Sure Sign Of Spring!

Split and stack wood for next year, de-winterize the rPod and get the Gravely out!

Cub Cadet - yellow paint. I have always had red paint (Wheel Horse or Gravely) and green paint (Deere). Never Cub Cadet yellow, although I do remember they were always faster than my Wheel Horse! :)

Deere's are nice machines. I have a Deere x300 (17HP - not big box model) thinking about fabricating a hitch to drag pod around. I'm sure it would pull it. Stopping it could be a problem. Wonder if a 12v break controller could be rigged?

BTW Fred, in our valley we still call Gravelys, "man-killers".       If you are worried about the pod getting away from you, just pull the "break away" cable. On the level driveway we use a 445 Deere (22 hp) with a sturdy 2" receiver hitch on the 3-point to move our 'pod and it allows us to use a cargo carrier to move other "miscellaneous stuff" around home. Pod transport requires front weights if you want to steer without the mower or loader installed. If we have to move the 'pod over longer distances (or off the concrete) we use our JK Wrangler.

No doubt about it, a Gravely is a work horse. My Deere has about 1250 hours on it, runs like new, I'm a stickler for maintenance. I find if I run the Deere off the concrete with the pod on the back, even with agricultural tires & diff lock, I dig holes trying to back uphill. When I try to pull uphill, I get wheelies. That's why we use the jeep off the concrete.