Posts Tagged ‘amp’

Which garden tractor should I buy?

I’m looking at two tractors for a gardening business:

One is a mid-eighties Murray 18hp, cast iron rear end, comes with scraper, box scraper, turn plow, disk and cultivator (no mower!) and brand new ag rear tires. 0

The other is a mid-nineties Craftsman 19.5hp garden tractor with no attachments (and no sleeve hitch installed), but does have a mowing deck. 0

So with the Craftsman I’d have to invest in a 0 sleeve hitch, plus used plow, disk, cultivator and scraper blade.

Which tractor would you buy given the two?
I went ahead and bought the Murray, since others have said newer Craftsman tractors aren’t anything like they used to be. I used to have a Murray lawn mower and it was garbage, so I was hesitant. This tractor is nothing like the smaller ones they used to sell. Thanks for your suggestions & advice!!

Lawn & Garden equipment, Is there any way to compare a horsepower rated engine to one rated in cc's?

some small equipment has the engine power defined by cc, some use horspower. What is a good comparison rule?
lawn & garden equipment engines don’t show torque ratings

How does my automatic lawn sprinkler valve work?

I have several "stations" in my automatic lawn sprinkler system. Each "station" has a valve that contains: 1. Manual Shutoff, 2. Flow Control Knob, 3. Solonid, & 4. Anti-Siphon valve. Any way my question is this, "Why does water continue to flow even when the manual shutoff is turned off and the flow control is also turned off?