.5 V8 3 door
1993 Discovery 1 200Tdi 3 door
1993 Defender 110 200Tdi ute
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