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It's a Kawasaki gasoline model. I had checked around with other owners who stated that the Kawasaki was hands down a better option than the Kohler option that also came standard with this particular mower. I had no other frame of reference by which to judge which was best, so I opted for the...

Your description is more what I was attempting to relay in my original post. It definitely demonstrates the premise of an amplified resonance throughout the frame that is arising from the engine in motion. In my own words, it was what I was attempting to try and explain to the Kubota corporate...

Well, It's under full warranty so I'm hesitant to remove belts or tamper with it in any other manner while it's being evaluated by Kubota. The vibration is there when the mower is not moving so it would definitely suggest that the engine itself has some type of internal balance issue or the...

Purchased a Z231KW-42 in 2021 to maintain a vacation property that we own with a .3 ac lot. The mower began demonstrating a vibration that steadily increased until the mower deck pulleys and idler arm wore out at only 8 hours of operation. Warranty covered the parts/labor and sent me on my way...

Thanks for filling in the gaps. Incidentally, I specifically referred only to "renting" a dozer, not buying one. It would be insanity to purchase a dozer because it would serve no other purpose afterward, whereas a tractor could be useful for various chores. Just a couple of points before I...

"QUOTE" Lesson #1: always do your learner driving in an open space. Lesson #2: know how to stop/neutralize the danger. (I may have 1 and 2 reversed) Well, he's a young fellow yet so no real harm done. There's always going to be a learning curve and over the 50 years I've been farming I've seen...

This was your original response and I see no mention of "mowing." - I will argue that maintaining a steady ground speed with a HST and cruise control is just as easy as a DT tractor." Not interested at all in some type of debate. I farm for a living. I was farming long before all the fancy...

Well, your post initially raises several questions. An average truck for fill is 10 yards so you're saying that you're raising the elevation with about 1000 cubic yards of fill dirt. That's quite a job for a tractor of the scale mentioned using a bucket and blade. You have a 108,900 square foot...

Didn't do anything on my own Kubota today but I watched my neighbor's son-in-law take out about 300' of new line fence as part of his apparent initial learning curve on their M7. Applying the brakes seemed to be overridden by the panic of trying to steer his way out of the problem. I helped...

Actually not the case in my experience and it is has to do with implements that work soil in the field that impose variable resistance. Because the HST does not possess equal torque with DT, what appears as equal is not actually the case. So the argument that HST with CC matches the DT is not...

Well for me it would depend on whether it's going to be used primarily for chores or farming. HSTs are great for chore work, despite the shuttle shift feature of the DT. The greatest advantage of a DT is its ability to operate at extremely steady speeds in the field. HSTs are harder to maintain...